David Abraham is the co-founder of one of the most successful coworking and coliving places of the world, Outpost! Based in Bali, Outpost is at the forefront of the coworking and coliving scene and has in its core the digital nomad movement and people doing amazing things while travelling the world.
By having at Outpost an amazing community of outstanding people, David is able to share with us really interesting insights not only about Bali and coworking, but also about the impact of digital nomadism in the world, the power of communities and the future of this movement.
This is definitely a must listen to every digital nomad and everyone interesting in the coworking and coliving business.
Show Notes:
01:58 – What is Clear Water Initiative
04:00 – What can be done to help poor communities develop
06:30 – How education can help and empower your teams
07:50 – How Outpost makes people happy to work for the company.
09:00 – How David found Indonesia and Bali
12:00 – The beginning of the coworking story for David
12:50 – Why open the first coworking space in Ubud? Why is Ubud so special?
14:45 – Is coworking profitable?
16:30 – How to build a community with people that don’t know each other
19:00 – How important is a community manager inside a coworking space? How important are the different roles inside coworking space?
20:30 – What makes a great place to work?
22:00 – How to keep a brand identity while adapting to different types of clients and spaces?
25:00 – The importance of targeting the right people to your space
27:30 – My experience in the first community lunch at Outpost
28:45 – The new coliving space in Ubud
30:20 – Why developing a place with food, coworking and coliving.
33:40 – The future of digital nomadism
36:25 – What is the impact of digital nomadism in a local and how we can make sure that the impact is positive.
39:30 – How can a small village prepare to attract digital nomads?
41:30 – Can remote work take people back to rural areas?
42:30 – The downsides of digital nomadism for an area
43:30 – Is media overstating the digital nomadism trend?
45:30 – Is going remote better than being vegan to the environment?
48:50 – How David is preparing for the next 10 years.
51:15 – Will we see in the future a digital nomad visa?
53:00 – Being in places where people can find experiences
54:00 – What is the next “Bali”?
57:00 – What excites David about the future?
Useful Links:
- Article at The Guardian: Avocado Wars
- Building The Next 10 “Bali’s”
- Clear Water Initiative
- Coworking Bansko
- David book – The Elements of Power
- Koh Tao Coworking space
- Outpost
- Running Remote
- Sende
- The New Coliving Space in Ubud Penastanan
Connect with David Abraham!