Work with me
I work with a small number of serious people building real projects in Indonesia — island and resort work first, and other serious foreign-led projects where the same machinery applies. The first step is always the filter.
The offers
Three ways to work together
Paid strategic calls and done-for-you development are the main ways in. Partnership is secondary and selective.
Strategic call
A $500 strategic call — priced on the problem it solves, not the length — for founders, investors, and operators who need direct input on feasibility, structure, land and permits, access, operations, positioning, or next steps.
Best for people with a specific project and specific questions who want a straight answer, fast. It comes after your application.
Done-for-you development
For qualified clients who want Thomas and his team and network to help structure, develop, launch, or operate an island or resort project in Indonesia.
Best for serious owners and investors who would rather build with someone who has done it than learn it the hard way.
Selective partnership
Occasionally, where there is genuine strategic alignment, a project becomes a partnership rather than a client engagement. This is rare and considered case by case.
Considered only when the project, the people, and the timing genuinely fit.
The strategic call
The $500 strategic call
It is priced on the problem it solves, not on how long we talk. You are paying for a straight, experienced read on your specific project — and for the access behind it.
What it includes
- Direct input on feasibility, how to structure the project, land and permits, access, operations, and the concrete next steps.
- Access to the right people in my Indonesian network — notaries, business consultants, and government contacts — where they can move your project forward.
Indonesia runs on access to the right people. That access is part of what you get.
Credited to what follows
The $500 is credited toward any larger engagement we take on together, so it is not a sunk cost — it is the first step.
How it works
The call comes after your application. If your project is a fit, I send a secure card payment link; the call is booked once it is paid. No payment is taken before you are accepted.
The process
How it works
Start with the filter
Submit your project through a short application. It takes a few minutes and screens out what is not ready yet, so the conversations that follow are worth having.
If it is a fit, we talk
A paid strategic call for direct input, or a scoped proposal for development, depending on what your project actually needs.
We do the work
Anything from a single focused call to full done-for-you development, matched to the project and the stage it is at.
The track record
Advice grounded in a working operation
The input you get is drawn from actually building and running this, not from a deck. The figures below are Reconnect's.
- 160 ha
- Buka Buka Island
- The size of the island Reconnect operates on
- 20
- Rooms
- Across 8 accommodation types
- ~25
- Local staff
- Hired and trained on the island
- 93%
- Solar powered
- Energy generated on site
- 100%
- Desalinated water
- Fresh water made on the island
- Starlink
- Connectivity
- Satellite internet, end to end
- 30+
- Mapped dive sites
- Primarily around Buka Buka
- Since 2019
- Operating
- 7 years and counting
- Thousands
- Guests a year
- Hosted since opening
Figures relate to Reconnect and Buka Buka Island, the island it operates on.
Who this is for
- Founders, investors, and operators with a specific island, resort, or other foreign-led project in Indonesia.
- People ready to invest real money and make real decisions.
- Owners who want execution help, not just encouragement.
Who this is not for
- Tourists and guests. Reconnect handles stays separately.
- Casual dreamers and someday-I-will-buy-an-island conversations.
- People looking for free advice.
- Anyone who wants a yes more than the truth.
Beyond islands
The same machinery, beyond islands
Island and resort projects are the spearhead. But the hard parts — land and permits, building in remote places, hiring and operating, and the local network — are the same for almost any serious foreign-led project in Indonesia.
hotelbase.ai, the hospitality software I am building, is one sign the systems generalize beyond a single resort. If your project is not an island but it is real and it is in Indonesia, it is still worth a conversation.
FAQ
Before you apply
- What does done-for-you development involve?
- It varies by project. It can cover structure, feasibility, land and access, infrastructure, the build, launch, and operations — drawing on my team and network. We agree scope case by case after your application and an initial call.
- How does payment and scheduling work?
- Everything starts with the application. If your project is a fit, I come back to you, and for a strategic call you receive a payment link then — the call is booked once it is paid. For done-for-you development, we scope and agree terms before any work begins. Payment is by card.
- What if my project is not a fit?
- You get a straight answer, and you are welcome to follow the field notes in the meantime. A lot of projects simply need more time before direct work makes sense. “Not yet” is a normal outcome, not a rejection.
- Do you only work in Indonesia?
- Indonesia is where my experience and network run deepest, so it is where I can actually add value. Projects elsewhere are rarely the right fit. Within Indonesia, island and resort work comes first, but the same approach carries to other foreign-led projects.
More questions — buying land, fees, whether I work beyond islands — are answered on the FAQ.
Not a fit yet?
If your project is early, that is fine. Join the field notes and follow how this work actually gets done. Come back when it is further along.
Ready
Submit your project
Serious island, resort, and hospitality projects in Indonesia only. The filter does the rest.