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Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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post #19

Do you want to concentrate on your startup or take a beach vacation? Join me in downtown Detroit if you really want to work on your startup. I guarantee you won't be tempted to leave the building for ten days and will get lots of work done.

Is there a $500 application fee?

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm applying, but if you feel like you can work in a simpler house and sleep either on a sofa/hammock/whatever, email me. I'm in the French West Indies, with a decent internet connection. No fee at my place, but you must be a decent guest - ie no loud music/boozing up/etc.

Thank you. That is a very nice offer. I wasn't specifically looking for a getaway but that is a very appealing idea.

Well you are welcome then. Seriously, you won't be the 1st guest I have :-) There's a bus stop nearby (20 min to the beach) so you won't need a car and a supermarket. And that will be a good motivation for me to code too!

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

#35
post #30

You have to pay a $500 application fee and cover the cost of your own airfare? I stayed at a pretty nice place for $10 a night in Costa Rica, so $500 covers 50 days during which one can code or swim and ends up owning outright whatever they write. Have to be crazy to take this deal, it makes no sense.

Just to be clear, we're doing this at cost. We're renting a mansion with cooks and servants and stuff.

And we own 0% of your IP.

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

#36
post #31
post #19

Do you want to concentrate on your startup or take a beach vacation? Join me in downtown Detroit if you really want to work on your startup. I guarantee you won't be tempted to leave the building for ten days and will get lots of work done.

Is there a $500 application fee?

No, it's $500 if you actually get accepted and want to go.

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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post #36
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a $500 application fee?

No, it's $500 if you actually get accepted and want to go.

I was asking the guy who was saying he would do the same thing in Detroit. Maybe Detroit is cheaper?

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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post #35
post #30

You have to pay a $500 application fee and cover the cost of your own airfare? I stayed at a pretty nice place for $10 a night in Costa Rica, so $500 covers 50 days during which one can code or swim and ends up owning outright whatever they write. Have to be crazy to take this deal, it makes no sense.

Just to be clear, we're doing this at cost. We're renting a mansion with cooks and servants and stuff. And we own 0% of your IP.

Er, OK, so the idea here is that it's a bunch of different guys working on random ideas of their own and afterwards they each go their separate ways? If that's the case, it's not so clear from the web site.

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

#39
post #30

You have to pay a $500 application fee and cover the cost of your own airfare? I stayed at a pretty nice place for $10 a night in Costa Rica, so $500 covers 50 days during which one can code or swim and ends up owning outright whatever they write. Have to be crazy to take this deal, it makes no sense.

I have serious doubts that you found a nice place for $10 a night. I went there for 12 days in Jan '09 and I found that the prices were ok, but they definitely weren't third-world. It's developed now and you pay accordingly. It also seemed to me that $500 was for the stay (not an application fee), which is a good deal for 10 days for the house in the pictures.

Re: Startup Workaway: 20 founders. 10 days. 1 beach house in Costa Rica. Apply now

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post #31
post #19

Do you want to concentrate on your startup or take a beach vacation? Join me in downtown Detroit if you really want to work on your startup. I guarantee you won't be tempted to leave the building for ten days and will get lots of work done.

Is there a $500 application fee?

Hey Bugsy,

I was being sarcastic. However if there are enough people who want to do it I will look into making it happen.

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