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A simple guy, with a curious mind (someone said)<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"Detoxing\"I’m Daniele, an Italian dude based\u00a0in Amsterdam and making money online.<\/p>\n

I consider myself pretty lucky because I found my passion and I have a lifestyle that I enjoy.<\/p>\n

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My Story<\/h2>\n

I born in Albiate, a small village of 5,000 souls near Milano in Italy, few hours before the mid-summer celebrations of\u00a0ferragosto\u00a0<\/em>started.<\/p>\n

At age 24 I got\u00a0almost married, but then my girlfriend and I started dancing Salsa<\/a> and\u00a0our plans fell apart.<\/p>\n

One year later I got a fantastic job opportunity in Amsterdam<\/a> where\u00a0I started a new life as a lucky expat in one of the coolest European cities.<\/p>\n

What happened next in my life is the story of many people I met in the last years.<\/p>\n

After 10 years working as an\u00a0engineer in the network security industry I lost passion for what I was doing… sounds familiar?
\nAt first, I felt guilty and I thought that there was something wrong with me.
\nIt took me three years to rethink my life, realize what’s important for me, embrace frugality<\/a> and find a new passion.<\/p>\n

In April 2012\u00a0I quit my job<\/a> and started a new adventure as a\u00a0self-employed web entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

It’s not easy but I love it, and it gives me the freedom to be location independent, travel more<\/a> and manage my time and energy.<\/p>\n

I’ve been investing in buying established websites<\/a> and optimizing them.\u00a0This is referred as “website flipping” or “virtual real estate” or just “website investing”.<\/p>\n

More recently I started a WordPress Support Service<\/a>, WP-OK, targeting the Italian market.<\/p>\n

While there’s no shortage of web developers, I see a\u00a0shortage of people with technical knowledge combined with real experience running online businesses.<\/p>\n

I like open and genuine people, while I grow tired of the “online gurus” with plenty of ideas but short in substance.
\nThis was one of the reasons why I started publishing my online income report<\/a>s, sharing the passion for online businesses and monetization strategies (and the many lessons along the way).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Why this blog<\/h2>\n

I started blogging in 2006 after moving to Amsterdam. It was the simplest way to keep friends and family updated and I soon started liking it.
\nIt started in Italian but soon after I started writing also in English.<\/p>\n

As time passed, this blog evolved into my digital diary of the experiences I like to share with others but especially with myself: I really like the fact that now I can go back reading what I was thinking and doing a\u00a0few years ago. My memory is bad and without this space so many things would be gone forever!<\/p>\n

At this moment this blog is a way to reach out and try to connect with like minded people, that can relate to my experiences and find useful what I’ve written here.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading this page,\u00a0and do feel free to get in touch<\/a> or drop a comment!<\/p>\n

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