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Connect  and Colaborate with Joburg's fastest growing support and resource network. 

A Community  for the nomadic freelancer, creative, small businesses owner and solo entrepreneur.

We also consult aspiring nomads on jump-starting their creative business and flexible freelance career or rebooting an existing brand.

Looking for more flexibility? Grow your own business or reboot your brand?  Let us restore the work-life balance and bring you back to your why, creative spirit and map a course to get you there. 

Looking for more flexibility? Grow your own business or reboot your brand?  Let us restore the work-life balance and bring you back to your why, creative spirit and map a course to get you there. 

Remote doesn't have to mean alone. Let me introduce you to your biggest fan ... your fellow nomad. A tribe that you can lean on, learn from, share and collaborate with online and in real life.

Remote doesn't have to mean alone. Let me introduce you to your biggest fan ... your fellow nomad. A tribe that you can lean on, learn from, share and collaborate with online and in real life.

We share inspiring nomadic blog stories and interviews  + LAUNCHING this July, our brand new podcast series and announcements on events & workshops. Are you tuned in? 

We share inspiring nomadic blog stories and interviews  + LAUNCHING this July, our brand new podcast series and announcements on events & workshops. Are you tuned in? 

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Member Interview

Hello it's Matilda 

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The sheer enthusiasm, sound board and go-to-gal for any business related, top-notch advice, time-and-time-again came from Nomads & Co’s Lizette Watts. This online community is growing fast and I am so honourd to be apart of it. ”
— Hanneke Barlow - Digits Acc Services and Nomads & Co. member

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Are you a small business owner? Do you support other small business owners? Pay it forward and support fellow entrepreneurs, freelancers and creatives running their own businesses. Be the change you want to see! And if you are a small business owner and need some emotional support and to share your journey with those who get it, join the community who knows what it means to work for yourself (follow link in bio for more info) Shoes @kaalileatherapparel available at the @thelindencoop #shoplocal #supportlocalbusiness #smallbusinessowners #freelancer #creative #entrepreneur #community #remotebutnotalone #creativeentrepreneur #workforyourself #joburgentrepreneur #networking #southafrica #simplerlives #meaningfulconnections #worklifebalance
M E M B E R S F E A T U R E - Hello it’s Matilda - On the blog (link in bio) . . My name is Matilda, @hello.itsmatilda most people know me as Tillie. I am an artist, freelance graphic designer and illustrator specialising business branding for creative entrepreneurs, custom illustrations for businesses and personal commissions. I love working with watercolour and gouache paint and often incorporate my hand painted illustrations into my design work. I have an ever growing range of illustrated paper goods like greeting cards and limited edition art prints made from my original ink drawings and paintings. I occasionally also sell original artwork. . . #illustrator #illustration #nomadsandco #nomadicworker #worklifebalance #workforyourself #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #sharethejourney #networking #support #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #community #freelancer #creative
Pottery Class Meet-up // Our members and community are in for a treat this August as our monthly MEMBERS ONLY meet-up is taking place over a pottery class ! . I was inspired by our June Meet-Up conversation around creativity, creative blocks and how do we fuel ourselves when we give so much of ourselves when we run our own business. . Spring is usually a time of rebirth and renewal however in here on the Southern tip of Africa it is a mad sprint to get 6 months worth of work done in 3 months before we all head for our December holidays. BURN-OUT in other words . We need to make sure if we are in a creative business that if we are spending that creativity on our clients that we find other outlets to fuel us again. Or if we are in service delivery in the professional fields that we take time re-energise and fuel our spirit . So roll up your sleeves and get those hands muddy it is time to reconnect with your inner child a create something just for the sake of creating and enjoying! It doesn’t have to be pretty or even functional it is about the action of calming and entering the mind and just for the sake of making. . This event is only open to Nomads & Co. members. If you would like to find out about becoming a member of Joburg’s fastest growing support and resource network and community for freelancers, creatives and entrepreneurs visit our website! #sharethejourney #meaningfulconnections #simplerlives #worklifebalance #makingpottery #createforfun #community #yourbestworklife #workthatinspiresyou #loveyourjob #networking #freelance #creativeentrepreneur #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #creativefreelancer #joburg #johannesburg #jozi #southafrica #goodbusiness #greatbusiness #nomadicworker #nomadsandco #remotebutnotalone #bettertogether #supportsmallbusiness
Where is your entrepreneurial journey leading you? ☝🏻 Mine has brought to me to Italy this week as me and my husband are researching what it would mean to live a more simpler, more meaningful and more creative life in the future and how to share it with as many people as possible! A b&b/farmstay retreat in the heart of the slow living and food region? We certainly hope so. Living your best creative and entrepreneurial journey means many different things to different people and it’s ok too if it changes over time, because we do, as do our priorities, relationships and outlook on life. Where is your entrepreneurial journey taking you? (P.S I have been sharing most of our Italian travel and house hunting stories on my personal account @urbanboer hop on over if you want to see more) #meaningfulconnections #simplerlives #worklifebalance #slowlife #slowliving #liveyourpassion #liveyourdreams #liveyourbestlife #liveyourmagic #slowdown #entrepreneurs #creativeentrepreneur #italy #modena #workforyourself #freelancers
For the next two weeks Nomads & Co. is going on location! 🇮🇹 Follow our journey . We will be spending the next two weeks on location in Italy in Emilia Romagna, where the slow life was literally invented! Join us for the next two weeks (especially on our Instagram story) where we tell more about what brings us to Italy and our next and biggest entrepreneurial journey …. we are going into the business of slow and we want you to join us on the AMAZING journey! . #theslowlife #simplerlives #remotebutnotalone #liveyourmagic #thecreativelife #theabundantlife #workingnomads #agriturismo #creativeentrepreneur #creativefreelancer #italy #remotenomads #sharethejourney #healthybusiness #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #southafrica #supportnetworkforbusiness #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #creativeentrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #freelancecommunity #livethemagic #nomadcommunity #taketheleap #worklifebalance #mydreamjob #livingwithpassion
Our Nomads members inspire me so much, every MEET-UP is filled with laughter, tears but above all inspiration. Seriously I don’t know how people who work for themselves cope without a support group like this 🤷‍♀️ Every month I get the biggest boost and creative fuel from our community meet-up! Everyone brings amazing energy, truth, honesty and the best advice and are crazy talented 🤓I love that I always leave with at least a handful of new tips, techniques, reading lists and podcasts! I love that I get to call this my job and passion! 🧡Also big shout out to @lizbharo_photography who makes sure that those who missed out on meet-ups or forgot to write it all down for posting all the inspo on our members-only FB group! 🙏🏻#creativeentrepreneur #community #networking #femalentrepreneurs #sharethejourney #knowyourwhy #liveyourmagic #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #nomadsandco #joburg #smallbusinessowners
CELEBRATING FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS . Johannesburg ladies, this one is for you... A giveaway valued at over R7,000!! . We're celebrating the superwomen who's made the brave plunge to work for themselves & would like to spoil you with some items and services we see as essentials for any successful entrepreneur. . What you need to do to enter: . Follow all three of us on Instagram: @digits_accounting, @nomads_and_co & @kisskissphoto + Tag your business bestie who could also enter by following the same two steps. . (Tag one fellow female entrepreneur in each comment and each comment will count as one entry) . What's up for grabs: First Prize: Digits | Individual Income tax return 2017/2018 (valued at R3,500) This includes a tax consultation as well as submission to SARS.  Your full income tax portfolio will be discussed and all possible deductions calculated. You do need to have your income and expenses calculated for March 2017 until February 2018 and excluded from this prize is any audit or verification requested by SARS. . Second Prize: Natural professional head shots for one lucky lady with Kiss Kiss Photography (valued at R1,800) . Third Prize: 1 year subscription to Nomads & Co. networking and support community + 1 Business and Brand strategy consulting session (valued at R1500 + R850) Ts & Cs  Competition runs until Friday 15 June at 12:00 and the winner will be announced that same day. All prizes to be redeemed before 01 December 2018 & prize winner to be from Joburg & able to travel to Parktown North/Rosebank areas for consults and photoshoot. Get tagging & good luck!
H E A L T H : If you don’t exist, your business doesn’t exist. 🧘🏻‍♀️ . I made a huge investment in my business this year and getting it back on track…I invested in myself. 🥗 . Due to a bad business partnership (to be addressed in another post) I was working 18 hour days IN my business and not ON it (also worthy of a separate post) and by the time I closed the doors of my physical business my chronic back pain had hit an all-time high and suffered from adrenal fatigue brought on by chronic stress. I put on an additional 10kg in 6 months after closing on an already fatigued and chronically in pain body and I ended up being diagnosed with insulin resistance. 👨🏿‍⚕️ . Since November last year I have signed up for weekly Pilates classes to help with my back pain, I’m on diabetic medication for my insulin resistance and invested in some brand new fancy running shoes and have signed up for my first 10km race on Women’s day on the 9th of August (yes I am training for this) plus taking VitB12 now daily to help cope with stress ( I am also seeing a therapist but mental health deserves its own post). 💊 . My husband and I love cooking and making our own food from scratch since I have always had gut problems especially from having highly processed food. We’ve just had to learn now what to pair with what for the insulin resistance and I have been recommended a Paleo eating plan to assist 🥥 . To date I have lost 8kg since February and still going and even though I am not yet pain free in terms of my back problems I have started believing in the first time in 7 years that I can one day be. In the last 6 months I have had renewed energy to work again on business, this time around not in it. 🛀🏻 . Forget about the BIG ticket items in your business for now…are you looking after yourself, your business greatest commodity? What has been your biggest health investment that paid off? For me this has been the best money I have ever spent for my business. #sharethejourney #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #healthybusiness #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #businessnetworking #southafrica #supportnetworkforbusiness #joburg