Money Making

UnAnchor Update

by Jason

UnAnchor.com is the startup I founded and launched a few months ago. The goal of the site is to help travelers find detailed “do-it-yourself” itineraries for their next travel destination – what to see, how to get around, information on local customs, etc. All of the itineraries are written by users and available for sale [...]

Keys To China – A New Project

by Jason

For the past month or so, I’ve been working on a new side project. Unfortunately, this has taken a lot of my focus away from UnAnchor, but I’m excited about the opportunity the side project will addressing. The company’s name is “Keys To China” and it’s a place for job seekers to look for jobs [...]

Launching & Marketing UnAnchor.com with a $0 Budget

by Jason

There was no big announcement or marketing media blitz, but I’ve officially launched UnAnchor.com. A previous post explains my vision for the site.

UnAnchor.Com Launch – Your Assistance Is Requested

by Jason

Over 2 months ago now, I revealed my intention to build UnAnchor.com — a platform for writers to create travel itineraries. I think of it as an “App Store” for travel itineraries. After many hours holed up in our Seoul apartment, I am ready to begin launching the site and I need your help to [...]

Building A Web App – UnAnchor.com

by Jason

In a previous post I discussed my decision to start and build UnAnchor.com – a platform for users to create do-it-yourself travel itineraries for other travelers to purchase. In this post, I’m going to discuss how I’m actually going about the creation of the site. To be honest, I have very little experience in building [...]

How to Consult From Anywhere in the World with eLance

by Jason

One of the topics I enjoy diving into are the different ways travelers can make money on the road. An extremely popular way is consulting. In this post, I show you how easy and risk-less it is to get started. At the end, I also provide a couple resources to help you find a skill you can [...]

Build it Yourself or Hire a Consultant?

by Jason

Building something “in-house” versus hiring a consultant and outsourcing seems like an age old business question. In this post, I explore this decision for my own future website, UnAnchor.com – an “app store” for travel itineraries. Building it myself The primary motivation to build the website myself boils down to learning the skills to build [...]

Getting Serious About Earning Money While Traveling

by Jason

Our Southeast Asia leg of the trip has now come to an end. We’re headed to Beijing for Chinese New Year and could not be more excited about it. After Chinese New Year, we’ll be settling down for 6 months in South Korea (city still to be determined). While we’re not done traveling, it oddly [...]

Nas-Que — The Portable Nascar Shaped BBQ

by Jason

One of the topics I like to write about are my attempts to make money while we travel. I previously wrote about selling books on Amazon. This post discusses my attempt at creating a portable barbeque–a “Nas-Que”. My previous boss, Jeff, always had a product idea he was certain would strike it rich. The only [...]

How to sell books on Amazon and make some cash!

by Jason

This past summer I looked for ways to make money…to begin enabling my Life After Cubes. One of my more successful ventures was selling books on Amazon. I started with my old textbooks and was amazed at how easy and how fast they sold on Amazon (No, I don’t work for Amazon or earn any [...]