{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fruiting Body Podcast (Thailand)","title":"How This Expat Built a 100% Owned Tech Business in Thailand (BOI Explained) || ANDREA BUOSI (E161)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/58aab8ab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5599,"description":"🇹🇭 What does it take to build a successful tech company in Thailand as a foreigner?\n💡 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 🌴.\n🚀 This conversation reveals a little-known opportunity through Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) program:\n✅ 100% foreign ownership\n✅ No need to hire 4 Thai staff per foreigner\n✅ 2-year work permits\n✅ Tax and visa benefits\nAndrea 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 ❌.\n🎯 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.\n🌍 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 🛫.\n🎙️ 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 🌅.\n👉 Check out Andrea’s work: crazywebstudio.co.th\n#ThailandBusiness #ExpatLifeAsia #CrazyWebStudio #EntrepreneurJourney #PhuketLife #ThailandStartup #BOIThailand #WebDevelopmentAsia #3DRendering #LivingInThailand #WorkInThailand #DigitalNomadLife #BuildInThailand #FruitingBodyPodcast #AndreaBuozzi\n🍄FRUITING BODY MUSHROOM'S SUPPLEMENTS ▼\n▸ https://fruitingbody.co.th/\n🙏THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS :)\n▸ SUBSCRIBE  |  https://www.youtube.com/c/FruitingBodyPodcast\n🎧AUDIO VERSIONS ▼\n▸SPOTIFY | https://open.spotify.com/show/7jmBtVQ7cRzV1vQiearseH \n▸APPLE | https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fruiting-body-phuket-podcast/id1586653000\n🔥OUR GUESTS SOCIAL▼\n▸Crazy Web...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wzZJhSjn0M9NYmKYUXsPlHqHQP68xO_LjwwPR72RcI0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI0MTIyLzE2NzAz/MDkwMzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}