Project Getaway Thailand 2013

After 3 very successful Project Getaway events in Bali we decided to check out Thailand. Therefor arranged the fourth Project Getaway event in Koh Tao Thailand. This also means, that 2013 will be the first year to have two Project Getaway events.

At this event we all got to explore new islands and go on a lot of new and different adventures.

This event was especially focused on knowledge sharing and all the participants shared their experience, knowledge and expertise with each other. And again this year Henrik Zillmer showed the world what he got, when he developed the special AngryBoobs mobile app! Also the Airhelp startup from PG 2012 got a new CTO.

We also attended lots of parties and networked all around Koh Tao. We event attended a Full-Moon Party at Koh Pangang.

We should definitely visit Thailand again!

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Project Getaway Thailand 2013 Organizers

Tom Huges

Founder

Getaway Ignite

Tom Huges

After supporting a fun yet wasteful lifestyle, I applied to law school and got more serious after meeting Lieve in 2006. After having graduated University we chose to pursue careers in the online industry instead of pursuing careers in law or psychology. Right now we’re at the beginning of this new yet exciting phase of our lives.

Henrik Zillmer

Founder and CEO

AirHelp

Henrik Zillmer

I live and breathe for having fun and experience new things. I love tech start-ups and biz dev and have a true passion for making money and doing everything else than work (quite difficult!). I perceive the entire world as my office, which is why I have lived many places in my life (Sydney, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Singapore). I love soccer, skiing, kitesurfing, running, hiking and that kind of stuff. Occasionally, I do some stand up comedy to get my adrenaline kicks.

Christian Arp-Hansen

Photographer and owner

ArpFoto ApS

Christian Arp-Hansen

Born 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Graduated from High School 2000. Started first company 2001.
Traveling. Working as independent Photographer since 2007

Photographer working with portraits, product shoots, events and advanced photography like underwater, 360 degree panoramas and more.
Own studio near Copenhagen in creative environment.

Project Getaway Thailand 2013 Participants

Michael Bodekær

Founder of Livit Startup Ecosystem and 8 other startups

Labster

Michael Bodekær

Michael is an extremely passionate tech entrepreneur. He co-founded several tech startups over past 12 years, 2 exited successfully and one hereof IPO’ed.

Michael loves surfing/snowboarding while traveling the world, and his favorite jacuzzi cocktail is a well-prepared Cucumber Mojito.

Kristian Dupont Knudsen

Software Developer

FNA, Mymee and Cherrytomato

Kristian Dupont Knudsen

I am a software developer who loves to travel. I’ve been involved in numerous startups in different ways, I’ve been a professional software developer for 15+ years, and I do consulting for large. I have a passion for learning new things.

Keith Mander

Business Developer

Lunatude

Keith Mander

Former Google and Facebook employee. Currently I do a little consulting for a hotel chain in Europe and also own and operate a handful of niche content websites that make a passive income through advertising.

Lyndsey Burton

Managing Director

Choose

Lyndsey Burton

Ten year entrepreneur and ethics enthusiast. I do Online Marketing, SEO, Writing, Frontend Web Development, Backend Web Development and System Automation

Toni Martin Dobrzanski

Film Composer / sound engineer / Owner

Soundcomposer

Toni Martin Dobrzanski

I compose music for films, television, commercials and other multimedia or live performances.

Greg Roodt

Cofounder and CTO

AirHelp

Greg Roodt

A Software Engineer and Startup Founder with experience working on successful large-scale web and mobile applications. Passionate about creating products that customers love.

Specialties: Java, Scala, Python, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Linux, AWS, Heroku.

Kasper G. Jensen

Developer

OnlineCasting

Kasper G. Jensen

Internet entrepreneur. Worldtraveller. Movie- and Warhammergeek. Gymrat.

Rosetta Thurman

Founder and CEO

HappyBlackWoman.com

Rosetta Thurman

Rosetta Thurman is a nationally-recognized author, speaker and coach dedicated to helping women create their ideal lives through leadership, personal development and entrepreneurship.

Rosetta’s lifelong desire to help others was born out of humble beginnings. Originally from the Midwest, Rosetta grew up in the public housing projects near Cleveland, Ohio, where she was raised by a single teenage mom and a very protective grandmother. Her childhood experiences fueled a passion for social change and volunteerism, leading her to work in the nonprofit sector for 10 years as a fundraising professional and leadership development practitioner. After a decade of working in the nonprofit field, Rosetta founded Happy Black Woman, a lifestyle brand and personal development company that empowers women all over the world to live the lives they really want.

Mathias Dam

Software specialist

Nordea

Mathias Dam

I work on projects with friends and enemies, mostly web stuff, but it really can be anything from hacking together a new coffee table out of an Arduino and a few LED’s, to systems integration with old school mainframes for some big company. I also very much enjoy exploring new business concepts.

My hobbies includes a full time regular economics study at the University of Copenhagen, as well as house music – preferably dirty and at Ibiza. Also I’m usually slightly less bearded than in the picture.

Jeannette Zeuner

Founder

Bookkritters

Jeannette Zeuner

After traveling around the world and mainly working in the tourism industry, i started my own business in 2011 based in Berlin, Germany. I have two degrees: tourism economics and desktop publishing and i wanted to combine my two big loves: books and travel this way. I have written and published 3 books so far and with my publishing business i am helping other writers now to publish a book or ebook. I am a travelholic by heart and i love to work smarter not harder.

My business is based on three income strategies at the moment: 1. my self published books ( How to travel around the world / Travel guide for hobby pilots / How to self publish a ebook / coming up: Taking a time out and Escape the 9 to 5), 2. BookDesigns – where i do graphic design for print books, cover design and ebook conversions. I am also running a blog about self publishing books/ebooks. 3. On the side i do graphic design projects in the tourism industry as well as coaching for young entrepreneurs at universities or in tourism-marketing-related areas.

Trace Mayer

Entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist

How to vanish

Trace Mayer

Trace Mayer is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist and ardent defender of the freedom of speech.

He holds a degree in Accounting and a law degree. He has studied Austrian economics focusing on the work of Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises.

He is a strong advocate of the freedom of speech, operates RunToGold.com and HowToVanish.com, has authored The Great Credit Contraction and co-authored How To Vanish The Book, Bitcoin Beginner’s Guide and A Lawyer’s Take On Bitcoin And Taxes, is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the San Diego County Bar Association.

Trace Mayer has appeared on Canada’s national financial network BNN, BBC, ABC, NBC, many radio shows, conferences, to many private groups and is syndicated through Seeking Alpha, Yahoo! Finance and MarketWatch.

He was among the first popular bloggers to publicly recommend Bitcoin in its infancy with a market cap under $2m and well before its massive rise to about $900m in March 2013. He has presented on Bitcoin, both objectively and persuasively, to a wide variety of audiences including members of the Federal Reserve, Bundesbank, major financial institutions, HNWIs, conferences and many others.

So if you like, use or have profited from Bitcoin then there is a chance you were directly or indirectly influenced by Trace

Christian Michaelis

Serial Entrepreneur and CEO

Venture Base GmbH

Christian Michaelis

Studied industrial engineering and then joined McKinsey as a management consultant. Quit the job, because I had no private life anymore and joined a startup, that was falling apart quickly. Launched my own startup (selling virtual goods from a Facebook game), which became my first 4HWW muse. Since then I have built up multiple e-commerce sites for myself and big startup incubators like Rocket Internet.