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CO.nnect  and CO.laborate with Joburg's fastest growing support and resource network. 

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

We also CO.nsult aspiring nomads on jump starting their creative business or flexible freelance career or reboot your 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

Liz Bharo Photography & Ostara Studio

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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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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
Passion led me here, where will it lead you? Introducing Nomads business and brand consulting. 🤓 . Exactly a year ago I had to make the hardest business and life decision, closing the physical doors of Nomads & Co. coworking space. I had to pivot to keep the dream and essence of my business alive and over the last 6 months, Nomads & Co. has grown from strength to strength into what I had invisioned for it right from the very start 4 years ago. A community for working nomads💡 . It lead me back to my WHY of starting Nomads & Co. in the first place and it has always been to live out my passion of creating meaningful experiences (especially when it comes to our workdays) live out my passion of supporting small businesses and collaborating and engaging with them creatively! So the next extension of Nomads after successfully setting up community network and support group came as a natural evolution. 💻 . Assisting aspiring nomads in making their biz day dreams and ideas a reality. By drawing from my 14-years of experience and as a double graduate in Accounting and Creative Writing. My colourful career has spanned from finance, publishing, content producing for brands like House and Leisure, KYKnet and Wanted to my entrepreneurial journey as founder of Nomads & Co. Soon after opening our doors in 2015 I was voted as one of House & Leisure’s 100 rising stars of that year. 🏅 . Launching next week on my website is my Business and Branding consultation packages. These are one on one weekly sessions. . 10 Weeks from Idea to Market for beginner business and entrepreneurs . 8 Weeks Pivot for Profit: Existing businesses and entrepreneurs in need of a biz reboot. 💰 And because Insta is my social media drug of choice I am pre-launching here with a 10% discount incl 1 year Nomads membership 😍 DM me to take advantage of this offer. . 📷 credit @graemewyllie #sharethejourney #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #networking #supportnetwork #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #creativeentrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #livethemagic #taketheleap #worklifebalance #mydreamjob
A year ago I had to start from the drawing board after a failed partnership lead to the closure of 1.0 version of my business. It wiped out my self esteem and confidence in who I am. My health suffered tremendously and I became a shell of person if who I used to be. I lost the confidence in just being myself. In version 2.0 I recently had to relearn the acceptance of my true self! For me personally, working for myself is the ultimate expression of being at peace with myself in the world. It's saying to the world 'hey these are my talents, my quirks, my idiosyncrasies and they are part of what makes me great at what I do'. When nurtured what makes you YOU can be your clients and your business' greatest strength. Never lose sight of who you are in your nomadic work journey! Being part of the Nomads community has been a great support for me in affirming my strengths and that they are valued by others... #workingmom #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #sharethejourney #networking #support #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #community #freelancer #creative #strenghtfinder #creativeentrepreneur #findyourtribe #acceptyourself #knowyourworth
M E M B E R S F E A T U R E - Liz Bharo - On the blog (link in bio) 📸 I'm a creative at heart, with an administrative OCD side. As a complex person, I have multiple interests and live these interests through 2 businesses. The one business is called Ostara Studio. Ostara means birth and rebirth - it represents spring. The focus of Ostara Studio is to offer brand strategy and brand deliverables (e.g. content creation like premium design, brand films and marketing management etc.) to individuals and small business owners, as I want to empower them. The other business is where I live full-blown creatively - Liz Bharo Photography. I've always loved the art of photography. I do mostly styled shoots, editorial/ beauty portraits and boudoir photography. I also use my reputation as a photographer, to empower other photographers on the business of photography, through mentoring and coaching: Invoque, my YouTube channel; workshop offerings; a book I have written; and lastly personal sessions. This is my nomadic story 🌸 . #photographer #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #sharethejourney #networking #support #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #community #freelancer #creative #nomadsandco
W E D N E S D A Y W I S D O M 🤓 Today on our members group we are asking ‘What is the most important lesson you have learned having or pursuing your own business that you wished you had known before your started out on your nomad journey? ‘ Please share in the comments section. 📖 #sharethejourney #remotebutnotalone #simplerlives #goodbusiness #meaningfulconnections #networking #support #joburg #johannesburg #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur #soloentrepreneur #community #freelancer #creative