Notes from the journey.
Entrepreneurship, investing, Bali life, and skateboarding — documented honestly as it happens.
How I Navigate a Cross-Cultural Relationship as an Expat in Southeast Asia
I grew up in Seattle. Went to college in Los Angeles. Spent most of my adult life in…
Why I Chose Bali as My Base and What Nobody Tells You Before You Move
Everyone has a Bali fantasy. The Instagram version: a infinity pool overlooking rice terraces, a laptop open to…
What Running Multiple Online Businesses at Once Has Taught Me About Focus
I currently run multiple businesses from a laptop in Bali. Ecommerce Paradise is an education and services platform…
Why Most Dropshipping Stores Fail in Year One and What to Do Instead
Most dropshipping stores don’t make it through their first year. That’s not a scare tactic. It’s just true,…
How I Built, Scaled, and Sold My First High-Ticket Dropshipping Store
There’s a specific feeling you get when you sell a business you built from scratch. It’s not just…
What I Look for in a Supplier Before I Ever Add Their Products to a Store
The supplier relationship is the backbone of any dropshipping business. Get it right and you have a reliable…
The Biggest Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Dropshipping
My first year of dropshipping was an education that cost me real money, real time, and more than…
Why I Chose High-Ticket Dropshipping Over Every Other Online Business Model
I’ve tried a lot of ways to make money online. eBay arbitrage, Amazon FBA, low-ticket dropshipping, an MLM,…
How I Went from a Warehouse Job in LA to Running Businesses from Bali
I used to wake up at 5:30am to beat traffic on the 405. Now I wake up when…