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About Us

The template looked like this:School → Job → Promotion → House → Marriage → Kids → Retire → The End

I made it to step 3. Then I quit.

My boss gave me his backpack on the last day. That pack carried me through the hardest months—and taught me what was missing: gear that doesn't fit anyone's template either.

BackpackBeat was built for digital nomads and business travelers. From city streets to wild trails. For people reclaiming the right to build their own lives.

Your backpack shouldn't have to choose between the office and the wilderness either.

Read the origin story