Money Making

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 a web [...]

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 problem [...]

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 [...]