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I'm going to keep this brief, because the answer from a technical perspective is very simple. it is the nuances of where and what adjustments need to be made, that will need to be made by you and only you, based on your knowledge of your business, your businesses skillset portability and your personal objectives with the business and the relocation. Why relocate your business? To access foreign markets For tax advantage - you are tired of paying high taxes, and could operate

If you have found you way to this page, you may be able to relate. You live in a western country. You see political, economic and global change that makes you challenge whether the environment in which you live, that you spent many years building and perfecting, will still be there for you in retirement and for your children, in 10-20 years. If you have a business, you may see impacts also. Softening of consumer demand, supply chain constraints, tightening of financing chann

In the rapidly changing world we find ourselves in today, we find that it is useful to have a personal plan. One with global options is these days is a useful approach. Just as a business has a plan, and deliberately decides where it incorporates, where it banks, where should it have its manufacturing operations, where should it hold its IP, where it should hire staff, where it should pay tax, which customers does it want to sell to, etc. A company that has done this level

In our opinion, lifestyle objectives, knowing yourself, and thinking through a 5 year plan are more important than flavor of the month countries and tax structures as you begin your "Going Global" journey. In our "Go-Global playbook and framework" we believe that your relocation decision should start with you, rather than a country. Relocating your business and life for global advantage, or protecting assets from capital controls, trying a new digital nomad style life, or de

Part II — Farm-Level Sustainability and Real Resilience The first section explains why Paraguay is relatively safe, the second explains why a well-prepared farm changes everything. 1. Energy Redundancy Is the Core Advantage A layered energy system dramatically reduces vulnerability: Primary solar array Secondary and tertiary solar backups (disconnected when not in use) Small wind generation or micro-hydro (stream or gravity-fed tank outflow) to supplement Wood-based thermal e

Executive Summary When people discuss safe havens in an unstable world, New Zealand and Uruguay usually dominate the conversation: peaceful, democratic, well governed, and agriculturally strong. Paraguay is rarely mentioned. Yet when resilience is measured not by comfort or governance, but by survivability under extreme global stress — nuclear war, EMP, cyber collapse, or prolonged systemic failure — Paraguay quietly emerges as one of the strongest candidates on Earth. Across

Editors note: The fact that I just wrote this headline tells us the world is in a strange place. When I was growing up in the 1980's I watched the film "The Day After" about living after a nuclear blast. No surprise I guess, perhaps a similar time - Cold war still in play, stagflation, 15% interest rates, Oil crisis and oil rationing. While the lyrics are different the tune is the same today. But this is topical given the world today including world events and this was wri

This is my story and how my relocation journey began. I began my relocation experience 30 years ago when I transferred with my global accounting firm from New Zealand where I grew up, to the US, starting in Silicon Valley in the Tech IPO boom in 1993, and then to San Francisco and later to Los Angeles where I lived by the beach and worked in the city for a few years. 20 years later I was living comfortably in the hills of LA, with Malibu as my weekend spot, 3 nice cars and