The Busy Creator Podcast ep. 23, Building a Business While Traveling The World, w/guest Christina Canters

Christina Canters (@cjcanters) is an architect-turned-entrepreneur who left her native Melbourne, Australia to travel the world as she builds her new consulting and teaching business, Design Draw Speak.
This conversation focuses on travel, as well as the mindset and preparation required to build a new business on the road. Christina and Prescott share their war stories — and fond memories — from travels and studies abroad, and commiserate about the prices of certain goods in different places. Keep up with Christina and her travels via her blog,Kips and Kale.
 
 
Show Notes & Links

Christina is on the road, speaking from Austin, TX. As of publishing, she’s in Thailand.
Podcast Movement
Design Draw Speak, helps architects become better communicators
Christina is a former architect
Design Draw Speak started as a podcast, and has branched out to coaching and teaching
Social Media Marketing World
Tropical MBA Podcast
Cost of living for cities around the world
“Your job is a Horcrux; you’re dividing your soul.”
How are you going to pay the bills on day one?
Melbourne is 12% cheaper than in New York City, according to Expatistan
Transportation of goods over land and their costs, as discussed in The Wealth of Nations
Couchsurfing
Prescott watches a lot of HGTV and DIY Network
How to repair a crack in the drywall, on YouTube
The Australian Diaspora, mostly in the EU, UK, and US
Meetup.com
Spirit Airlines, the worst according to The Consumerist

Tools

Evernote
Dropbox
Skype Call Recorder
Logitech HD Webcam C310

Techniques

Before you leave for a trip, transfer stuff to cloud storage and get rid of a lot of your crap
Travel light. Literally, and spiritually.
Don’t mind the clunky video edits
Go to lots of events, especially in a new city

Habits

Wake up early, before the world is up
Celebrate what you got done by mid-day
Eat right and exercise, even from the road
Build a workflow you can torture-test. Print receipts, save a PDF, keep backups. Save multiple copies and don’t rely on a single point of failure.

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