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Relocating our startup from Seattle to Morocco

53 pointsby jonnymillerover 9 years ago

9 comments

cleaverover 9 years ago
Those of us who can work remotely are incredibly lucky. I spent last winter motorcycling and working in Mexico.<p>The photo of the Macbook by the ocean brought back memories. I had a nice little house on the beach for $500&#x2F;mo. Unfortunately computer equipment won&#x27;t last long in the salty air. My keyboard gave out after about a month.
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deftnerdover 9 years ago
I&#x27;m a solo-founder, but I made the move to the mountains of Puerto Rico for similar reasons. Next year I&#x27;ll move with my wife and kids to the beach.<p>By moving, we&#x27;re able to survive on passive income from a few web properties so I can do nothing but think about building new websites and services.<p>For a team, I highly recommend it. You can stretch that runway really far and decrease your burn rate by moving lots of different places.
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ameenover 9 years ago
I&#x27;m interested in similar options for startups. Where was the company registered, and what would be the taxes, etc?<p>I would ideally want to start a company in Silicon Valley or any other tech centres of the U.S., but I guess such an option would require shelling out a great deal for taxes, offices, living expenses, salaries, etc.<p>Being Indian, Bangalore isn&#x27;t an option either given it&#x27;s rise in CoL.
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MCRedover 9 years ago
Weren&#x27;t you guys in Startup Chile? I swear you&#x27;ve been getting play out of the &quot;we relocated to Morocco&quot; story for years-- not a criticism, good on ya!
nbardyover 9 years ago
I spent 10 months traveling and contracting in hostels, and struggled through some pretty shoddy and slow internet connections; However, Taghazout was the one place I couldn&#x27;t find a consistent internet connection. I only lasted about 2 weeks trying each cafe and even some of the more expensive hotels, but the bigger problem was the power dropping out every 2 hours or so. I tried to get myself to be able to with develop offline, but unfortunately the product ending up getting more and more tied to SaaS products and I wasn&#x27;t able to stay in Taghazout for longer.<p>I was curios to see where they found to setup and it turns out they are actually in the adjacent town. I can think of a couple other good reasons to setup somewhere else, but I imagine reliability is part of the reason they are located in the next town over.
auviover 9 years ago
Can anyone tell me, what sort of visa do you need (or is ideal) to relocate to Morocco (considering that I&#x27;ll be working there and get paid)?
TheHolyLancerover 9 years ago
The big question is how they are going to grow, or is it small enough to only ever need 3 people (err...)<p>A company needs to grow and while this will work for the short term, to attract talent you need to have a talent pool.
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gPphXover 9 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cinque_Terre" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cinque_Terre</a> ?
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voltagex_over 9 years ago
Working remote from somewhere less crazy than SF might have worked too, but I guess packing up and leaving the country is an extreme version of that.
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