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How This Expat Built a 100% Owned Tech Business in Thailand (BOI Explained) || ANDREA BUOSI (E161)

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🇹🇭 What does it take to build a successful tech company in Thailand as a foreigner?

💡 Andrea Buosi, founder of Crazy Web Studio, pulls back the curtain on his 14-year entrepreneurial journey — from leaving corporate life at Electrolux 🏢 to building the first BOI web development company in Southern Thailand 🌴.

🚀 This conversation reveals a little-known opportunity through Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) program:

✅ 100% foreign ownership
✅ No need to hire 4 Thai staff per foreigner
✅ 2-year work permits
✅ Tax and visa benefits

Andrea shares how his specialized web & 3D rendering services qualified for this elite status — and warns why bars, restaurants, and most typical expat businesses won’t qualify ❌.

🎯 We dive deep into the cultural challenges of doing business in Thailand — from hiring difficulties to the communication gap between Thai 🇹🇭 and Western 🌍 work culture.

🌍 In a surprising twist, Andrea shares why he’s leaving Phuket after a decade for Siem Reap, Cambodia 🇰🇭. What used to be a paradise has become an overcrowded hotspot, and it’s no longer home 🛫.

🎙️ Whether you're dreaming of launching a business in Thailand or just curious about expat life in Southeast Asia, this episode offers rare, unfiltered insights into both the highs and challenges of building a life and business in paradise 🌅.

👉 Check out Andrea’s work: crazywebstudio.co.th

#ThailandBusiness #ExpatLifeAsia #CrazyWebStudio #EntrepreneurJourney #PhuketLife #ThailandStartup #BOIThailand #WebDevelopmentAsia #3DRendering #LivingInThailand #WorkInThailand #DigitalNomadLife #BuildInThailand #FruitingBodyPodcast #AndreaBuozzi

🍄FRUITING BODY MUSHROOM'S SUPPLEMENTS ▼
https://fruitingbody.co.th/

🙏THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS :)

▸ SUBSCRIBE | https://www.youtube.com/c/FruitingBodyPodcast

🎧AUDIO VERSIONS ▼
▸SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/7jmBtVQ7cRzV1vQiearseH
▸APPLE | https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fruiting-body-phuket-podcast/id1586653000

🔥OUR GUESTS SOCIAL▼
▸Crazy Web Studio Website | https://www.crazywebstudio.co.th/
▸Crazy Web Studio Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/crazywebstudio/
▸Andrea Buosi Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/andreadagbuosi/

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🇹🇭 What does it take to build a successful tech company in Thailand as a foreigner?

💡 Andrea Buosi, founder of Crazy Web Studio, pulls back the curtain on his 14-year entrepreneurial journey — from leaving corporate life at Electrolux 🏢 to building the first BOI web development company in Southern Thailand 🌴.

🚀 This conversation reveals a little-known opportunity through Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) program:

✅ 100% foreign ownership
✅ No need to hire 4 Thai staff per foreigner
✅ 2-year work permits
✅ Tax and visa benefits

Andrea shares how his specialized web & 3D rendering services qualified for this elite status — and warns why bars, restaurants, and most typical expat businesses won’t qualify ❌.

🎯 We dive deep into the cultural challenges of doing business in Thailand — from hiring difficulties to the communication gap between Thai 🇹🇭 and Western 🌍 work culture.

🌍 In a surprising twist, Andrea shares why he’s leaving Phuket after a decade for Siem Reap, Cambodia 🇰🇭. What used to be a paradise has become an overcrowded hotspot, and it’s no longer home 🛫.

🎙️ Whether you're dreaming of launching a business in Thailand or just curious about expat life in Southeast Asia, this episode offers rare, unfiltered insights into both the highs and challenges of building a life and business in paradise 🌅.

👉 Check out Andrea’s work: crazywebstudio.co.th

#ThailandBusiness #ExpatLifeAsia #CrazyWebStudio #EntrepreneurJourney #PhuketLife #ThailandStartup #BOIThailand #WebDevelopmentAsia #3DRendering #LivingInThailand #WorkInThailand #DigitalNomadLife #BuildInThailand #FruitingBodyPodcast #AndreaBuozzi

🍄FRUITING BODY MUSHROOM'S SUPPLEMENTS ▼
https://fruitingbody.co.th/

🙏THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS :)

▸ SUBSCRIBE | https://www.youtube.com/c/FruitingBodyPodcast

🎧AUDIO VERSIONS ▼
▸SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/7jmBtVQ7cRzV1vQiearseH
▸APPLE | https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fruiting-body-phuket-podcast/id1586653000

🔥OUR GUESTS SOCIAL▼
▸Crazy Web Studio Website | https://www.crazywebstudio.co.th/
▸Crazy Web Studio Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/crazywebstudio/
▸Andrea Buosi Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/andreadagbuosi/

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