Nomad Summit

Strangers. A few hours. One Buildathon. The team behind SkillScoop turned a simple idea into the winning project, helping students collaborate through their skills. 🎥 Watch the full episode on our YouTube. 📧 Don’t miss out on the next Nomad Summit.

Most founders chase big startup ideas. But the best SaaS products often start with problems you already understand. At Nomad Summit, Vivianne Arnold explains how niche knowledge can turn frustrations into profitable SaaS. 🎥 Watch the full talk on our YouTube.

“I woke up breathing a different air.” 3 months later he had rebuilt his career learning AI automation from YouTube and Reddit and is now a Nomad Summit 2026 scholar. 🎙 Listen in your podcast app or at nomadsummit.com/podcast

Search is changing fast. People don’t just Google anymore — they ask AI. At Nomad Summit, Konstantin Sadekov explains how to 10x your visibility in AI search and become the source AI references. 🎥 Watch the full talk now on our Youtube channel.

Nomad Summit Chiang Mai 2026 brought together 250 founders, freelancers, investors, and operators for a week of talks, building, and connections around location-independent work. Watch our official aftermovie: youtu.be/EqtXOwY_958

The Deal Room is a curated Nomad Week side event focused on preparing founders to sell digital businesses properly. Hosted together with Flippa, this session is designed for operators who are considering an exit in the next 6 - 24 months. 🎟 Details: nomadsummit.com

Today: hello from snowy Belgrade ❄️ In a day: live on stage in sunny Chiang Mai 🌴 Aleksa Burmazović from our Money Panel will dig into global tax, residency, and wealth setups so your money grows instead of leaks. Stay till the end of the video to get a bonus 👀

Your brand is either quietly leaking opportunities or quietly compounding them. At NSCM26, Nivit Kochhar will share “The brand identity blueprint” — a keynote on turning a scattered online presence into a clear, consistent brand that actually pulls its weight.

Your business model doesn’t just drive revenue – it shapes your life. At NSCM26, Stella Schneider (Founder & CEO @ BusinessWege) breaks down 5 business models and their trade-offs, so you can choose the path that actually fits how you want to live and work.

When your money, life, and time zones are spread across countries, copy-paste investing advice stops working. At NSCM26, Jonathon Button, PhD will share a simple, borderless framework for investing as a nomad — from basics to emerging opportunities. 📍 Chiang Mai | 16–25 Jan

Not every founder wants a big team — sometimes the next level is turning what you already do into a product. At NSCM26, Vivianne Arnold (Founder & CEO @ wiredminds.ai, ex-Microsoft & Telstra) will show how to build a freedom-first SaaS from the niche you already know.

Impact is easy to romanticise and hard to sustain. At NSCM26, cleantech founder & innovation consultant Adam Rajguru will share how to give back without burning out — designing small, realistic ways to contribute that actually fit your life and energy. 📍 Chiang Mai | 16–25 Jan

If your growth feels like guesswork, you’re not alone. At NSCM26, Daniel Johnson (Founding Partner @ We Scale Startups) will break growth down to first principles – clear customer, real problem, mapped journey – so your tactics plug into a system, not random hacks.

Getting a remote job that aligns with your values and career plans is a strategy. At NSCM26, career coach and ex-international recruiter Juliana Rabbi (15+ years in hiring) will walk through how to position yourself for remote roles to stand out in the applicant pile.

From no savings to living off a portfolio built from his business, real estate, and the stock market. Fabio goes beyond theory and walks through the real numbers, decisions, mistakes, and habits that took him from freelancer to (almost) financially independent investor.

"Digital nomad visas” aren’t just a perk anymore – they’re becoming part of a new deal between nomads and states. At NSCM26, Dr. Kaisu Koskela will unpack what governments now expect in return and what it really means to move from “guest” to “contributor” as a remote worker.

Ken has spent the last decade growing fully remote SaaS teams across the world — this session is for anyone who’s moved beyond solo and is thinking seriously about culture, structure, and scale. 📍 Nomad Summit Chiang Mai 2026 🗓 16–25 January 🔗 Tickets: nomadsummit.com

Trends don’t come out of nowhere — there are always early signals if you know what to look for. If you’re building products, content, or a business and want to be slightly ahead of the curve instead of always catching up, this keynote is for you.

AI search isn’t “coming someday” — your future customers are already asking ChatGPT and Perplexity what tools to use, where to go, and who to hire. Konstantin breaks down how these systems actually pick what to show — and what you can do so your product or service makes the cut.

Nomad Summit Buildathon is back for 2026 🛠 A startup-style sprint where founders, operators, and devs team up to turn ideas into real concepts, prototypes, and pitches. Last year several teams kept building after and shipped products — can't wait to see what this year brings!