139: Why cities are now competing for nomads (ft. Sondre Rasch)

David speaks with Sondre Rasch, Co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing, a global social safety net for remote workers and companies.

A natural entrepreneur, Sondre started selling server space in his early teens whilst playing MMORPGs. While most kids were focused on high school, at 14 he was already planning to build a Silicon Valley company, something he'd eventually do twice as a Y Combinator founder with Superside and later SafetyWing.

Sondre used his own problems as a digital nomad to create solutions that now help thousands of people who want the freedom to work from anywhere.

They talked about:

🏙️ Why cities are now competing for nomads

🌐 The Rise of Internet Countries

🌱 How Reddit Keeps Subcultures Alive

🚀 How work is becoming borderless, not just remote

🛡️ Building safety nets for nomads (SafetyWing)

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the third part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: https://theknowledge.io/sondrerasch-1/

Part 2: https://theknowledge.io/sondrerasch-2/

📜 Full transcript:

https://theknowledge.io/sondrerasch-3/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/t-8ZQWx3mLM

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

👤 Connect with Sondre:

Twitter: @SRasch | https://x.com/SRasch

Website: Safety Wing | https://safetywing.com/

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