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Peter's Podcast
Author: Peter Suhm
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Business ideas, bootstrapping, life hacks, and whatever is on my mind currently.
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Hear how the launch of my new SaaS Ogkit went and what my plans are going forward.https://ogkit.dev
In this episode, I talk to Nikolaj Astrup Madsen who is one of the most inspiring people I know. I've followed Nikolaj for almost 20 years, and I have become friends with him over the past few years. Nikolaj and his wife Michelle live a very unconventional life with lots of travel and adventure. The conversation ranges from entrepreneurship, unschooling, travel, and much more.LinksNikolaj on XTraveling VillageRevillageNikolaj's BlogClick here to watch a video of this episode.
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:46) - Nikolaj's book "Bedre" ("Better")
(03:51) - A day in the life with startups and homeschooling
(11:39) - What I've seen Nikolaj do over the past almost 20 years
(14:17) - Nikolaj on finding his own path
(17:29) - Business origin story
(25:48) - Spending a year in China and starting to travel
(28:35) - Starting a family while traveling leading to starting "Traveling Village"
(32:05) - Starting Refuga
(36:33) - Nikolaj's life plan
(40:56) - City planning, community, and having kids involved in everyday life
(51:37) - Parenting and unschooling
(01:03:27) - What Nikolaj is working on right now
(01:06:29) - Big bet vs. small bets: Nikolaj's entrepreneurship style
(01:14:18) - Life phases
(01:18:54) - Personal finance
(01:25:12) - Using AI to get more things done
(01:29:19) - Play, and spending time with kids
(01:33:07) - Friends
(01:37:46) - Growing together
(01:42:04) - Advice for making life changes
A few words on my non-midwit approach to fasting.
I have two personal finance principles that I always keep in mind:1. I don't want to give up my freedom2. I don't like surprisesVideo version: https://x.com/petersuhm/status/1814758870482293229
As it's impossible for me to take a break, I need to make micro progress.
Some thoughts on ideas and what to do with them while I push the stroller around.
A few thoughts on why I want a side project and why I want it to make money.This is the audio from a video shared on X with the audio cleaned up by AI (so you won't hear the raven sadly).
A few updates on the things going on in my life currently and what I'm thinking about next.I used AI to turn the audio from these videos into a podcast episode—sound quality isn't very good, hopefully listenable.


