- Website
http://www.seasteading.org/community/contests/sinkorswim-2010
- Competition Organizer
The Seasteading Institute
- Who's Eligible
- Must be 18 years of age and have a valid mailing address
- Important Dates
Draft submissions must be posted by October 22, 2010. Final submissions are due December 5, 2010, and winners will be announced on December 20, 2010.
- Competition Prizes
- First Place: $5,000
- Second Place: $2,000
- HumanIPO community favorite:: $1,500
- Most creative: $750
- Best Seasteading PR: $750
- Other Info
For the purposes of this contest, entrants will assume their businesses will exist on a platform 25 miles off the coast of a large first-world city, such as Miami or Shanghai. Furthermore, entrants will assume that the legal and regulatory environment aboard a seastead is tailored toward the efficient functioning and operation of their particular business.
The business plans developed for this contest will serve as a compendium of ideas and research from which individuals and firms can draw inspiration for future commercial seastead businesses.
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