BUSINESS
Our generation
wants to enjoy
a meaningful life,
be healthy and not
be in a cubicle all
day.
“We started with research, which spanned
about 9 months before we left for Mauritius (and it’s still ongoing). We then got
more involved, writing to people, calling,
talking to co-workers, digital nomads and
also people running co-working spaces to
fill in the gaps, get advice and inspiration.
It began with seeing whether the idea already existed and if there was a demand.”
Everything falls into place
“Our plan was to move to Mauritius within
2 years, when we were more settled in
London-we were still in a career mindset
that time. But then everything changed in
November last year when heard about a
business idea completion in Mauritius. It
was organised by the Turbine incubator to
attract interest to their incubation program,
which is going to be launched this year.
We had a big advantage going in since we
had spent a lot of time researching and we
were selected as finalists. We came to the
awards ceremony in December after
meeting many people and getting positive
feedback that week we decided to move
here and pursue this. One of the perks of
being a finalist was the Turbine’s month
long Inspire Program, which gave us the
contacts and motivation to start, and we
registered the company shortly afterward.”
According to Coralie, this was empowering. “Turbine motivated us to use
the Lean Startup method: it means not
spending 3 years writing a business plan
or looking for investments, but instead
bootstrapping and searching for a business model tha