Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Would you travel the world for a year? Remote Year has announced that they will now offer 10-day work and travel trips, in addition to 4, 6, and 12-month options. Remote Year just raised $5M in funding to expand their operations around the globe and open new co-working spaces! Check out Remote Year's Travel Packages: bit.ly/RemoteYearTravel
Also today on Digital Nomad News:
1. 00:58 KLM Turns 100 Years Old
2. 2:05 Hyatt Hotels Announces Caption by Hyatt for Millennial Business Travelers
3. 4:01 Remote Year Raises $5M
Resources:
* Join the Digital Nomad Challenge: bit.ly/DNChallengeWaitingList
* Book a trip to work online and travel with Remote Year bit.ly/RemoteYearTravel
* Caption by Hyatt hyatt.com/development/ourbrands/captionbyhyatt
* KLM: klm100.com/en
📚Pre-Order Digital Nomad 101 - The Ultimate Guide to Location Independence bit.ly/DN101Book
🎧 Do you like podcasts? Subscribe to Badass Digital Nomads Podcast for travel and remote work tips, career advice, interviews with inspiring people, stories, and more: bit.ly/TWK_Podcast
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👱🏻♀️About: Kristin is a long-term digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and expat relocation expert who has lived, worked, or traveled in 60 countries over the last 17 years.
👥 She’s helped 1,000’s of people move and live abroad and now teaches people how to achieve location independence through writing, speaking, workshops, and online content.
📸 INSTAGRAM: bit.ly/TWKinstagram
Would you travel the world for a year? Remote Year has announced that they will now offer 10-day work and travel trips, in addition to 4, 6, and 12-month options. Remote Year just raised $5M in funding to expand their operations around the globe and open new co-working spaces! Check out Remote Year's Travel Packages: bit.ly/RemoteYearTravel
Also today on Digital Nomad News:
1. 00:58 KLM Turns 100 Years Old
2. 2:05 Hyatt Hotels Announces Caption by Hyatt for Millennial Business Travelers
3. 4:01 Remote Year Raises $5M
Resources:
* Join the Digital Nomad Challenge: bit.ly/DNChallengeWaitingList
* Book a trip to work online and travel with Remote Year bit.ly/RemoteYearTravel
* Caption by Hyatt hyatt.com/development/ourbrands/captionbyhyatt
* KLM: klm100.com/en
📚Pre-Order Digital Nomad 101 - The Ultimate Guide to Location Independence bit.ly/DN101Book
🎧 Do you like podcasts? Subscribe to Badass Digital Nomads Podcast for travel and remote work tips, career advice, interviews with inspiring people, stories, and more: bit.ly/TWK_Podcast
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👱🏻♀️About: Kristin is a long-term digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and expat relocation expert who has lived, worked, or traveled in 60 countries over the last 17 years.
👥 She’s helped 1,000’s of people move and live abroad and now teaches people how to achieve location independence through writing, speaking, workshops, and online content.
📸 INSTAGRAM: bit.ly/TWKinstagram
![WeWork IPO, Y Combinator Remote Office Startup 🚀, and a Digital Nomad Hotel [Tech News]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lEF6J_oKb5E/mqdefault.jpg "WeWork IPO, Y Combinator Remote Office Startup 🚀, and a Digital Nomad Hotel [Tech News]
WeWork (We Company) prepares to go public with the second-largest IPO of 2019 after Uber, but is it overrated?? Recent YC incubator summer graduate, Tandem.chat, reports 50% weekly growth and snags a $7.5M seed round from Andreesson Horowitzs VC fund, a16z. And Selina, a digital nomad hotel and travel lifestyle company, opens their first location in Europe with 500 properties planned. Selina’s valuation is currently at $1B. This is Digital Nomad News - your source for breaking news in technology, remote work, and travel. Subscribe at: http://bit.ly/DigitalNomadTV
Resources mentioned in this episode:
* Selina Hotels Group: https://www.selina.com/
* Tandem Remote Office Software (YC Startup): https://tandem.chat/ (formerly Cryptagon: https://cryptagon.io/)
* WeWork IPO: https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-faces-these-five-big-questions-as-prepares-for-ipo-2019-8
Female Founders Talk Co-Living, Startups, and The Future of Work: https://youtu.be/4CohivJh8mM
The CoLiving Code Show: https://youtu.be/NEVWh3M2Z3w
Medium Blog: Is Co-Living the Future of Housing? https://entrepreneurs.maqtoob.com/is-co-living-the-future-of-housing-4b2c2b7a6f4b
Badass Digital Nomads Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/badass-digital-nomads/id1463468736
Subscribe to Digital Nomad News: http://bit.ly/DigitalNomadTV
👱🏻♀️About: Kristin is a long-term digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and expat relocation expert who has lived, worked, or traveled in 60 countries over the last 17 years.
👥 She’s helped 1,000’s of people move and live abroad and now teaches people how to achieve location independence through writing, speaking, workshops, and online content.
Contact her at www.travelingwithkristin.com")
![Why You Should STOP Using Slack with Founder, Justin Mitchell of YAC [LIVE PODCAST]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n74q3ZyOckA/mqdefault.jpg "Why You Should STOP Using Slack with Founder, Justin Mitchell of YAC [LIVE PODCAST]
Justin Mitchell is the founder of Yelling Across Cubicles, or YAC, an audio-first messaging platform that helps you communicate faster and build stronger relationships with your co-workers or remote team. Companies like Google, Invision, Salesforce, Hubspot, CVS, Mailchimp, and more are jumping on the YAC bandwagon.
In this episode, find out:
* How the founders of YAC won Product Hunts Makers Festival in 2018.
* What you need to know about the upcoming audio app invasion in 2020.
* How YAC can help you spend less time in meetings, less time on Slack, and less time being accountable to other people so you can get your work done.
* Why you dont have to live in Silicon Valley to start a startup.
* Justins tips on raising venture capital.
* Why Reddit and Twitter are the best places to hire employees or find a job.
Plus, dont miss the lightning round! With fun questions like:
* Justins favorite tech backpack, morning beverage, and remote work tools
* His most underrated travel destination
* Entrepreneurs he admires and who you should definitely follow on Twitter
* Why Universal Studios is better than Disney ;)
🔹Resources:
- Website: https://www.yac.com/ (Insert code Badass Digital Nomad for FREE early access!)
- Product Hunt Makers: https://www.producthunt.com/makers-festival/product-hunt-api-2-0
Shop my Amazon Store: http://bit.ly/AmazonTravelStore
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❤️Subscribe to Traveling with Kristin http://bit.ly/TravelwithKristin
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👱🏻♀️About Me: I’m a long-term digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and expat relocation expert who has lived, worked, or traveled in 60 countries over the last 17 years.
👥 I’ve helped thousands of people move or live abroad. Now, I help people learn how to work from home and make money online through my writing, speaking, workshops, content, and courses.
Want to work online and travel, too? Learn how in 30 days with the Digital Nomad Challenge: http://bit.ly/DNChallengeWaitingList
Follow me on Instagram http://bit.ly/TWKig")
![Live and Work in Iceland! [DIGITAL NOMAD NEWS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nut-oW0556k/mqdefault.jpg "Live and Work in Iceland! [DIGITAL NOMAD NEWS]
Check out the newest co-living and co-working space in Iceland! Would you live here? Ive been living in Norway and Iceland with the Arctic Digital Nomads program. There are many tech and remote workers here, as well as startup programs!
Inquire at: https://www.blabankinn.is/
Why are digital nomads moving to the Arctic? https://medium.com/@kristinmwilson/why-digital-nomads-are-flocking-to-the-arctic-1d29ad57bf97
More about the Arctic Digital Nomads:
Video: https://youtu.be/JA7lUYKUUU4
IG: https://www.instagram.com/arcticdigitalnomads/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ArcticDigitalNomads/
Iceland Travel Videos Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsTStwiO7jmpGKGHQq-tdqNOxKF003u8g
👩💻 Subscribe to Digital Nomad News: http://bit.ly/DigitalNomadTV
❤️Subscribe to Traveling with Kristin http://bit.ly/TravelwithKristin
👱🏻♀️About: Kristin is a long-term digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and expat relocation expert who has lived, worked, or traveled in 60 countries over the last 17 years.
👥 She’s helped 1,000’s of people move and live abroad and now teaches people how to achieve location independence through writing, speaking, workshops, and online content.
👨💻Subscribe to Badass Digital Nomads Podcast: http://bit.ly/DigitalNomadPodcasts
Learn to become a digital nomad at: www.travelingwithkristin.com")
