Speaker
Gonçalo Hall
26 bits across the podcasts they've appeared on
The Madeira nomad village grew from 20 people in February 2021 to over 25,000 visitors by end of that year.
Prospera in Roatan offers physical tax residency for a flat $5,000/year with only 7 days on-island required annually.
Roatan is just 1.5–2 hours from Miami with direct flights, also within 2.5 hours of Houston and Atlanta.
There are approximately 5,000 free economic zones globally, but the vast majority are poorly managed and largely unknown.
Over 300 companies have registered in Prospera, with the process taking just minutes — similar to Estonia's e-residency.
Estonia's e-residency program attracted 25,000 foreign companies paying taxes there, a model Prospera is trying to replicate.
Prospera filed an $11 billion lawsuit against the Honduran government after the socialist administration attempted to shut down the ZEDE free economic zone law.
A company based in Prospera won a $1 million Thiel Award for using period blood to force stem cell collection.
Gonçalo Hall's nomad village project increased new tech company registrations on Madeira Island by 81% over the course of the project.
Gonçalo Hall has worked with nine governments including Nagasaki and Rio de Janeiro to build nomad and tourism communities.
Over 60 businesses in Prospera accept Bitcoin, an unusually high concentration even by Central American standards.
Roatan's Pristine Academy international school has children from over 20 different countries enrolled.
Residents in Prospera pay approximately 2% in taxes, enabling a luxury lifestyle at relatively low cost.
Gonçalo Hall observed that when he changed community managers, the entire community's character shifted to match the new leader within three months.
