This was tried during the last bubble too. I remember there was also a company based out of the Caribbean which was offering outsourcing services. They had imported as bunch of coders from India/Russia. The added kicker? If you gave them a contract, your trips to the Bahamas (or was it Bermuda?) would be a business expense.... ;-)
I'd love to see a reference to the Caribbean company.
There was sea-code.com in 2005, proposing to operate offshore of San Diego. As far as I know they never got past the vapor stage.
Back then I thought http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2005/04/20/really-offshoring/ it wouldn't work out as ships are expensive, but it might be a good seastead-based business. Now former seasteaders are planning to use a cruise ship (I see they say such is inexpensive now due to low demand).
I very much hope Blueseed succeeds, but it is going to be very difficult.
You know, all I remember is that 60 Minutes (the CBS show) did a segment on that around 1999 or 2000... I Googled a little, but couldn't find a reference to it.
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This was tried during the last bubble too. I remember there was also a company based out of the Caribbean which was offering outsourcing services. They had imported as bunch of coders from India/Russia. The added kicker? If you gave them a contract, your trips to the Bahamas (or was it Bermuda?) would be a business expense.... ;-)
I'd love to see a reference to the Caribbean company.
There was sea-code.com in 2005, proposing to operate offshore of San Diego. As far as I know they never got past the vapor stage.
Back then I thought http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2005/04/20/really-offshoring/ it wouldn't work out as ships are expensive, but it might be a good seastead-based business. Now former seasteaders are planning to use a cruise ship (I see they say such is inexpensive now due to low demand).
I very much hope Blueseed succeeds, but it is going to be very difficult.
You know, all I remember is that 60 Minutes (the CBS show) did a segment on that around 1999 or 2000... I Googled a little, but couldn't find a reference to it.