Traveling, unschooling, and entrepreneurship with Nikolaj Astrup

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.

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• (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