Season 1
Aug. 5, 2022
Creating digital nomad communities, with Gonçalo Hall from NomadX
When your lifestyle means you travel all the time, what do you look for in a destination? And what does it mean to feel like you're 'coming home'? Today's guest Gonçalo Hall knows that digital nomads seek community and conne…
July 29, 2022
Financially sustainable travel, with 'The Professional Hobo' Nora Dunn
At this time of year we may all be dreaming of exotic destinations - but for Nora Dunn travel is a way of life. Her almost 17 years on the road have taken her to some incredible places, and you definitely need to check out h…
July 22, 2022
Business minimalism for productive calm, with Saskia Mardi
Minimalism. The very word feels serene, and an antidote to stress and busy-ness. But what is BUSINESS minimalism, and why does it matter? Today's guest, Saskia Mardi, was described by a client as 'The Marie Kondo' of busines…
July 15, 2022
Get a black belt in TikTok, with ‘Modern Samurai’ Matt Stait
Matt Stait transformed his life through martial arts - but like so many in our amazing Xolopreneur community, his freelance career has taken him in various unanticipated directions. From his own championship achievements, he…
July 8, 2022
Freelancing in a crisis: Tactics for resilience and agility, with Maya Middlemiss
Freelancing as a company-of-one is a great way to live - flexible, versatile, and autonomous. But, as a solopreneur, you have different vulnerabilities, when unexpected change happens. Have you ever thought about how you'd …
June 30, 2022
Success on Upwork: Freelance platform strategies, with Kelley Kemple
Many freelancers are drawn to platform like Upwork to find success at the start of their solopreneur journeys, but many fail to crack the code: ending up disillusioned with a race to the bottom on costs, or finding it imposs…
June 24, 2022
Taking off with TEFL: Niche success in teaching English, with Russ Pearce
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is an attractive route to freelancing - and an easy option for anyone who was lucky enough to be born a native speaker of the global tongue for business and communications. But m…
June 17, 2022
Securing solopreneurs in the new normality, with Lona Alia
Lona Alia is not a freelancer right now... She's presently the head of revenue at SafetyWing, who specialise in underwriting the insurance needs of the new remote and mobile global population. So it's unsurprising that her j…
June 10, 2022
Minimum Viable Freelancing: Bootstrapping from zero, with Maya Middlemiss
This week’s episode is your podcast host, Maya Middlemiss, flying ‘Xolo’ (sorry, not sorry…) Maya reflects on her journey through various models of business formation over a long period, and the evolution of what she has com…
June 3, 2022
A voice for e-residents in Estonia, with Mark Izatt
Mark Izatt is a luxury brands consultant, early adopter of e-residency, and board member of the non-profit EERICA: the Estonian E-residents International Chamber Association. EERICA is the official 'voice' of the more than 8…
May 27, 2022
Rocking your LinkedIn: Optimising profile and presence, with Jennifer Riggins
Freelance tech storyteller Jennifer Riggins joins us to talk about the power of LinkedIn - how to perfect your profile, interact with intelligence, and engage with elegance. Every solopreneur can benefit from the insights y…
May 20, 2022
Self-care for solopreneurs, with Rowena Hennigan
Rowena Hennigan works remotely as a University Lecturer and Adjunct Faculty with TU Dublin, and remotely operates her consultancy company RoRemote, providing wellbeing and mentoring services for corporate remote workers. R…
May 13, 2022
Social media essentials for portfolio people, with Hayley King
Many dream of creating a perfectly balanced lifestyle combining professional activities, creative fulfilment, travel, and family. Hayley King is a true renaissance soul who has figured this out better than most, and now help…
May 3, 2022
Developing the Estonian e-Residency programme, with Ülane Vilumets
Today we explore how the digital nature of Estonia's business and government technology has led the world, in extending these services of business owners from anywhere. Ülane Vilumets and her team support the e-residency ser…
April 29, 2022
Freelancing and future generations, with Andreas Wil Gerdes
Today we gain an invaluable perspective of the future of life and work, and location-independent living, from freestyle freelancer Andreas Wil Gerdes. From his nomadic childhood to first career in the early days of mobile te…
April 28, 2022
Freelancer On The Frontline: With Orest Zub, e-resident in Ukraine
Orest Zub is a Ukranian citizen from Lviv, and had created a great freelance lifestyle business over the past decade - travelling the world, thanks to passive income from content creation. In February 2022 everything changed…
April 28, 2022
Welcome to the Future of Freelancing, with Allan Martinson from Xolo
Allan Martinson brings 30 years of entrepreneurialism to head up Xolo, the leading platform for independent solopreneurs worldwide - with shared roots in Estonia, Allan explains how Xolo brings all that is best about the Est…