106 karma · joined July 4, 2008
Most traditional VCs don't touch Rocket companies, they raise funding from oligarchs, old school industries trying to go "online".
[1] www.livemint.com/Companies/rYKC6HjnShogjE62jO5lpK/The-trouble-with-Foodpanda.html - Pretty typical of Rocket companies. Fake numbers, related party transactions, skimming money.
Google didn't really help, and it sounds like you have something specific in mind.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/markets/hedge_alpha/index.ht...
(Source: http://philip.greenspun.com/bg/)
Of course, most big companies have a employing rating system, but Enron was different because 10-15 % people were asked to leave every year.
If you work as a freelance developer, and have already established a good network, it is fairly easy to lead this kind of life. Working remotely is very common, and if the client knows you are good, he would not care where in the world you are. But if you don't have an established network, it is harder to find work while you are on the road.
Starting your business is also claimed as a possibility. But I personally have not come across anybody running a successful business and spending a lot of time on the road. But I am sure some people pull it off, a la Tim Ferriss.
Oh, and teaching English. Great way to see the world, and money is good in places like Japan, Korea and increasingly China.
Even if you cannot figure out a way to work from the road, just save some money and get going. It really requires very little money, e.g. you can explore the whole of SE Asia for about $1K/month.
Good luck!
You mean to stay you would have stayed abroad? Am little confused as you start talking about expats dying of preventable diseases immediately afterwords
Original NYT author responding to recent revelations.
Working for a top management consulting firm is a great signal of your competence to future employers. But if you already have such markers (Rhodes Scholar, MIT, for the author) you will not gain much, especially if you do not enjoy the job.
Different people have to climb different staircases for success? How is that useful insight?
Did not notice this phenomenon in Beijing, however. I used to live there until recently, and know first hand that affordable office space is a huge headache.