When Entrepreneurs Escape
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A co-working retreat in a tropical paradise. Few weeks packed with surfing and startups. Climbing, masterminding, island hopping & business building. Excited yet? Here’s a selection of entrepreneurial getaways you do not want to miss in 2015. Grab your passports. Pack your bags. Here we go!
Update June 23: Added Hubud Bali.
Update May 21: Added Coworking Camp.
Update May, 19: Four more amazing retreats / trips added to the list: Workaway Camp, TurnPoint, Hacker Paradise and Tribewanted. Keep ‘em coming! ☺
Startuppers, digital nomads, lifestyle entrepreneurs.. have we got a treat for you! Several, actually. Here’s a hand-picked a selection of entrepreneurial getaways, not to be missed this year.
Project Getaway
20 Entrepreneurs. 30 Days. 1 Life-Changing Experience.
Project Getaway is not just an event, but a complete experience. It is geared towards successful and aspiring entrepreneurs who are ready to take the leap towards a deeply satisfying lifestyle, where great success, adventure and a balanced lifestyle go hand-in-hand.
- Where: Bali, Indonesia
- When: October 1–31, 2015 (30 days)
- Who should go: Lifestyle entrepreneurs, digital nomads
- Learn more: http://www.projectgetaway.com/
Workaway Camp (Now Refuga)
Camps and adventures for entrepreneurs.
Join work camps and adventure trips all over the world. Meet awesome likeminded people, move your business to the next level and get away from the office.
- Where: Several “workaways” up and coming! Next one is in Barcelona.
- When: May 22, 2015 (Barcelona), Jul 1, 2015 (Mount Elbrus, Russia), more to come (check their website for more)
- Who should go: For those with an entrepreneurial mind.
- Learn more: https://refuga.com/
Hubud — Hub in Ubud
Bali’s first co-working space!
Hubud [Hub-in-Ubud] is a collaborative working space home to a diverse community of local and visiting creatives, techies, entrepreneurs and business folks, changemakers, downshifters and truth-seekers.
- Where: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- When: All year round
- Who should go: Entrepreneurs, freelancers, business builders.
- Learn more: http://www.hubud.org/
Surf Office
Build the productivity under the sun.
Take your employees out of the office for a team building experience that will forever change the way your company interacts and works together.
- Where: Canary Islands, California, Lisbon
- When: All year round, few days or several weeks
- Who should go: Startup teams, freelancers, remote workers, entrepreneurs
- Learn more: http://www.thesurfoffice.com/
Heroic Escape
Entrepreneur Summer Camp.
Are you a hustling entrepreneur, someone who wants to change the world? Are you dedicated to personal growth and entrepreneurial learning, and want to connect with other changemakers for an exciting and challenging tropical getaway where we’ll make some personal transformation and have shitloads of fun?
- Where: Krabi, Thailand
- When: June 16–25, 2015 (10 days)
- Who should go: Lifestyle entrepreneurs, digital nomads
- Learn more: http://www.thrillingheroics.com/escape/
Blackbox Connect
A two-week, residential program designed to immerse international startup founders in the Silicon Valley culture.
During the program you will connect with and receive advice, feedback and perspectives on team composition, launched products, business and growth strategies from venture capitalists, successful founders, and game changing domain experts. With the small group size and intimate house environment, you will also forge valuable business relationships with other successful entrepreneurs from around the world.
- Where: Silicon Valley, California
- When: August 17–28, 2015 (two weeks)
- Who should go: International startup founders (non US)
- Learn more: http://blackbox.vc/connect/
NoHatDigital Retreat
Come Live and Work in a Mansion in Valle de Bravo, Mexico!
This gives you the perfect opportunity to enjoy the networking opportunities that living with other successful entrepreneurs offers, as well as enjoying Mexican life in a beautiful location, without taking you away from current commitments for too long. The best of both worlds.
- Where: Valle de Bravo, Mexico
- When: All year round, 7 and 14 days accommodation packages
- Who should go: Lifestyle entrepreneurs, digital nomads
- Learn more: http://www.nohatdigital.com/mansionpage/
KoHUB
Tropical Coworking Discovered.
Join a diverse community of freelancers, start-ups, online entrepreneurs, writers, designers, web developers and programmers, at our comfortable, collaborative and professional digital nomad hub.
- Where: Koh Lanta, Thailand
- When: All year round, daily, weekly and monthly prices
- Who should go: Lifestyle entrepreneurs, digital nomads
- Learn more: http://kohub.org/
The Blue House
A House For Startups By The Sea.
No distractions, a healthy lifestyle, sun all year, entrepreneurs from every corner of the globe, a team to help you boost your startup, and events attracting entrepreneurs and mentors from around the world.
- Where: Taghazout, Morocco
- When: All year round housing, from few days to two weeks or more
- Who should go: Startup founders and teams
- Learn more: http://www.thebluehouse.io/
TurnPoint
Go anywhere from here.
TurnPoint is a destination education startup that provides intensive learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, career shifters and global citizens who are looking for a more meaningful way of working and living.
- Where: Bali, Indonesia
- When: Next course starting in May 21, 2015 (several more coming later in 2015)
- Who should go: Entrepreneurs, creatives, online marketers
- Learn more: http://turnpoint.io/
SunDesk
Work. Surf. Connect!
Whether it's sharing ideas on the beach following an afternoon surf session, handling client calls while watching the sunset from the roof terrace, hacking for hours on a comfortable desks or enjoying a delicious Moroccan tagine with new friends ~ SunDesk is the best way to experience coworking in Morocco!
- Where: Taghazout, Morocco
- When: All year round coworking community, from one day to a month or more
- Who should go: Entrepreneurs, digital nomads, freelancers
- Learn more: http://sun-desk.com/
Hacker Paradise
A Traveling Community for Developers, Designers, and Other Creative Types.
Travel the world, get work done, grow personally & professionally, and be part of a tight-knit community of passionate and intellectually curious people.
- Where: Estonia, Spain, GermanyMay
- Where: Next trip heading to Tallinn, Estonia 31 — June 28 (more to come)
- Who should go: Developers & Designers
- Learn more: http://www.hackerparadise.org/
Tribewanted
Live differently for a little while.
From Fiji to Sierra Leone to Umbria to Bali — we’ve spent 10 years bringing people together in beautiful, off-grid locations to support sustainable community development and to experience living differently for a little while.
- Where: Sierra Leone, Bali, Italy
- When: Maybe try Monestevole, Italy in June, 2015?
- Who should go: Change makers. City escapees. Cultural foodies. Intrepid travellers.
- Learn more: http://www.tribewanted.com/
Coworking Camp
Get things done in the sun.
Imagine a place where inspiring people gather in November and December to escape the cold European winter to work on their ideas together. Coworking Camp is a temporary coworking space in a beach resort in Djerba, Tunisia.
- Where: Djerba, Tunisia
- When: November 2 — December 13, 2015
- Who should go: Startup founders, entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers and digital nomads
- Learn more: http://coworking.camp/
Nest Copenhagen
Denmark’s first co-living space for the creators of tomorrow.
Nest will not be your “second workspace”. It will be your home. Think of it as a shared apartment with people who share the same interest for making things happen, people who are driven to create things. But also people who enjoy biking, running, working out, cooking, watching a good series or meditating.
- Where: Copenhagen, Denmark
- When: Room available from 1st of July (long-term housing)
- Who should go: Entrepreneurs, startup founders, innovators
- Learn more: http://www.nestcopenhagen.dk/
These are just the tip of the iceberg. So many cool escapes, so little time! Got an escape you'd like to recommend? Leave a note on this post and we'll consider doing another round in the near future.
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