My Experience Travelling the World The Entrepreneur Speaks Podcast
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Gary Arndt is an American blogger and photographer. He is the author of the
travel blog Everything Everywhere and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur. Arndt
was a business owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota before he became a writer,
starting his first business a few years out of college. He owned the web design
firm, Creative Internet Solutions, which he sold in 1999 . While there, he
developed the idea to open a video-game playing facility while watching his
employees play computer games after work. He owned the videogame salon The
Stomping Grounds, with a location in Minneapolis and a second location that
opened in 2002.The salon, one of the original PC-gaming rooms in the United
States, was founded from the profits Arndt received from a gaming news website
he bought in the late 1990s called Stomped.com. The business received about $1
million in revenue during its first year.
In March 2007 Arndt sold his house in order to travel the world. The initial
plan was to travel for about a year and a half, however Arndt decided to
continue his travels indefinitely. Since 2007, he has traveled to about 140
countries and all seven continents. Arndt does not maintain a personal
residence, living only in temporary locations. He chronicles his journey on his
travel blog , Everything Everywhere, which has approximately 100,000 readers
monthly. The blog includes both comments on the places he has traveled and
photography.
In this episode Gary shares his experiences travelling the world.
Enjoy !!
Gary Arndt is an American blogger and photographer. He is the author of the
travel blog Everything Everywhere and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur. Arndt
was a business owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota before he became a writer,
starting his first business a few years out of college. He owned the web design
firm, Creative Internet Solutions, which he sold in 1999 . While there, he
developed the idea to open a video-game playing facility while watching his
employees play computer games after work. He owned the videogame salon The
Stomping Grounds, with a location in Minneapolis and a second location that
opened in 2002.The salon, one of the original PC-gaming rooms in the United
States, was founded from the profits Arndt received from a gaming news website
he bought in the late 1990s called Stomped.com. The business received about $1
million in revenue during its first year.
In March 2007 Arndt sold his house in order to travel the world. The initial
plan was to travel for about a year and a half, however Arndt decided to
continue his travels indefinitely. Since 2007, he has traveled to about 140
countries and all seven continents. Arndt does not maintain a personal
residence, living only in temporary locations. He chronicles his journey on his
travel blog , Everything Everywhere, which has approximately 100,000 readers
monthly. The blog includes both comments on the places he has traveled and
photography.
In this episode Gary shares his experiences travelling the world.
Enjoy !!
20 min