His family tells him to get a 'real' career with job security. But this business consultant/couch surfer says there is no such thing.
Who: Ori Bengal, Obscure Reality LLC
What: Bengal is a business consultant and graphics expert, but he says he has been called the most highly skilled hobo in history, since he does photography, videography, Web site design, marketing, programming, copywriting, search engine optimization, PR, business consulting, life coaching, and more. He is currently creating his own product - a training program on building Web sites for entrepreneurs.
Where: "They say that home is where the heart is," Bengal says. "Well, for a digital nomad like me, home is where the laptop is."
Bengal is a "couch surfer." For five years he has been traveling completely based on "who's couch am I crashing on next?" Bengal recently spoke at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX, prior to that he was in Florida, and before that, Costa Rica for five weeks, where he was literally working in a tree house 90 feet above the ground.