Jasper Ribbers & Ian Bednowitz

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***Jasper's advice has been featured in Men's Health Magazine, the BBC and many entrepreneur and business podcasts, so you can expect to be in good hands though your course eduction***

Jasper is a former equity arbitrage trader who has been living a location independent lifestyle since 2010. He supports this lifestyle by monetizing his skills and assets on several online marketplaces such as Airbnb, Udemy, Fiverr, Upwork and Clarity.

Jasper teaches others how they can recognize and monetize their skills on online marketplaces and achieve a lifestyle of adventure and freedom, through his courses on Udemy as well as through his blog, The Traveling Dutchman.

Jasper is the co-author of the Amazon Best Selling book on Airbnb hosting, Get Paid For Your - How To Maximize Income From Your Airbnb Listing - an Amazon Best Seller.

Jasper also co-hosts the only podcast on Airbnb hosting, Get Paid For Your Pad. The show covers all subject related to Airbnb hosting as well as real life experiences told by Airbnb hosts from all around the world.

Jasper has a Master degree in Econometrics from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and has worked as an equity trader for Optiver for six years. He has lived in several countries including The Netherlands, the UK, the US, Hong Kong, Belgium and Brazil.


Ian Bednowitz established and led the Mergers & Acquisitions team for eBay's largest business unit for five years.  During that time, he and his team invested over $1B in capital in dozens of startups across the world after evaluating and meeting with hundreds of entrepreneurs.  He has a deep understanding of entrepreneurs and the challenges they face, as he not only invested money in their companies, but he would also coach them on challenges ranging from growing their business, raising funds and staying healthy while living an incredibly busy lifestyle.

Prior to his role at eBay, Ian worked for over seven years at Bain & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm, where he helped work on strategy, marketing and operational issues in a broad range of Fortune 500 technology, financial services and consumer products companies. Bain sponsored Ian to attend the Kellogg School of Management, where he earned his MBA, focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship. Ian graduated with B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

Ian realized one of his greatest passions at eBay was working with and coaching the entrepreneurs. As a result, in 2015 he stepped away from his role at eBay to focus exclusively on coaching entrepreneurs both one-on-one and through his Udemy courses which reach thousands of students worldwide.

In 2017, eBay recruited him back to lead business development for Asia-Pacific.  His primary focus is growing eBay's total business in India and its import business in Greater China.

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