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Two-person studio selling booking software to clinics
- Building
- Online booking for physio and dental clinics in Portugal and Spain
- Asks
- Someone who's done outbound into Japan
- Offers
- A walkthrough of their onboarding emails
Remote Builders: a free community for founders and operators. How people build businesses from anywhere.
Remote Builders is a global community and podcast for founders and operators running real companies from wherever they live. Dinners, chapters, playbooks and long conversations with people a few steps ahead of you, with peer circles to come.
Building toward 100,000 seats. Yours is here. Each tile is a seat at the table, drawn from a random seed. They're not members and they're not faces.
From the team behind Bali Startup & Tech
- 2,700+ members on the BSTC Meetup As of 4 Oct 2026
- 60+ BSTC events run in Canggu As of 25 Oct 2026
- 1,300+ people in the BSTC community chats As of 11 Oct 2026
These are Bali Startup & Tech numbers. They overlap, so we don't add them up, and they aren't Remote Builders members. Founders from about 18 countries applied to the BSTC founder dinners (June 2026).
Where are you headed?
Pick the one that sounds most like you. Here's what you'd get from a room of people building real businesses with real freedom over where they live.
Work for yourself, from wherever you want to live
Most people who make the jump do it with a skill, a first client and a lot of questions. You'll be around people who were exactly there a year or two ago.
- Rooms
- Builder dinners, the members' chat, peer circles when they start
- Plays
- Finding your first ten customers when you don't live in their market. Your first price, and how to know it's wrong.
- People
- Founders who've already swapped a salary for their own thing
Turn a services business into one that runs without you on every call
Agencies and studios are some of the best remote businesses going. The hard parts are pricing, hiring and finding work in markets you don't live in.
- Rooms
- Builder dinners, the members' chat, asks and offers in the directory when the portal opens
- Plays
- Moving from founder-led quotes to a price page. Partners and resellers on the other side of the world.
- People
- Agency owners who've hired across time zones and kept their margins
Ship a product people pay for, with a small team
SaaS and AI products are where a tiny remote team can punch well above its size. Get the tools, the distribution and the honest numbers from people doing it now.
- Rooms
- The members' chat for new AI tools and what's working, the podcast, peer circles when they start
- Plays
- How a two-person team got to 100 customers without ads. Search and AI answers for a small team.
- People
- Founders past about US$1M ARR and AI builders using it in real work
Grow past the point where you can do it all yourself
Once something works, the questions change: prices, hires, handovers and what to stop doing. People at your stage make those calls easier.
- Rooms
- Builder dinners, the podcast, peer circles matched by stage when they start
- Plays
- Raising prices on customers you've never met. Paying people fairly in different countries. Async handovers that actually work.
- People
- Operators who've scaled teams across borders
Decide if raising is right, then do it well
We're not a fund or an accelerator. What we can offer is founders who've raised, bootstrapped or sold, talking straight about what it cost them.
- Rooms
- The podcast, builder dinners, peer circles when they start
- Plays
- The money and structure chapter: the questions to take to an adviser, never advice itself
- People
- Founders who've raised, and founders who chose not to
Learn from people a few steps ahead of you
Not gurus. Founders and operators who'll tell you what they did, what it cost and what they'd skip next time.
- Rooms
- The podcast, live recordings, the playbook, field notes when they start
- Plays
- All seven chapters, written with members as they go
- People
- Guests past about US$1M ARR or after an exit, all building remotely
Members run all kinds of businesses
- SaaS
- E-commerce
- Agencies and services
- AI products
- Content and media
- Marketplaces
- Consulting
Rooms of every size
A big network only works if it has small rooms. Here's what members get, from a circle of six to a show anyone can listen to, and where each one stands today.
Running Starting Planned
Six people
Peer circles
Six founders matched by stage and business model, online every fortnight. Same people each time, so you can bring the real numbers.
Planned
One table
Builder dinners
Small dinners of founders at a similar stage. More cities as members offer to host.
Hosted in Bali and Australia
Every member
The members' chat
Where we share new AI tools, strategies and outcomes as we all build. In the Bali Startup & Tech community group on Telegram, open to members anywhere. You get the link as soon as you join.
Open now
One city
City chapters
Members who host a monthly night where they live. Bali is the first. Your city opens when you host. How to host
Bali is open
One room
Live recordings
Podcast episodes recorded in front of a room of builders, with time after to meet the guest.
Starting in Bali
Your inbox
Field notes
A short email of what's working for members: the pricing change, the hire, the tool, the market.
Planned
Next in Bali
Remote Builders started at Bali Startup & Tech nights in Canggu. If you're on the island, come along. RSVP on Luma or Meetup.
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, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Bali time
How I AI | Edition 19
Seoul Soul Project, Canggu · Free
Bali's AI builders show the tools, workflows and revenue behind what they ship. Every Wednesday at Seoul Soul Project, with a Money Round, an AI Intel Drop and two Builder Spotlights.
Hosted by Seoul Soul Project, moderated by Bali Startup & Tech
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, 6:30pm to 10:00pm Bali time
Bali Startup and Tech Networking Drinks & Dinner - Canggu #39
Yema Kitchen, Canggu · Free
Our 39th community networking dinner and drinks. Founders, builders and remote workers in Canggu. Free to attend, new faces welcome.
Hosted by Yema Kitchen, moderated by Bali Startup & Tech
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, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Bali time
How I AI | Edition 20
Seoul Soul Project, Canggu · Free
Bali's AI builders show the tools, workflows and revenue behind what they ship. Every Wednesday at Seoul Soul Project, with a Money Round, an AI Intel Drop and two Builder Spotlights.
Hosted by Seoul Soul Project, moderated by Bali Startup & Tech
Not in Bali? AI Build Sprint: Mon 16 Nov to Sun 22 Nov 2026, online and free. Sign-ups close Friday 13 November.
Someone's always building
Bali is lit because it's the first chapter. Rings are cities where Bali alumni now build, and each one opens when a member hosts. Times are live, and a city glows during its working day.
The podcast
How people build businesses from anywhere.
First episodes in the works
Long, honest conversations about the real decisions behind a company run from wherever its founder lives. What they did, what it cost, and what they'd skip next time.
Who we talk to
All of them building remotely, across SaaS, e-commerce, agencies and services, AI products, content and more.
Topics on the list
- How a two-person team got to 100 customers without ads
- Hiring your first operator when you've never met in person
- Selling to enterprise from a laptop in Canggu
- The AI workflows founders actually kept once the hype wore off
- Moving countries without losing the company
These are topics we want to cover, not booked episodes. Some will be recorded live, starting in Bali. Suggest a guest.
Guides for building from anywhere
Sourced, dated answers to the questions remote founders ask most: company setup, hiring across borders, getting paid and building with AI.
- Accelerators for remote founders: which ones take you without relocating (2026)
Accelerators for remote founders compared: where 11 programmes need you to be, time-zone limits, the deal and next deadline, checked on their own pages.
- Founder communities in Australia: 12 compared by city (2026)
Founder communities in Australia compared: 12 groups in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, with price, entry rule and a recent or next event.
- Founder communities in Chicago: 14 compared (2026)
Founder communities in Chicago compared: 14 run clubs, roundtables, pitch mornings, Latino and women founders' groups and hubs, with price and next event.
- Founder communities in New York: 16 compared (2026)
Founder communities in New York City compared: 16 run clubs, walks, dinners, pitch nights and founder spaces, with price, entry rule and next event.
Inside the member portal
Every member gets a profile, a directory of people to ask and help, the playbook, perks on the tools you already pay for, and the chat. This is a preview. It opens to members after launch.
Profiles show what you're building, your stage and city, and what you can ask for and offer. This one is an illustration, not a member.
- Example
Design and dev agency spread across six time zones
Offers: their hiring process for async teams
- Example
Bootstrapped vertical SaaS for trade businesses
Asks: founders who've sold into the US from Australia
- Example
Selling handmade homewares direct to US customers
Asks: a fulfilment partner that handles small batches
Search by city, stage and what people are building, then ask or offer help. Every card here is an illustration.
- A
First customers
Finding your first ten customers when you don't live in their market
- B
Pricing
Your first price, and how to know it's wrong
- C
Distribution from anywhere
Building an audience in a market you don't live in
- D
Hiring across time zones
Your first remote hire: contractor, employee or agency
- E
Practical AI workflows
The AI workflows founders actually kept
- F
Money and structure
Questions to take to an adviser before you set up
- G
Living well while you build
Moving countries without losing the company
Being written with members Seven chapters of plays for every stage. Each one starts as a question members argue over at dinners and in the members' chat, gets recorded on the podcast, then written up.
AI tools
Credits and discounts on the models and tools members use every day
SaaS you already pay for
Deals on the software a small remote team runs on
Coworking
Desks and day passes in the cities members work from
Banking and payments
Better terms for getting paid across borders
Being lined up We'll name partners here once deals are signed, not before. Until then, see the startup programmes any founder can claim today.
- Monday What are you building this week?
- Wednesday Ask and offer: what do you need, what can you give?
- Friday One win or one lesson
- Any day New AI tools, strategies and the outcomes they actually got
Open now In the Bali Startup & Tech community group on Telegram, open to members anywhere, and moderated so it stays useful. The weekly prompts above are being set up.
The member directory
Every member can have their own profile page with a link to their site, so other members, and people searching, can find you.
Alif Lakipadada
Lorenzo EgoArete Ventures
Ana PaulaBlue wings avia
Imad BouzianiColdSire
Alfie CarterConnie
Yann DineConnie
Matthew CarrCornhill Cyber
Josh MorrowDavid & Goliath
Fardous NashaatFardous TAROT
MomoIvy Editor
Lachlan McRitchieMapTrack
Maria PonamarevaMaria Ponamareva facilitator
Taqi Tahmid TanzilVexylt
DataSupply
Deepgrowth
EinfachAI
maxesport.gg
North Star Advisory Group
It started in Canggu
Remote Builders grew out of Bali Startup & Tech, the community Lachlan and Josh run in Canggu: 60+ events so far, weekly How I AI sessions, monthly founder dinners and a lot of good conversations.
Plenty of the people who came through Bali now build from Melbourne, Lisbon, Austin, Chiang Mai, Mexico City, Berlin and further. Remote Builders keeps them in one network, and opens it to remote founders who never made it to Bali.
60+ nights in Canggu
A few of them. Tap a photo to see it bigger.
Your hosts
The people who'll be in the room and on the mic.
Lachlan McRitchie
Host
Co-founder of MapTrack, a SaaS business for tracking equipment and tools, run from Bali. Before that, enterprise software at AppDynamics (part of Cisco) and Workato. Co-founder of Bali Startup & Tech, where he runs community operations and the founder dinners.
Josh Morrow
Co-host
Co-founder and growth lead at Bali Startup & Tech, looking after sponsorships and the weekly How I AI series. Runs David & Goliath, an AI growth agency.
Suggest a guest
Who's built something real from somewhere unexpected? Past about US$1M ARR or after an exit is the bar. You can suggest yourself.
Questions
The things people ask before they hand over an email.
Is there a community for remote founders?
Yes. Remote Builders is a community and podcast for founders and operators building real companies from wherever they live, and joining is free and instant. It runs builder dinners in Bali and Australia, a member directory and a members' chat on Telegram, and the podcast's first episodes are in the works. It started at Bali Startup & Tech nights in Canggu.
Who's Remote Builders for?
Founders and operators running real businesses from wherever they live: SaaS, e-commerce, agencies and services, AI products and more. Whether you're about to leave a 9-5 or scaling something that already works.
Do I need to live in Bali?
No. It started in Bali, but the podcast and the members' chat work from anywhere, and so will circles, field notes and the portal when they start. Chapters open wherever a member hosts.
What does it cost?
Joining is free. If we ever add something paid, we'll say so clearly before you sign up for it.
What do members get?
The podcast, builder dinners, city chapters, the members' chat, peer circles, field notes, the playbook, a profile in the member directory and perks. Some of these run today and some are being built, and each one is labelled on this page.
Can I list my company in the directory?
Yes. Create your profile on the member profile page with a photo or your logo, who your business is for and your website. We review every profile by hand, and each approved member gets a page with a link to their site.
Do I have to wait to be accepted?
No. Fill in the form and you're in straight away, with the members' chat link, the perks and the guides. Only two things are checked by hand: profile pages in the public directory, and seats at builder dinners.
Who's on the podcast?
Founders past about US$1M ARR or after an exit, operators who've run teams across borders, and AI builders. All of them building remotely. You can suggest a guest, including yourself.
What perks are there?
The perks page lists 146 startup credits and discounts, each with who qualifies and how to apply on the company's own site. Member-only deals will be named once they're signed, not before.
Where does the members' chat happen?
In the Bali Startup & Tech community group on Telegram, open to members anywhere. You get the link as soon as you join: our bot sends you a one-use invite.
How does a chapter start in my city?
A member offers to host a monthly night. Apply on the chapters page, or join, put your city in, and tick that you'd like to host.
How is it different from Indie Hackers or a subreddit?
Indie Hackers and subreddits like r/SaaS are open forums anyone can post in, and they're great for reading. Remote Builders is smaller and built around meeting people: members meet face to face at dinners where they live, and everyone in it is building a company remotely. Plenty of members use both.
How do I stop feeling isolated as a remote founder?
Put other founders on a schedule instead of leaving it to chance: a short call every week or two with a few peers at your stage, one in-person meetup a month where you live, and a chat you can drop a question into any day. Remote Builders runs builder dinners and a members' chat on Telegram now, and peer circles are planned.
Who runs Remote Builders?
Lachlan McRitchie and Josh Morrow, the team behind Bali Startup & Tech in Canggu. Lachlan runs a software company, MapTrack, from Bali. Josh runs an AI growth agency, David & Goliath. More on the about page.
How is this related to Bali Startup & Tech?
Remote Builders comes from the team behind Bali Startup & Tech in Canggu. BSTC stays the Bali community. Remote Builders is the global network for everyone building remotely, including people who've moved on from Bali.
How many members are there?
We're just getting started, so we're not quoting a member number. 100,000 is a goal. The numbers near the top of this page belong to Bali Startup & Tech.
Build anywhere. Not alone.
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