The Long Game: Building businesses as Black Expats

If you're running any kind of business as a Black expat in Thailand—whether that's managing a U.S. company from your laptop, building a Thai-registered venture, freelancing globally, or somewhere in between—you've probably had moments where you wished you could just talk to someone else doing this.
Someone who gets what it's like navigating Thai business bureaucracy as a Black person. Someone who understands the isolation of making business decisions far from your usual support system. Someone who's figured out the visa maze, or at least can commiserate about how confusing it is. Someone who's had to answer the question: "Can I actually build lasting wealth here, or am I just funding a lifestyle?"
The thing is, Black entrepreneurs in Thailand are operating across wildly different models. Some of us are running established businesses back home while living here. Others are building from scratch—restaurants, wellness practices, creative ventures, services for the expat community. Some are digital nomads working with clients across three continents. The specifics vary, but the core questions overlap more than you'd think.

This conversation is for you if:
• You're currently running a business (any kind) while based in Thailand

• You're seriously considering starting one here
• You want to hear honest talk about what actually works, what failed, and what the real obstacles are
• You're tired of the Instagram version of entrepreneurship abroad and want to discuss the messy reality
We're gathering to share what we've learned, compare notes on what we're navigating, and build the kind of community support that actually helps. No pitch sessions, no networking theater—just real conversation about building while Black in Southeast Asia.