Hola, soy Ian Wagner

I’m Ian Wagner, originally from the east coast of the US and now based in Seoul, South Korea. I’ve been enamored with all things digital since I first saw my uncle’s wristwatch. As a teenager, I started my first business building custom desktop computers, and during university I started a business with some friends developing apps for the newly-released iPhone. I’ve been building startups remotely ever since; long before “WFH” entered the vernacular!

Steeped in American startup culture, I was no stranger to innovation, but I didn’t usually expect it to come from government. When I heard about e-⁠Residency though, I didn’t see a service or program; I saw a government trying to innovate. I signed up almost immediately, before even knowing what I would do with it. Something was happening, and I wanted to be part of it. I quickly realized that, while the primary use case was setting up a company, e-⁠Residency was a magnet for likeminded entrepreneurs who thought on a global scale and had values that matched my own.

Many of my close friends and business partners now come from the e-⁠Residency community. In addition to being involved with multiple businesses, I’m also a founding member of EERICA: an MTÜ (Estonian non-profit association) that helps e-⁠Resident entrepreneurs find each other and connect with Estonia. If this message resonates with you, join us!

Outside of “work” (which is mostly really fun!), I enjoy long walks in the park, listening to deep house and techno, building new LEGO worlds with my daughter, and learning languages (both human and computer).

With e-⁠Residency, you can easily register an EU business online without relocating and free from bureaucracy: great for remote entrepreneurs!