Having recently joined a startup as an early employee, I just can't think this is a good way to get anything really accomplished. We're running at full tilt to figure out our product fit, building backed systems we need, talking to prospective customers, etc. If we were lounging on an island some where, how could you possibly do those things well?<p>Truly successful businesses are not vacations. Coding on the beach with a mai thai sounds romantic, but comes across as foolish and a waste of precious runway resources<i>.<p></i>Exceptions might include if you and your team happen to be native to a luxourious beach, in which case your environment might contribute to your success. This has not been vetted yet, so far.
I am world traveler for past 8 years and I can tell is really hard to work at some paradise longer than normal vacation time. Typical paradise consist of beach, some local bar and maybe two or three crappy restaurants.<p>There are many different kind of people, but I dont believe that most of us will thrive in this kind of non stimulating environment.
And how do I meet with my customers? How do I watch my users using my product? I know we have technological breakthrough using products like Telepresence, Skype but they'll never ever replace inter-personal communication. Especially, things like watching users play around our product and understanding the problems with our product.
This looks cool! There's a lot of hard things to figure out here (visas, internet access, pirates, funding landscape, and lots of things the naysayers in this thread are happily listing out), but if you can make it happen, it will be amazing. Best of luck!
Sounds greattttttttttttt ... can you provide a new identity, hidden bank accounts and something that eliminates my sense of responsibility too?<p>I'm kidding of course, but my point is that not everyone can just escape their current situation ... and in my case I wouldn't want to. For me, start-up paradise would be a very quiet office within biking distance of my house.<p>Somewhere with like-minded people who would like to establish a show-and-tell hour each day. It would be great to have at least peer-review of ideas and some intellectual conversation, then be able to retreat into the zone and accomplish something worthy of showing at the next get together.
I like "4 Hour Workweek" and its ilk ... particularly the message about not delaying gratification forever (or at least until retirement).<p>But come on ... does anyone really think that Google or Facebook or SpaceX or etc could have been built without significant personal sacrifice by not only the founders but also the employees?<p>I'm not saying that you should be worked like a slave ... but <i>if you go into it</i> with the explicit goal of combining comfort AND entrepreneurship ... then you should prepare to be dissapointed.
I actually think this would be really cool for working on a book or similar creative project. But for a startup.. <i>"with bad internet connection"</i> rules out almost anything I'd want to do startup-wise, alas.<p>One day I hope to try what John Carmack used to do. Go away to a really dull area with a nice hotel and spend a week working with zero interruptions :-)
Sounds great to me. I'd love to go. I would enjoy the change of pace and meeting some new people (who are hopefully working on interesting projects). Fast/reliable internet is a MUST. There are plenty of beautiful/relaxing places in the world with fast internet. I won't expect to get as much work done as I usually do. It would be nice if there were some side trips planned during the afternoons/evenings.
Reminds me a lot of <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3956287" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3956287</a>
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<a href="http://blog.simplehoney.com/how-to-build-a-startup-from-a-beach/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.simplehoney.com/how-to-build-a-startup-from-a-be...</a>
Thrilling idea, but I have a hard time giving my email address to a service who can't even take the time to properly setup their root domain's page: <a href="http://startupparadise.com/" rel="nofollow">http://startupparadise.com/</a>
Is this a joke? I hope this is some kind of sarcastic prank to make a point. If it isn't then this whole startup trend,and that's what it's becoming - a trendy thing to do - has gone too far.
This would probably be best for a focused sprint to build the first (or next) iteration of a product. You need to be back in real life to interact with users and pivot the idea if necessary.
Nice for a lifestyle freelancer, but could be problematic for a speculative startup, except as an occasional offsite. Might make the team soft. Perhaps a 'startup purgatory' instead?
It just sounds too fantastical and comes off as puzzling and suspicious.<p>For myself, paradise includes a good cup of coffee, an issue of the New Yorker, and some good music.