There is no one-size-fits-all formula for getting funding for a new business venture, but mobile lawyer Patrick Lockton has developed a short checklist for digital nomads and entrepreneurs to get their startup costs covered by finding investors, mentorship and seed capital programs, peer lending communities, and much more.

I sit down and have a great conversation with Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com, which has been voted one of the top 25 blogs 2010 by TIME Magazine, and featured on Huffington Post. Gary discusses long-term solo travel around the world, how he’s used his blog as a marketing platform for much bigger things, and the importance of just going out there and *doing* it!

Living a perpetual travel lifestyle or a location independent lifestyle has consequences. We live in a world with other people, and a choice to life life on your own terms affects family & friends. A truly wise nomad knows all that he gives up in order to live this life…

Mark Weins from Migrationology.com traveled the world and was a nomad without a home for more than 52 consecutive weeks. Here he shows you how to get free accommodation and make friends around the world with Couchsurfing.

Jun Loayza is a young CMO to keep your eye on! I met Jun through the Brazen Careerist Gen-Y blog network, and we’ve exchanged thoughts a few times as we both worked through some late nights! As co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Future Delivery, he’s certainly an interesting guy to follow if you want to learn about startups and [...]

For newbies out there who don’t quite know how to best put Twitter to use, and for those of you who aren’t using it yet but are wondering if the new web service is worth your time: This Guide is for You! What is Twitter? Twitter is a new social network/instant messaging mashup that’s being referred to as a micro-blogging [...]

Ever since I discovered Google Custom Search, I’ve been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles, tips and tricks I’m looking for much quicker, and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts. Personally, I’m a big fan of productivity lists, how-to’s, and life hacks, so [...]

As a follow-up to my post the other day, How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations, I’d like to share some more of the insights from my conversation with ABCnews.com columnist Michelle Goodman. She asked a number of really great questions, and naturally only a very small part of our discussion made it into the [...]