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Digital nomads are a new breed of resourceful entrepreneurs who are able to live and work anywhere they please. Nomadic workers typically enjoy a flexible and fulfilling lifestyle, leveraging technology and the internet to work remotely—from home, the coffee shop, internet cafe, or even to collaborate remotely with teams anywhere in the world. This flexibility and freedom is increasingly attractive in current economic conditions, which is leading more and more people to seek out work they can do on their own terms, that they're more passionate about, that they can do from home, or from anywhere.

Entire communities like Digital Nomad Academy have come together to help small business owners and entrepreneurs learn how they can reach a more global audience, make their operations more virtual and mobile, and "internationalize" themselves so as not to rely solely on local economies.

Nomadic entrepreneurs & professionals often work as freelance writers, photographers, affiliate marketers, web designers, developers, graphic designers, and other types of knowledge worker

Knowledge worker

Knowledge workers in today's workforce are individuals who are valued for their ability to act and communicate with knowledge within a specific subject area. They will often advance the overall understanding of that subject through focused analysis, design and/or development. They use research...

s who can get their work done without reliance on any one location. They frequently use new technologies like a smartphone, wifi, and web-based applications to enable their lifestyle, and earn an income wherever they live or travel. Digital nomads also often utilize coworking

Coworking

Coworking is a style of work which involves a shared working environment, sometimes an office, yet independent activity. Unlike in a typical office environment, those coworking are usually not employed by the same organization. Typically it is attractive to work-at-home professionals, independent...

spaces and shared offices in major cities around the world.

Also referred to as location independent

Location independence

Location independence is a growing trend among technology and knowledge workers that has been popularized by blogs like , , , and . A location independent professional—or digital nomad—often adopts Timothy Ferriss' principles of lifestyle design and utilizes new technology to design a lifestyle...

professionals (LIP) or entrepreneurs.

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