A gentle reminder that we are having the below event 👇 today evening. Hope to see some of you there!

👋 Hello <!everyone>, Some quick announcements 📢 I wanted to let you know that this Saturday, we don't have any planned sessions. I have been busy lately with dev work on a couple of projects (RI v4, myremoteworkspace v1) 👨‍💻. Trying my best to ship them before the year ends ⏳ Next Saturday, though, I will be hosting Deepak Gopalakrishnan for getting his advice on freelancing - How to get started, manage time, and stuff like that. (Will share event link early next week) That should be the last RI campfire session for 2020. After which I'd like to take a break and come back next year with renewed energy 💪 2020 has been a long and difficult year but a special one in terms of what we have done with the RI project. Thanks again for all the love, patience, and support 🙏

📣 Hey <!everyone>! After a lot of procrastination, I deployed the new version(beta website) on the main domain 🎉 I would love to know what you think👂 Also, I would appreciate it if you can help spread the word on Twitter 🙏 https://twitter.com/abhishekbose87/status/1338447324406693906

Hey Tribe, a few highlights from the anonymous salary survey with 64 respondents so far:  👉 18 people making >$50k/year  👉 highest full-time salary: $150k/year 👉 61% of people feel they are paid right Please fill it out & pass it on!

📣 Hey <!everyone>, Happy to announce a new deal for the RI community 🎉 More like a deal within a deal mindblown 😄 I hope this will be useful for folks who are full-time founders or who are building products on the side. Also, there are some great deals for members using no-code tools like Airtable, Bubble, Typeform, etc. Secret is the #1 perks platform for founders. Get access to big savings on 150+ deals!  Benefit from: • Up to $120,000 in AWS credits • $1,000 in Airtable credits (valid for existing clients) • $1,000 in Notion credits (valid for existing clients) • €10,000 in transactions without Stripe fees (valid for existing clients) • $1,000 in Miro credits • $1,000 in Sendgrid credits • $500 in Bubble credits • 6 months free for Typeform ... And more! Sign up for joinsecret.com and use the promo code REMOTEINDIAN to get 30% off on any membership plan with Secret. Membership enables you to access all deals unlimited. Enjoy! Disclosure: I am not getting any kickbacks from this partnership 🙂

--- Hey Tribe, Another quick announcement 🙂 I am taking a two-week break and start back up in January.  The weekly newsletters will still keep coming but in case you need help with specific things, then please reach out to @loud-glass-33663 🤟 2020 has been a less-than-great year for many and I hope you’re able to get some time to reflect and rest over the next couple of weeks.  Wish you all a safe and fun holiday season 🎄🎆🤗 See you next year!

👋 Hey <!everyone>, It's time to get the ball rolling with our 1st RI Campfire session in 2021 🎉 It's my pleasure to host Deepak Gopalakrishnan (affectionately known as Chuck Gopal on the internet) this Saturday at 11 am to share freelancing advice, how to get started, and manage time and stuff like that. His main gig has been as a content & digital marketing strategy freelancer. And having been self-employed since 2013, he has developed a good understanding and healthy cynicism of working in this fashion. Make sure to join in because this will be a super interesting conversation (even if you are not working as a freelancer). If you don't believe me, go check out all the things he is currently doing mindblown What will be the structure of the zoom call? The plan is to have Chuck hold the stage for 30-40min and then we can use the rest of the hour for questions. 🌐 Register here 👉 https://lu.ma/3zwa83ce Hope to see you in the zoom call 👀

📣 <!everyone> Hey, all! Back with another deal for the RI community 😄 Many folks here are either currently working on an entrepreneurial venture, or thinking of building something / currently building something on the side 🏗️ At a certain point, it makes sense to create a company to separate personal from business, get some liability protection through your entity, and for some ventures, get access to US banking and payments in order to sell and market globally! This deal is actually from a member of our community, @icy-librarian-70729 who is building https://startpack.io the Ultimate One-Stop-Shop to turn your dream idea into a US LLC Business, from anywhere in the world 🚀 StartPack handles the paperwork and gets you everything you need to launch, maintain and grow your dream business. • LLC Formation + an EIN (Employer Identification Number) 💼 • US Bank Account + Stripe/PayPal Payments 💳 • US Address + Utility Bill + US Phone Number 📞 • Free US Tax Consultation + Tax Help 📄 • World-Class Support via Live Chat 💬 • Access to $50,000+ in Perks &amp; Rewards💰 They’re currently backed by Y-Combinator and have worked with founders around the world, many from India 🇮🇳 RI community members who sign up for https://startpack.io will get $100 off on any plan with StartPack. To redeem, DM @icy-librarian-70729 who is happy to help and can prioritize your companies formation as well 😃 Disclosure: I am not getting any kickbacks from this partnership.

🤩 New channel alert I am creating a dedicated channel for #crypto. I have noticed some ad-hoc bitcoin threads opening up on different channels. Also, I saw some #finance threads being hijacked by unsolicited advice about buying bitcoin. My belief is that crypto is going to play a key role in the creation of a brave new world 🔮 And that's why I want to have a separate space to talk more about #crypto and be curious and open-minded. My hope is that we will have more conversations about the value of this technology and the possible upsides of learning about it (I think blockchain devs are paid pretty well) and less about the price speculation. Happy to hear any ideas/suggestions to make this channel more than a passing fad 😃

🚨 Hello <!everyone>, Posting a reminder for tomorrow's session ⏰

Hey <!everyone>, This Saturday, we are hosting an AMA with Mahek, who recently quit his job at Ather Energy, where he was the Chief of Staff to the CEO. Ather, if you haven’t heard of already, is an Indian company that is betting that the future of mobility is electric and connected 🛵🔌🔮 Right now, while Mahek is on a break figuring out what to do next, we thought it would be a good time to pick his brain and learn from his experiences as a generalist or a full-stack mechanical engineer as he likes to describe himself on LinkedIn 😃 The first 30 mins will be spent talking to @straight-continent-34777 (host for this session) about his work, his approaches to team building, and his thoughts on IoT and industrial design. The second half of the session will be reserved for audience questions. 🌐 Signup here 👉 https://lu.ma/9wjzo77a

🚨 Hey <!everyone> Here's a reminder if you haven't signed up for this AMA 🙏

Hey <!everyone>, This Saturday at 4 pm, I am chatting with Abhinav about being a sovereign creator 🔥 He recently posted a tweet where I got excited by his hypothesis ⬇️🔮

We’re entering the era of the sovereign creator. Exploring passion projects, multiple sources of income, remote or partially remote jobs, ability to design your own lifestyle etc. We’re not completely there yet, but it’s a growing wave.

I can clearly see that trend increasing, and I wanted to get him on the RI Campfire Session to dig deeper into these ideas. We plan to riff on the below questions and more. • What is a sovereign creator • What are the reasons for the winds of change • Risks involved in being a sovereign creator • What are the different ways one can get started on this journey mindblown Sounds interesting? Join us live 👉 https://lu.ma/8lrxo3hq If you have any questions or ideas, you can either DM me or share them on the zoom call 🙏 PS - The discussion on Journaling has been postponed to next Saturday 😇

👋 <!everyone> If you are curious about what we are going to talk about in tomorrow's session ☝️, I have created an outline that you might want to check out 👀

“We’re entering into the fourth stage of human society aka Informational societies The last three were: Hunting and gathering societies, Agricultural societies and Industrial Societies. *In the future, wealth will be measured not just by the amount in your bank account, but in your ability to structure your affairs to realize complete individual autonomy and independence.*” - Sovereign Individual

Please feel free to add your suggestions/comments so that we can have a fruitful discussion 🙏 And if you haven't registered yet, here is the link again 👉 https://lu.ma/8lrxo3hq

📣 Hey <!everyone>, this Saturday evening, @orange-kite-82153 and I are going to discuss the benefits of journaling, how to get started with this habit, and any other questions that you might have. Here are some of the perks of journaling that we want to talk about in this zoom call 🤓 • Way to clear your head (Defrag your mind) • Decision Making • Screenshot your life (Record your memories) • Take a bird’s eye view of all that’s happening • Reflect on your past self • Build your emotional database Join us live 👉 https://lu.ma/mgns2n63 PS - We are keen to have two more panelists who would like to share their experience(tools/templates) around journaling. Especially anyone using Roam or physical notebook. Please DM me if you are interested 📥

👋 Hey <!everyone>, Sorry for the early morning notification. But I need some help here. I am curious if someone in the community can take live notes on an iPad during today's session ☝️ Also, happy to report that we have @rough-autumn-89795 joining us in this discussion 🎉 Hope to see some of you in the zoom call 👀

🚨 Here’s the session recording for “Being a Sovereign Creator” by Abhinav Chikkara last weekend. Abhinav shared these concepts using simple and concise examples and his ability to draw them on the fly was really amazing! A must watch session for anyone who wants to make money on the internet 💯

📣 Hey <!everyone>, This Saturday evening, we are doing an AMA with Preetam Nath 🔥 He is the Chief Delight Officer @ DelightChat (Customer Support Software for Ecommerce & D2C Brands) | Prev: SuperLemon (Grew it to $30k MRR). We’d love to take up questions around the following themes: 👉 Building your Micro-SaaS 👉 Value of Publishing your thoughts on the web 👉 Lifestyle Design  🌐👉 https://lu.ma/wnbv49ky

🚨 <!everyone> We are doing this AMA event at 4pm today ⏰

📣 Hey <!everyone> , Here’s the recording of the session on Journaling where we tried to suggest that Journaling is a useful meta-skill and how you can get started with this habit 📝 Thank you, @orange-kite-82153 and @rough-autumn-89795 for doing this 🙏 The conversation was quite raw but based on feedback, from the guests on Luma and one kind person on Twitter, I think we did a decent job 😄 If you do watch it, let me know what you think. Happy to share any templates that you see in the video.

👋 Hey <!everyone>, I am hosting a Social Mixer event on Saturday evening (4 pm IST) ⏰  In this event, I hope you will: 🤝 Make valuable connections 💡 Learn what others in your community are up to 🚀 Have a blast! We’ll do a few rounds of 1-on-1 conversations until you’ve met a bunch of amazing RemoteIndians 🙂 🌐👉 https://lu.ma/1zfl28s5

<!everyone> Here's a reminder about tomorrow's event ☝️ For folks who are still on the fence, we'll do 3 rounds of 1:1 conversations (with some great prompts) and with a different person for each game. I have done this before and found it to be a fun way to break the ice within the members of the tribe. So if you're convinced, here's the link again 👉 https://lu.ma/1zfl28s5 Hope to see you 👀

👋 Hey <!everyone> Here's the with @plain-keyboard-30874 Most of the questions picked up during this session were around building a business - How to find ideas for micro-saas, Finding a co-founder, Thoughts on audience-first approach, etc. I felt Preetam’s honest answers were a breath of fresh air wherein he emphasized the value of finding one's own truth via experimentation.  So if you are looking for shortcuts to build a successful online business, you are warned in advance 🙂 Also, here’s a summary thread on Twitter by the man himself. Thank you Preetam, for doing this 🙌

🚨 Hey <!everyone>, I am taking a 10-day break from the RI slack group as I am moving to a new home (within Jamshedpur) next week 🏠🚚 Please do reach out to @loud-glass-33663 in case you need any specific help 🤟. The weekly newsletters will be published but there will be no RI Campfire sessions (scheduled on Saturdays) until I am back 🙏 Also, if you have found any value from the tribe, then please consider supporting the community by becoming a patron 🤗 I would appreciate your help. Thank you! Wish me luck and hope to be back by the Ides of March 🔱😄

👋 Hey <!everyone>, I am delighted to announce an exclusive discount code for the RI community from ErgoYou. You can redeem a 10% discount if you purchase a Height-Adjustable Desk, Monitor Stand, Ergonomic footrest, On-table power console, etc. 👉

EY-10-AB-RI

( Go easy as this code is available till 31st May 😁 ) 🙏 Also, I request you to refrain from sharing this on any social network as we have limited redeems available. Have a beautiful week! PS - Made a smooth shift to the new house and happy to resume my duties 🙂

** I need your help 🤟 ** 👋 Hey <!everyone>, I hope you are doing well and had a good start to the week 🙂 Over the last 3 months, I have found it difficult to focus on the RemoteIndian project and, more importantly, engage with you to figure out how to make the RemoteIndian community work for you. That's why I've created this very brief member survey to reconnect with the tribe. Your responses will help me plan what's next for the RemoteIndian project and how we can expand this tiny universe of specific knowledge and human connection. All answers are anonymous, so feel free to be as blunt as possible. 👉 Take the 5-Minute RI Member Survey now I'm looking forward to reading your responses... Abhishek

📣 Hey <!everyone>, I am hosting a Social Mixer event on Saturday evening! From the initial review of the survey, it seems like some of you are looking for connection within the community, and what better way than to restart the practice of Icebreaker calls once every month 📝 We’ll do three rounds of 1-on-1 conversations where you'll meet some amazing RemoteIndians 🙂 🌐👉 Registration link PS - You will need to switch on your video (and a google account) to participate on the Icebreaker.video platform.

--- 🧹 Housekeeping alert All the exclusive deals + discounts have been updated on the Notion page.

📢 Hey <!everyone>, this Saturday at 4 pm, I feel grateful to have Luca Dellana speak about Ergodicity and its practical applications. I read his book "_100 Truths you will learn too late_" and found it very insightful, and I am looking forward to this seminar. Ergodicity is one of the most important mental models to keep in mind when you’re working remotely, and the goal of this session is to make more people in the community aware of it. Also, here's a small guide on the RI website to pique your curiosity 🤓 🌐 RSVP here 👉 https://lu.ma/b1e8wcbj PS: Please don’t share this event on social networks 🙏

<!channel> Hey everyone, a reminder that we are having our RI Campfire session at 4pm IST time today. That's in 3 hours! See you there! https://lu.ma/b1e8wcbj