Idea 296 of 500. Cluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
Remote-work hubs in Kandy, Galle and Jaffna with fibre, power and a lawyer who knows the tax
The mechanism, from the book
The proof exists in Malabe. What is missing is a thousand small versions of it.
Every idea in cluster 15 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Agree with a guesthouse or cafe owner in Kandy, Galle or Jaffna that has fibre and backup power to host desks for one month on a revenue share. Post the offer to remote-worker groups abroad at a monthly desk price, and ask a lawyer what a one-page tax note for foreign remote workers would cost. Paid desks, and the questions people ask before paying, are the proof.
- Who pays first
- A remote worker from Europe who wants a month somewhere warm with reliable internet, steady power and clear answers on tax.
- What leaves today
- Remote workers who could spend months and money on the island choose places that answer the power, internet and tax questions first.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. ThreeWhat We Have Already Built
The stock exchange in Malabe
More from cluster 15
- 297A Sri Lankan software product, not a services firm: one tool, sold by subscription to the world
- 298Bookkeeping for small British and Australian firms, in their time zones: the software keeps the books, and a qualified accountant here checks them and answers the client's questions
- 299Lawyers here checking the contracts and filings that AI drafts for foreign law firms, since commercial law here follows English law, the higher courts work in English and the lawyers are here
- 300AI set up and looked after for small businesses at home and abroad: the booking replies, the invoices, the product descriptions in five languages, for a monthly fee
- 301Architecture and engineering design for firms in the Gulf and Europe: the drawings made with the new tools, and an engineer here who checks that it will stand up
- 302Video editing, animation and game art studios selling to studios abroad
Idea 296 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.