Before you leave home, think about a local business partner.
You might find a business idea in Thailand that requires someone at home to help you make the Thai side work.
Start by approaching your least-flakey, most-reliable relatives and friends and discussing the general idea of a bi-national business.
There's no need for anything concrete at this point.
The idea is simply to prepare the ground in case you need someone.
Below mentioned are some of the businesses you can own in Thailand as a foreigner.
Accountants, Business Professionals, Buyers, Lawyers Multinationals doing business here are reluctant to pay $200,000 'expat packages' and send staff from home because 1.
They are very expensive and 2.
The staff from home may not like living in Thailand (yes, I know).
So they try to find people who are already here and who do not need the 'expat package'.
If you have a professional background, are thinking of moving here, and want to work for a few more years, now is the time to start looking for a job in Thailand.
Start by Googling 'jobs Thailand [accounting]', or whatever your specialty is.
Get updated on LinkedIn and start networking.
(When I Googled 'jobs Thailand accounting' just now I got 58 job openings for English-speaking accountants).
Do your due diligence on any prospective Thai employer thoroughly.
Services Broker Paper and printing are inexpensive here and the quality of the work is high.
If you know something about this field you could arrange for design and printing of, say, 100,000 shopping bags for a retailer back home.
It's pleasant work and requires very little time.
There are many services in Thailand that are much cheaper than they are at home.
Actor/Model/Musician There is interest in talented people in these careers.
It's not steady, but it can be rewarding if you build your own personal value.
American music is appreciated here, even American Country Music.
Non-Profits Most Thais live in the countryside and once you get outside the cities you'll see that Thailand is still very much a developing nation.
As a result there are opportunities here for charitable and non-profit work which are emotionally rewarding.
International organizations and church missionaries need as much help as they can get.
Licensing Agent As Thailand moves out of second-world status it's upping its game in almost every area.
If you haven't lived in a developing country you will be surprised at how uneven standards can be.
In fact, sometimes there are no standards at all.
I notice this everywhere.
For example, when I buy a bottle of milk manufactured locally by a Japanese company I find that the cap unscrews and snaps away from its retaining ring perfectly, every time.
Similarly, the inner adhesive seal is seated perfectly on the bottle aperture un-peels easily and evenly, without tearing.
Its Thai competitor's product forces me to wrestle to unscrew the cap because its retaining ring does not grip the bottle.
The inner seal tears when I try to remove it, etc.
You get the picture.
You might find a business idea in Thailand that requires someone at home to help you make the Thai side work.
Start by approaching your least-flakey, most-reliable relatives and friends and discussing the general idea of a bi-national business.
There's no need for anything concrete at this point.
The idea is simply to prepare the ground in case you need someone.
Below mentioned are some of the businesses you can own in Thailand as a foreigner.
Accountants, Business Professionals, Buyers, Lawyers Multinationals doing business here are reluctant to pay $200,000 'expat packages' and send staff from home because 1.
They are very expensive and 2.
The staff from home may not like living in Thailand (yes, I know).
So they try to find people who are already here and who do not need the 'expat package'.
If you have a professional background, are thinking of moving here, and want to work for a few more years, now is the time to start looking for a job in Thailand.
Start by Googling 'jobs Thailand [accounting]', or whatever your specialty is.
Get updated on LinkedIn and start networking.
(When I Googled 'jobs Thailand accounting' just now I got 58 job openings for English-speaking accountants).
Do your due diligence on any prospective Thai employer thoroughly.
Services Broker Paper and printing are inexpensive here and the quality of the work is high.
If you know something about this field you could arrange for design and printing of, say, 100,000 shopping bags for a retailer back home.
It's pleasant work and requires very little time.
There are many services in Thailand that are much cheaper than they are at home.
Actor/Model/Musician There is interest in talented people in these careers.
It's not steady, but it can be rewarding if you build your own personal value.
American music is appreciated here, even American Country Music.
Non-Profits Most Thais live in the countryside and once you get outside the cities you'll see that Thailand is still very much a developing nation.
As a result there are opportunities here for charitable and non-profit work which are emotionally rewarding.
International organizations and church missionaries need as much help as they can get.
Licensing Agent As Thailand moves out of second-world status it's upping its game in almost every area.
If you haven't lived in a developing country you will be surprised at how uneven standards can be.
In fact, sometimes there are no standards at all.
I notice this everywhere.
For example, when I buy a bottle of milk manufactured locally by a Japanese company I find that the cap unscrews and snaps away from its retaining ring perfectly, every time.
Similarly, the inner adhesive seal is seated perfectly on the bottle aperture un-peels easily and evenly, without tearing.
Its Thai competitor's product forces me to wrestle to unscrew the cap because its retaining ring does not grip the bottle.
The inner seal tears when I try to remove it, etc.
You get the picture.
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