Reading Reflection Week 3

In my third section of 100 Dollar Start Up, I read about a new side Guillebeau.  He wrote a lot about his experience as a traveler, instead of his work as a businessman.  He made sure to connect the stories of his travel back to the world of business, but I found this section was almost entirely unrelated to the rest of the book and the connection, although present, was definitely tenuous.  At the end of the section, he even said that travel was unimportant to many businesses, and that the idea of travel can often distract entrepreneurs from the true value of hard work.  Although almost entirely connected to what we're doing in class, I still found it very interesting.  His thesis was that wifi and other new communication devices allowed for small start-ups to be administered from outside the country.  He talked a lot about his experiences traveling in China and India and a guy who ran his piano lesson service company from South America, but both of them could have just as easily ran their company from back home.  It's awesome that it's less difficult to go on vacation, but for entrepreneurs who are supposed to be very tied to there start-ups, I think it's better to stay as geographically close as possible, especially if you need to have meetings with possible employees or other companies.  I love traveling, and the idea running a business from another country is fascinating. However, as we've learned through class, an entrepreneur should treat their business like a baby, and you don't leave your babies in another country.