Early Years (Carrigaline/Conor Facts)

I didn’t sell a company for $100m before I was 30 and I can’t teach you how to get rich..

But here’s a few things I have done:

Sold fake cocaine at an Australian sex convention (legally, of course)
Slept alone in the Sudanese desert next to 3,000 year old pyramids
Danced on the streets of Pyongyang to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s birthday
Hung out with Sufi mystics and Buddhist monks
When I was 27, I got sober after 14 years of alcoholism by watching Star Wars
At 35, I was diagnosed with ADHD
Nearly died a bunch of times

So, here’s a few things I could teach you:

How to not make $3.3m from Bitcoin
How to fail at every business you’ve started
What it’s like getting tattoo’d by a Buddhist monk
How to thrive at remote work when you have ADHD
How to grow your b2b startup in Africa*
Big Life Lessons from 14 years traveling to 50+ countries

*Work insert

And, finally, a few more random facts about me:

I was born in 1989, in a small Irish town called Carrigaline (pop. 12,000) – halfway between an airport and a harbour.
I skipped my college graduation ceremony, because I was living in a caravan on a beach in Australia.
I’ve traveled to 52 countries in Asia, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, and Oceania.
At the time of writing, I have 31 tattoos from 20 countries, including one from a Buddhist monk, one from the oldest tattoo shop in the world, and one I did myself.
I have 2 tooth implants, zero wisdom teeth, two root canals, and 8 fillings or crowns - the result of 14 years of damage and an ongoing vicious addiction to sugar.
I got sober in late March, 2017 - but I can’t remember the exact date. I celebrate on the 1st April, because its ironic.
Since 2019, I’m a legal resident of Bulgaria, where I own a small apartment in a ski town called Bansko. No, I don’t know how to ski Or drive

-Spent Eid in Ramallah, The West Bank doing shots of tequila from tear gas canisters that had been fired at us earlier that day.

Dropped acid at an illegal rave in the Australian outbackArrested in my underwear for accidentally stealing an iPhone.Got drugged - twice.

In 2019, I started ghostwriting for ethical hackers and was secretly published in The Guardian, TechCrunch, Wired, The Daily Mail, and many other publications.

Spent a month living in an old hotel in Stone Town, Zanzibar with a pet mouse, hanging out with a man who used to dress Princess Diana and Nelson Mandela.

Saved a kid from drowning, an American tourist from being beaten to death, and a random guy from falling off a cliff. All in a few weeks.

Once had to retrive my friend’s stolen iPhone from a heroine den with the help of a Somali restauranteur and 20 junkies.

Where I’ve been and a few jobs I’ve done in those places

Asia: Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, North Korea,

Europe: Ireland, the UK, Portugal, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Georgia.

The Middle East: Palestine, Israel, and Jordan.

Africa: Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Morocco.

Americas: USA, Canada.

Oceania: Australia.

Podcasts and Interviews

I was invited onto a popular call-in radio show in Johannesburg to discuss the digital nomad lifestyle and field questions from the public on a wide range of related topics and issues.

The Maverick Show - 2021

I was invited onto a popular call-in radio show in Johannesburg to discuss the digital nomad lifestyle and field questions from the public on a wide range of related topics and issues.

The Maverick Show - 2021

I was invited onto a popular call-in radio show in Johannesburg to discuss the digital nomad lifestyle and field questions from the public on a wide range of related topics and issues.

The Maverick Show - 2021

Print & Guest Posts

From East Africa to Bali, meet the Irish digital nomads – I had the pleasure of not just being profiled by the biggest (I think) Irish daily newspaper, but also organising interviews with some friends and acquaintances, in which we discuss the benefits of the digital nomad lifestyle for people in Ireland.

My first year as a freelance ghostwriter, while traveling East Africa – I detail the long, winding road that took me from a small town in Ireland to Kenya (via 40+ countries), and the many personal pitfalls and professional triumphs along the way.