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How do I add a new business partner?
We are a tech consulting company and our current group consists of four equity partners. We are interested in adding a new "business" partner, as our current partners are all technical, but we know ...
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Consulting work while working on startup
As a single tech founder of a pre-revenue startup, is it a good idea to take on consulting projects using the same corporate entity or is it better to form a new company just for the consulting ...
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Does it make sense to give the customer the option to either pay by the hour or a fixed rate?
I am a freelance software developer
My process of getting work is typically:
Find out about potential work through some channel (people I know, former employers, job postings etc.)
Set up a ...
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What is an acceptable commission structure for a marketing rep?
I am a marketing professional with over 10 years of successful experience. My specialty area is strategic thinking/planning.
Recently a local company in its first year of operation asked if I ...
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Training for a technology solutions provider startup
I am a trained accountant with banking experience. However, my real interest is finding technology solutions for everyday end user challenges. I understand business very well and technology fairly ...
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Is consulting work subject to my day-job's intellectual-property clause?
Disclaimer: I'm not seeking legal advice here, I will naturally seek actual legal advice before I make any decisions. I'd just like to know the lay of the land, if anyone can help.
I'm in the ...
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Feasibility of a narrow focused development firm
I am curious if there is demand for a development firm which specialized only on front-end development. Most companies that I know of offer wide range of services — front, back, mobile, native apps, ...
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Getting projects for a software development company
We have formed our company (that is, incorporation is in progress) this November (2012).
Our company focuses on IT service management (ITSM) solutions and have very skilled professionals in the ITSM ...
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How much to charge for the initial analysis?
I just started my own consulting firm and was talking to a client who has a rather large project. After spending an hour, he then suggests we book another 2.5 hour long call to go through one of the ...
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Consulting firms. Do they target only one industry?
I have came across some links after a Google search on the top consulting firms around the world. For example in this link http://www.stormscape.com/inspiration/website-lists/consulting-firms/
My ...
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how to supplement product startup income with consulting?
We have a bootstrapped product startup which is generating revenue but not at a level yet where the founders can comfortably live yet. We need to work more on the product to improve product/market ...
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How to start consulting “As an Individual or as a company”
I am planning to offer SEO and Web Development services(mainly SEO). It's a case of Bootstrapping. So my confusion is, if I create a website to offer services..
Should I present my website as a brand ...
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On working with consultants
I have been asked by many startups to help them with their core machine learning IP
Unlike outsourced software development, machine learning is difficult to outsource or even to specify because it ...
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Service contract with monthly fee and extra hours
Let's say I provide services for my clients (consulting/programming/training, etc.) but the services are provided on demand at the clients' request.
I want to charge a fixed monthly fee to cover my ...
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Tax for US company hiring offshore consultant
What are the Tax implications for US company hiring offshore software consultants?
How different is it from hiring a consultant from US in tax filings?
Are taxes higher for a US Company to hire an ...
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Which is the right way Technology Consulting or Technology Centric Consulting
I am a regular reader of this forum and am trying to clear my doubts before I actually dive in the real sea.
I am a hardcore developer working in a specific stream, web2.0. precisely on Rich ...
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Starting a technology consulting company and working as a subcontractors
I have a decade experience in software developement and specially web related applications. As a geek, I have a nice contacts but I do not see any of my contact turning into a perspective client. ...
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What is a Memo? as referred to in transaction between a technology firm and Investment bank?
What is a Memo as referred to in transaction between a technology firm and Investment bank? Does Memo has any legal validity in Courts of Law. For example as Memo refereed to in this case between ...
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Consultants offers
We are a small marketing consulting company. Usually we are invited to solve some kind of problem or task. But we face a large problem. Our offer needs to have an idea of how to solve a particular ...
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Incorporating IT service consultant work under an LLC
I have a small number of clients for whom I provide IT and website hosting services on a recurring basis (all side-work). While I'm still just breaking even due to hardware/cloud expenses at the ...
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Prospect asked for an (email) proposal - how much should I include?
After a first cold email pitch where I pointed out that parts of a prospect's business could do more for them where I asked if I could send some ideas on how I could help, the CEO got back to me and ...
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Methods of deciding on a day rate / hourly rate
This question is not asking "what should my rate be?"
I would like to some help understanding how to choose a rate. What are some successful methods that others have used in deciding what to charge ...
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How are startup consultants different from business consultants?
In the general sense, I'm wonder how startup consultants might be different from business consultants?
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StreamServe Consulting copyright issues with name
We are planing to start a StreamServe consulting firm in Singapore. I would like to know, is it legal to use StreamServe in the website we are planing to launch for this consulting work.
I haven't ...
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What to quote an enterprise customer
I've started a software consultancy and an large fortune 500 company has approached us for a project. it's an internal CMS that will take roughly 5-6 months to develop with a team of 3. This is the ...
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Should I post my consulting rates or just tell people to contact me?
I have an android app that I made and it gets a few downloads here and there. It is a business coaching app. It is pretty helpful, but when people require more involved help, I show them a scree ...
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Software consultants VS Software houses profitability
Let me preface by providing a specific definition of the two types of companies I am interested in.
Consultants: Software companies that generally provide their services on an hourly basis to create ...
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What software for Time Tracking and Billing? [closed]
A friend of mine is running a consultancy company and she needs a software to manage the people that go to their customers. I've been using Project Management Software before, but this case is ...
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What are the various IT consulting models and the benefits and drawbacks of each?
I am pursuing an opportunity as an outside consultant to an established company, but don't really know how to package my services. Here are a couple of models I have come across:
Charge a retainer ...
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how does an existing company roll in new revenue models into existing ones?
I've got a consulting business built around my personal skills and offerings. I've picked up a few sales people to help increase work volume (currently part-time outside of a day-job). The company ...
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Is a non-compete enforceable if you are not an employee of the company?
My wife has an offer from a company in NYC and the contract says specifically that she would be an independent consultant for a 3 month trial period, and not an employee of the company during that ...
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How do I protect myself contractually while providing software consulting services?
My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with ...
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Consulting on work related to future planned product
We recently approached a large company with a proposal to build them an application we thought they'd find useful.
The idea is that they'd partner with us to get it developed and get unlimited use ...
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Getting Paid in Equity - what is the simplest way to structure payment for consulting work in equity?
I'm opening a small start-up consulting business and would prefer to be paid in equity. It's unusual, I know, but it's my preference.
What is the simplest way to structure an equity-pay transaction ...
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What are the steps to start a software consulting company to hire consultants
I would like to start a software consulting company to hire software engineers who can be contracted for larger firms.
How to start the company, what type of compnay (thinking of LLC - is that ...
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How do I choose an accountant for my small business?
I want to register a small work from home business and do yearly audits. I have found a tax consultant and we exchanged more than dozen emails. After I asked him about where he got his certification ...
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What is the best way to structure an equity and cash compensation package for a consulting firm?
We are a consulting company that builds web and mobile apps for our clients. We have been asked if we accept some portion of compensation in equity. We do actually want to for some of our clients, but ...
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Is it worth spending money on SEO consulting and services?
Assuming one wants to launch a website with good reviews from beta-testers-users, is it worth spending money on Search Engine Optimization consulting/specialists or does a hacker with good IT skills ...
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Consultancy - setting a rate for specialist software development
I have been offered consultancy on-the-side of my full-time startup. However, I have no idea how to set my rate.
The work is software-based but niche/scientific. I have perfectly-suited experience ...
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How do I start my company?
I have an idea. I started Googling for investors with immaturity. Well, once I got matured enough I thought first starting a company on my own with the little money I have and later I can find ...
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Contract forms to work with small businesses
I have been working with relatively large companies as a contractor. In that setup, I didn't really concern about "contract" since they provided with all necessary contract forms and I just needed to ...
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What is the hourly rate of a freelance marketing consultant?
I am in a start up with very limited financial liquidity (less than $10,000)
I reached a stage where my online store is taking shape, I have a stock of product now and enough to start a sales team. I ...
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How To Find Contracting Work
I have a full-time job and do some contracting work on the side but am looking to quit and do full-time contracting work. Historically, my contracting work has come through my personal network, but ...
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How can I find a consultant for my Advertising startup?
I have a an idea for a startup that would be closely intertwined with the Advertising industry. I still need to do the necessary research to determine if the idea is viable and to identify all the ...
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Is hourly worth as a contractor the same as whatever you make at your day job?
I'm having a minor disagreement with a co-founder of a startup.
At our day jobs at software companies, he's a full-time employee and makes $40 an hour. I'm an intern at a different company and make ...
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How much do high-end financial software consultancy firms (like lab49) charge per hour?
How much do high-end financial consultancy firms (like lab49) charge per hour for a c# developer in London? In GBP please.
Obviously the consultancy has to paid the developer + cover their overheads ...
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Offshore consulting from the view point of a US company
If I provide consulting/freelance services for a US company, does it matter for the US company whether I'm based in Germany, India or the Seychelles?
I'm NOT interested in the reputations these ...
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Do I need a registered agent in the state where I live?
Do I need to get a registered agent in NV if I actually live there?
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Proper Price to Charge Clients for Various SLAs
I am the co-owner of a small web development firm. We offer Ruby on Rails programming for our clients which mostly consist of small companies. We typically charge $80-$110 per hour. For 2/3 of our ...
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Best to market yourself based on technology, industry or system type?
In starting a small software consultancy and figuring out how to market and present ourselves to the world...
Does anyone have any experience as to whether it is best to market yourself based on:
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