It a success story of a company Makers Travellers, how to two people fed up with their job found their passion and business while travelling.

1. The Traveling Couple Who Found Their
Passion in Asia

2. AUTHOR
Tyler and Megan are husband-and-wife tag team of
Makers Travelers left their advertising / marketing
jobs in Portland to go see what they could get made
on the other side of the world.

3. The far fetched idea of
remote life
From what Megan and I
understood about becoming
“digital nomad,” you either
had to be
THE SAD TRUTH
good at computers
have a client on retainer or
always be hustlin’

4. At the end of the
day, if it weren’t for
a tiny leather
backpack, we’d
have never thought
that remote life was
an option for us.
t h e k i t
neither of us know code, have deep-pocketed clients or are
particularly great at selling our skills.

5. It all started with a classic case of
“I-hate-my-job-itis”.

6. We were each feeling mentally drained by our
careers, and made it a goal to become our own
bosses within the year.

7. The only problem-
what would we be
the bosses of

8. We decided to stick with what
we knew, which was marketing
products. The product we
eventually landed on would be
a redesign of Megan’s favorite
leather daypack, she wore it
everywhere, and received no
less than 3 compliments a day
on it—it seemed as though the
backpack had a fan following.
We got to thinking that if we
produced these bags, and
marketed them right, they had
some potential.

9. But as we began searching for places to
get it manufactured, we quickly ran into
a few problems:
1) we knew nothing about
manufacturing
2) we struggled to find a place willing to
make it without an intimidating up-front
investment
3) we didn’t want to get involved with
large-scale manufacturing.

10. And this roadblock got us thinking…what if we made
it our job to find a skilled artisan to handcraft this bag.
Megan had her original bag made in Indonesia —why
not go there and find someone willing to partner with
us to produce it.

11. And so Makers Travelers was born. It’s an idea that found us
seeking out people who made things for a living, and took us
on a 4-month adventure through Indonesia, Myanmar,
Cambodia and Vietnam.
Our original idea for a
single backpack blossomed
into multiple handmade
goods as we met more
and more makers—each
one excelling at a mix of
modern craft and
traditional artistry in a
unique and beautiful way.

12. In Bali we met Sangito, a man
who had worked with leather his
entire life and eventually taught
his wife and family the craft.
Each night, they’d happily work
from the floor in their living room
handcrafting everything from
wallets to ruck sacks—and were
some of the most giving and
hospitable people we’d ever met.
In Yangon we befriended Julie,
who introduced us to female
makers from Chin State who
supported their entire families
with their creations.The search begins

13. There was an entire world of makers ready
to create something special just for you…
all you have to do is find them.

14. In looking to recreate this
backpack we found
ourselves halfway around
the world, meeting hundreds
of amazing people we still
consider friends, discovering
cultures we had no idea
existed, taking part in ancient
traditions and experiencing
things that changed us
forever. And on top of all of
that, we feel like we found a
way to create a business
that combines our passion
with our skill set.

15. Was it scary? Of course it was—we left everything behind to try
something we’d never done before. But was it worth it? We’d each call
it the best decision we’d made in our entire lives.

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