We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No Refunds

Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by rmason on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:01PM (#18631044)

I think WeRoam had a great idea, there was no shortage of customers. Here's what I think they did wrong:

1. Solve the legal issues before you take the first dollar

2. Know your costs to the penny

3. Watch cash flow like a hawk

Like to see someone try this again because I might be a future customer.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by wgerard on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:21PM (#18631251)

> 1. Solve the legal issues before you take the first dollar

Err, it actually seems like they generated a lot of legal issues that they could've easily avoided.

You should read the attached court documents from their fight with Remote Year. It's pretty damning.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ac29 on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:07PM (#18631677)

Link to court doc: https://www.morganlewis.com/~/media/files/document/remote-ye...

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by richrichardsson on Saturday December 08, 2018 @05:02AM (#18634646)

> It's pretty damning

Understatement of the year! That's an 8 point list of incredibly shady practises by someone with an utterly broken moral compass.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by cabaalis on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:12PM (#18631158)

No need to wait. It looks like the rebrand that ultimately sunk them was because of a company that does exactly what they were doing, and is named similarly. Roam Inc.

So let's add:

4. Don't name yourself exactly like a competitor who does the same thing you do.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ackbar03 on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:18PM (#18631229)

Can you actually be sued for just having the same business model as someone else? Is that even possible? If anything that's what most confused me, I thought they had a pretty interesting idea

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:21PM (#18631246)

Probably not but, if you have the same business model and then use trademarks, trade dress, etc. in a way that causes potential confusion, you can most definitely be sued. This is why you hire lawyers up-front.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:18PM (#18631231)

Roam looks as if they're just a small handful of co-living/working spaces. Not cheap: $500-$1,000/week.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by jermaustin1 on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:22PM (#18631811)

yeah, its not exactly the same, and you have to live with more people than I'd be comfortable with.

Personally I'd pay the $2000/person/mo for a 3-6 month trip for my wife and I. Its cheaper than when we currently go on vacation for just a week.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:32PM (#18631883)

I'm actually mildly curious what the quality of the accommodations is. I say it's not cheap but it's still a pretty good deal in the cities listed. (Though I'm guessing it's Bali that is the $500/room/week and hotels are cheap there even in Ubud.)

There is something to be said for the hostel environment without actually having to sleep in a hostel. But mostly it's not my thing when traveling.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by maneesh on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:41PM (#18631962)

RemoteYear is the competitor company that does exactly what WeRoam did. I'm in a coworking space in Medellin Colombia right now, and RemoteYear has rented out about half the space here.

https://remoteyear.com/

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