Screw 9-5 School

Why We Learn Business While We Travel

Most trips end with photos and an empty bank account. Ours end with ideas, contacts and sometimes a new business. Here's why we built business into every trip.

Travellers around a workshop table in Vietnam, one holding up a white T-shirt, with the words Learn. Source. Build.
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Your trip should pay you back

Travel is one of the biggest things young people spend money on. We want it to have a return. Alongside the beaches, food and nightlife, you'll visit real factories, meet local founders and see how things actually get made. You come home with knowledge you can turn into income.

A small group of travellers sharing plates together at a street-food table.
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It brings the right people together

Adding business to the trip filters who joins. Our groups attract ambitious people who want to do something big with their lives: founders, creators and people planning their escape from the 9-5. You spend 10 days with them, swap ideas over dinner and leave with friends who push you forward long after the trip ends.

A small group inside a garment factory beside rolls of fabric and sewing stations, with the words See how it's made.
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The "wait, what?" moment

Something amazing happens on the factory floor. People find out that their favourite T-shirt or skincare cream costs a fraction of its shop price to make. That moment changes how they see every brand they buy from.

Travellers with local makers in a textile workshop, with the words Meet the makers.
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From souvenir to side business

Some of our travellers don't stop at being shocked. They meet the manufacturers, swap contacts and start importing products to sell back home under their own brand. A trip becomes a business.

Two travellers on a Hoi An street in front of a clothing shop, with the words Spot. Source. Scale.
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Learning that actually sticks

You don't learn business from a slide deck. You learn it by standing in the factory, asking the owner questions and seeing the numbers yourself. That's the kind of education no classroom can give you.

Travel. Learn. Build.

This isn't a holiday from your ambitions; it's a trip that grows them.