Projects
I build businesses, systems, and AI tools. Some are live and growing, some are parked or finished, and all of them came from the same urge to make a useful thing real.
01 / Current
What I am building now
03 / Business background
Joe Che's Business Background
Scroll through ventures built across 30 years, along with the industries I worked in with clients. Not a portfolio. Not a pitch. Just what happened.

NYIM Training
Founder
(1999–2017) NYC, USA
- •Founded New York's largest corporate business process and software training company
- •Trained over 80,000 people from thousands of companies on data analytics, programming, and business skills
- •Received over 1,000 positive testimonials and reviews
- •Helped Fortune 5 CEOs, CIA, FBI, and celebrities automate and improve their business processes

Glamp Nusa
Partner & Investor Lead
(2022–Present) Bali, Indonesia
- •Led capital raising, investor relations, and development strategy for a luxury clifftop resort with 40 tented villas
- •Dividends paid within 2 weeks of opening date July 2024
- •28% ROI per annum

Bali Beach Glamping
Partner
(2020- 2024) Bali, Indonesia
- •Luxury beach resort with 40 tented villas
- •24% ROI per annum

Iron Amethyst Holdings
Founder
(2017–Present)
- •Created and Managed 12 short-term rental properties, including one in the Empire State Building
- •Founded "The Retreat", a 40 -person retreat space in Catskills, New York
Heliconia Cantik Ventures
Founder
(2021–Present) Bali, Indonesia
- •Founded Bali Real Estate Fund to help clients with acquisitions, land banking, and strategic investment
- •Built Short Term Rental Villa (Dolce Blanco)
- •Renovated and Sold Villa (Suphora Villa)
- •Provided Real Estate Consulting services to help clients buy and sell properties

Chaos Cooking
Founder
(2009–2023)
- •Founded one of the world's largest cooking communies
- •Events and Members in 52 Countries and 750+ cities
- •Learned trust and delegation through cultural processes
- •Was sponsored to travel the world for years, socializing, eating and drinking (gained too much weight)

Lightning Society
Founder
(2015–2023) NYC, USA
- •Produced Experiential Events including "The Burlesquerade", a 1,200 person interactive event on the largest superyacht in the US. Business Insider called it "the best event NYC has ever seen."
- •Hosted 200+ events inculding masterminds, wellness events, dinners, networking, and parties.
- •Sponsored by major brands and boasted a large community of creatives and entrepreneurs

Bali Bloom Festival
Founder
(2020- 2024) Bali, Indonesia
- •Launched the world’s first contributor-owned, co-created festival
- •Built an international festival model focused on collaboration and shared experiences
- •Atttracted 1,500 global participants in the most recent event year
- •With over 120 workshops,

LS1 Co-Living
Co-Founder
(2016–2023) NYC, USA
- •Gutted and renovated a building in Bushwick, Brooklyn to house 17 curated residents.
- •Established the model for modern co-living in NYC.
- •Multiple floors and large rooftop for 500 people gatherings.
- •Hundreds of events including salon nights, masterminds, dinner parties

VEZA Life & Business Accelerator
Founder
(2023–present)
- •Founded a high level Life & Business mastermind that was fully co-created by masters in their field.
- •Past participants have included the first-ever employee of the Ethereum Foundation, Hollywood movie director, psychedelics experts, marketing experts & tantric masters

VRVR
Founder
(2015–2017)
- •Founded a virtual reality and 360° video production company
- •Developed first 360° video software for meta viewing
- •Pioneered GoPro arrays and syncing tehnology

Nuanu Creative City
Community Development Lead
(2021–2023) Bali, Indonesia
- •Part of the first small group to get involved with Nuanu Creative City, a 44-hectare hub blending art, nature, and technology into a living ecosystem for creativity and connection
- •Led team of 4 to conduct the largest study of intentional communites around the world

Bali Pro Visa
Co-Founder
(2021–2023) Bali, Indonesia
- •Founded a brick-and-mortar Visa and Business Agency providing clients with foreign visas and business formation advice.

Tierra Social
Founder
(2019–2024) Mexican Corporation
- •Led real estate development and community-driven living projects on 14 properties

JUJU Vape Ring
Founder
(2018–2019)
- •Invented, Patented and Sold a Vaping tool within the span of 6 months.
- •It was a fun side business to learn about patents and manufacturing

Retreat Facilitator
Facilitator
(2015-present)
- •Facilitation highlights:
- •Retreat Leader – I Am Creation Retreats (Dubai, Singapore, Bali)
- •Unconvential Life
- •Angsbacka, Sweden

Circulate
Founder
(2020-2022)
- •Created a collaborative, community-based newsletter platform for content-sharing and audience engagement

Couchsurfing
Community Development
(2006–2011) NYC, USA
- •Created trust and safety guidelines in NYC
- •Early Ambassador
- •Founded the Couch Crash Festival
- •Grew local meetups from a few dozen to tens of thousands

Windup
Founder
(2018-2020)
- •Helped new entrepreneurs spin up businesses quickly and take their ideas from concept to income

OneChord
Founder
(1995-2000)
- •Founded the largest online music community in the early days of the internet
- •Hosting live music events many times a week in 3 cities
- •Started when I was 18. First proper business with employees
