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On July 31, 2013, two years after its founding, Blueseed co-founder Marty announced that he was stepping down from his day-to-day activities at the company and taking the role of
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other groups have come together to motivate congress to allow a "Startup Visa" that would enable entrepreneurs to legally live and start their own businesses in the United States. Unfortunately, since March 2011 when the
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Blueseed went on hold due to insufficient funding in 2013,but later resumes services in 2020 after raising funds from investors. Moreover the board decided to
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Blueseed noted that another company called SeaCode, led by Roger Green and David Cook, had attempted something similar in the past but had to put the project aside because they were unable to raise enough money to launch.
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investments, and $ 9M from an undisclosed investor, and claimed plans to lease a ship for its platform. The launch was planned for summer 2014, assuming that $ 18M more would be raised.
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662:"Mike Maples Gets On Board Blueseed's Sea Platform"
463:"The Seasteading Institute – July 2011 Newsletter"
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285:Origins of the idea
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545:. Blueseed
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523:"About Us"
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446:References
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1094:2 January
734:3 January
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307:Logistics
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179:venture.
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