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Consultant agreement - transactions as loans?
I've been given a paper to sign where it says:
You will be paid equivalent when/if SomeCompany makes turnover.
Eventually transactions between the parties must be seen as loans.
What does that ...
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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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How do you charge for consulting services of varied amounts?
We charge a monthly fee for customers to use our service. On the sign-up form the calculation for this fee is done and the cost is shown to the customer. They can then complete the billing info and ...
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Should I pursue someone who stole my idea?
I consult to companies. I specialize in problem resolution, project management, research and occasionally, if there's a call for it, development.
Recently, I was contacted by a development manager at ...
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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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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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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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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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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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If the agreement states IP is owned by the Consultant, is there any room for disagreement?
I am in the process to send a service agreement to my clients. I am stating that Intellectual Property related to all promotional material created while in the service agreement by my company will be ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can I quit from my own company
I co-founded a consulting company in Vancouver 4 years ago with 2 partners. One of us is working full-time with the company and getting a modest salary. Me and my other partner are doing couple of ...
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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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Sales pipelines. Should you only have 1 in a B2B software development company?
So you understand our scope: We are a custom software development company who have 2 primary markets
Mid sized companies who have ongoing internal needs for automation
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How do I create a pricing scheme for my creative consulting company?
My company consults companies on creating websites, branding, online video promotions, and mobile apps. One aspect of our service is the consulting side, the other is project management, finding the ...
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How to calculate the price to quote for a service?
Is there a logical way to come up with pricing for a service such as below that my friend came up with. Are these valid ?
Split down the service into as many
small steps as possible. Make sure
to ...
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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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Good 'starter' SOW or Contracts for Consultant business?
I run a consulting biz on the side (just me), doing odd IT jobs ranging from web development / design / db management etc;
I have typically made small contracts or statements of work for the jobs, ...
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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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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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Underestimate and therefore undercharge your clients— what would you do?
As a software consultant, one must be able to accurately estimate the amount of time needed for a software project, because the clients demand it anyway. But we all know how complex software ...
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Should software developer charge for Specs Gathering Time?
As a software developer who charge on per hour basis, should one charge on the specification and requirement understanding/gathering time? And what about the time for testing and debugging?
I ...
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How can I get QA projects and work in parallel with my day job?
I am working as a QA lead at a big IT firm. I have a dream to start a software company. I want to get some projects on QA and work in parallel with my job. I have people to work on QA projects. If I ...
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Should you put your little consulting company on your resume?
I'm updating my resume for consulting positions. The projects I've done are going on my resume ... par for the course.
The dilemma is if I should put my little consulting company on it.
My first ...
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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 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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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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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 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 ...
