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Special Edition: 10 Tactical Lessons from the World Playground Summit

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🔥 10 Tactical Lessons from the World Playground Summit

Most conferences promise vague inspiration.

This one delivers actual blueprints.

Here are 10 specific strategies our speakers are sharing inside the Summit — real, actionable lessons from queer professionals who’ve actually built the borderless life you’re dreaming about.

No Instagram filters. No trust fund fairy tales. Just practical systems that work.

The summit was built for YOU, PrideNomad. Since you’re reading this, you KNOW you want a borderless life that fills your heart…and your pocketbook.

Here’s your tactical preview of this week’s festivities:

1️⃣ How to Protect Your Money Globally — BEFORE You Fly

Speaker: Jim Werner

Most nomads don’t realize how fragile their banking is until they’re already stranded overseas.

✅ Carry at least two bank accounts AND two credit cards on different networks.
 ✅ Use international-friendly banks: Charles Schwab (US), Wise, Revolut.
✅ Update all authentications while still on your home network.
✅ Use a VPN when banking abroad to avoid lockouts.

This isn’t optional. Your entire life runs on functional banking.

2️⃣ Build Micro-Communities — Not Massive Friend Lists

Speaker: Shelby Clark

Loneliness is the silent killer for most nomads. Shelby shows why chasing hundreds of acquaintances fails — and how 3–5 intimate, aligned relationships create long-term emotional safety while traveling.

✅ Join coworking hubs, queer expat circles, and mission-driven groups.
✅ Fewer connections. Deeper belonging.

Your freedom feels a lot lighter when you’re not carrying it alone.

3️⃣ Build Businesses That Serve Your Community, Not Mass Markets

Speaker: Justin Ayars

When most founders launch, they target the widest possible market.

Justin shows why that’s exactly backward for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

He reveals how queer founders can create hyper-niched businesses that offer cultural competency, identity-safe services, and aligned values for communities who seek safety, understanding, and real expertise.

✅ Authenticity becomes your greatest business asset.
✅ Stop code-switching. Start serving.

You don’t need everyone. You need your people.

4️⃣ Global Tax Residency Requires More Than Just “Where You Live”

Speaker: Ben Stokes

Most people think tax residency is simply where you sleep. It’s far more complex.

✅ Your financial center of gravity matters.
✅ Where your ties, assets, and obligations live shapes your global tax exposure.
✅ Multi-jurisdictional filings require global accountants — not your hometown CPA.

The paperwork trail determines whether you’re globally free — or globally exposed.

5️⃣ Create Emotional Infrastructure — Not Just Travel Logistics

Speaker: Martin Stark

You can’t simply “wing it” emotionally while living borderless. Martin shows how emotional infrastructure protects your mental health:

✅ Pre-arrange therapy or coaching before you leave.
✅ Build a 3–4 person “check-in circle” who know your journey.
✅ Prepare for moments of isolation — they will come.

Emotional safety is part of your survival stack.

6️⃣ The 48-Hour Global Integration Protocol

Speaker: Joey Bann

Your first 48 hours set the tone for your entire stay:

✅ Join 2–3 local WhatsApp or Telegram groups instantly.
✅ Attend one real-world meetup right away.
✅ Message 3 people directly to start authentic relationships.

Belonging isn’t luck. It’s process.

7️⃣ Build Global Business Partnerships Without Huge Audiences

Speaker: Auston Matta

Global partnerships don’t require millions of followers — they require alignment.

✅ Approach tourism boards, LGBTQ organizations, and international brands directly.
✅ Package your expertise as partnership value — not just social media vanity metrics. ✅ Authority opens doors that algorithms can’t.

Business development is global — even for small platforms.

8️⃣ Build Systems So Freedom Isn’t Fragile

Speaker: Jeremy Tran

If your business needs you showing up every day, you aren’t free.

✅ Productize your knowledge, not your time.
✅ Build backend systems that run without daily supervision.
✅ Create multiple location-independent revenue streams.

Freedom without systems is just expensive anxiety.

9️⃣ You Don’t Have to Monetize Visibility to Win

Speaker: Matthew Schueller

Not every visible creator wants to turn content into a business — and that’s okay.

✅ Use your platform to create options, not obligations.
✅ Protect your mental health by owning your boundaries.
✅ Visibility creates opportunity — but you choose your path.

Success isn’t one-size-fits-all.

🔟 Failure Can Become Your Greatest Business Asset

Speaker: Joey Amato

Your mistakes don’t disqualify you — they build your credibility.

✅ Sharing real failure builds trust.
✅ Clients, partners, and audiences respect transparency more than perfection.

The things you survived may be the foundation for your global credibility.

🔥 This is just a tiny sample of what’s waiting for you inside.

Every speaker is bringing dozens more lessons, stories, and frameworks you’ll hear directly inside the Summit.

But the real magic happens when you’re in the room with us — hearing these stories firsthand, connecting the dots, and feeling that spark of: “Wait, I could actually DO this.”

✅ No fluff.
✅ No “4-hour workweek” fantasy.
✅ Real humans living real freedom — emotionally, financially, logistically, and legally.

The Summit kicks off TODAY!

Registration is completely free.

I’ll save you a seat. — Ken

P.S. Even if you can’t attend live, you’ll get access to the recordings with VIP access (and bonuses galore!).
But you have to register first, grasshopper!

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🌴 From Unicorn Exit to Jungle Awakening: Why You Should Nomad With Us In Costa Rica This July 🌈

You’ve heard of Turo—the Airbnb-for-cars unicorn worth billions.
But you probably haven’t heard what happened after its queer founder, Shelby Clark, was pushed out.

He didn’t launch another startup.
He went into the jungle…
And built something real.

Now, Shelby’s the creator of the Jungle Gayborhood—a transformational queer sanctuary on 300 acres of Costa Rican rainforest.

🗓️ July 27–Aug 2, I’m joining Shelby and his team for a life-changing LGBTQ+ retreat—and you’re invited.

🌈 Expect waterfalls, deep breathwork, optional plant medicine, and a space where you can finally exhale.
 🧠 Fully trans-affirming, trauma-aware, and science-backed.
🏕️ And yes—you get $200 off any retreat this year when you mention PrideNomad.

✨ Bonus:
You’ll meet Shelby first at the World Playground Summit, where he’s a featured speaker sharing the full story of how he went from Silicon Valley glory…
To jungle rebirth.

This is your invitation.
To stop chasing.
To start remembering.
To come home to yourself.

👉 Click here to request info or just reply “COSTA RICA” and we’ll send you everything.

Let’s go.

P.S. Hey — quick personal note, just between us nomads…

This book might just remind you you’re not alone.

📖 Download your pay-what-you-want copy here before the final version drops.

With pride & wanderlust,

Ken

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