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Chris Guillebeau

Chris Guillebeau writes about living on your own terms, hosts the daily Side Hustle School podcast, and brings neurodivergent people together through NeuroDiversion.

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Overview

Work: Author, blogger, entrepreneur and podcast host
Started online: The Art of Non-Conformity blog, 2008
Breakout book: The $100 Startup, a New York Times bestseller published in 2012
Travel milestone: All 193 UN member states visited, completed in Oslo on April 7, 2013
Daily listening: Side Hustle School, publishing daily since January 1, 2017
Community: Founder of NeuroDiversion, started in 2025

Mini bio

How it started.

Before the books and daily podcast, Chris spent four years volunteering for a medical charity in West Africa, beginning in 2002. He lived in Sierra Leone and Liberia, then moved to Seattle in 2006. Travel became a way to learn about other people and build a different kind of life.

Finding his readers.

He started The Art of Non-Conformity in 2008, writing about self-employment, travel and questioning the rules people inherit. The blog led to his first book in 2010. The $100 Startup followed in 2012 and became a New York Times bestseller, introducing more readers to his approach to earning a living independently.

A quest with a finish line.

His travels became a public quest to visit all 193 United Nations member states. He completed it in Oslo on April 7, 2013, joined by 120 friends and readers. The Happiness of Pursuit grew from his interest in quests, including the very different goals of people he met along the way.

What he is building now.

Since January 1, 2017, Side Hustle School has shared a new story, idea or tip every day for people who want another income source without leaving their jobs. His newer work includes the newsletter A Year of Mental Health, the 2025 book Time Anxiety, and NeuroDiversion, the community and gathering he founded in 2025 for neurodivergent adults.

Creditschronological, newest first

Books

Podcasts and communities

2025–presentNeuroDiversionFounder and host
2017–presentSide Hustle SchoolCreator and host

Quotes

You don't have to live your life the way others expect.Chris Guillebeau, The Art of Non-Conformity

The guiding line on his official website: https://chrisguillebeau.com/

Trivia

His Instagram handle, @193countries, echoes the number of UN member states on his travel list.
Norway was his final country, and 120 friends and readers joined him in Oslo to celebrate.
As a child in the Philippines, he learned to ride jeepneys in search of donuts and video games.
In his travel writing, he describes mixing first-class flights with cheap hostels and nights on airport floors.
Time Anxiety includes illustrations by Emily McDowell.