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Should I be paying Investor Fees?

Is it normal to have to pay an investor fee just to meet with a potential investor?
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What is a good range for the legal fees on first round of investing?

We recently closed a first round of investing for 3 million and paid in excess of 150k for our legal fees. We used a reputable firm and were lead to believe that the costs would be around the 50k in ...
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Changing SaaS pricing model from 'per month' to 'technology fee' paid by end customer approach

We have a niche Saas product that is essentially a very specific ecommerce portal and management system to allow businesses to sell memberships to their customers. Currently, pricing is based on the ...
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Seeking Information About the Continued Costs of an LLC. Should I Talk to a Lawyer or Accountant?

I'm sure not which type of professional i should reach out to in order to get the proper advice i seek. I want to know specifically how much it would cost to LLC a company and the continued costs on a ...
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Charging a transaction fee, what's the right number?

My partner and I are developing a marketplace website that connects retailers with product makers, allows them to communicate with each-other and hosts wholesale transactions-we are looking for advice ...
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Is charging 20% - 30% a standard, accepted practice for acting as a service provider?

I am in the early stages of planning an online business which will bring together those who want X, and those who can provide X. Looking at Apple's App store model and Amazon's Publisher model, they ...
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How to determine fees to charge sellers on marketplace?

I'm working on building a fee structure for a website marketplace that allows buyers to purchase frrom third party sellers. Similar to ebay... So I must charge sellers a fee for their final value ...
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Sensible pricing options for a tiered translation service on retainer? Or - how do I add value more without exhausting myself? [closed]

I’m an English man living in Germany. As a side line, I offer German to English translation, interpreting and language lessons. These do not provide a steady income, so I’d like to offer a service ...
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Negotiating a volume discount on interchange fees

I think this forum is appropriate for the following question, but if not, I am happy to be directed elsewhere. For startup business planning purposes, I am wondering if anyone here has heard of a ...
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Paypal Integration - collect fees and take cut?

We are currently building a web application that will help people organise their clubs. As part of this we would like the users of the site to be able to collect payments for their events online. For ...
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How much revenue share vs equity?

I am bidding to manage the commercialisation of some technology, and based on my daily rate and approx days to complete Stage 1, I would normally ask for $x in cash and remainder of my fees as equity ...
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What is a typical fee for an introduction to angel / seed funding?

Yesterday (at my first ever pitch!) I met someone who is an "Angel Investor / Consultant" ( yes I've not heard of that term either). Today I had another meeting with him and he's offered to help me ...
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wrote software that someone wants to use/license

I wrote a sudoku game and was contacted by a media company that is interested in using the application within an ipad application they are developing. I don't know how that would work since the game ...
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Convenience fees for third parties

We're looking into building a site that would facilitate receiving payments online for places that do no have this capability. There's more to the site than receiving payments, it also makes sure ...
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how much money do you spend on accountants - for small startups

For small startups of 3 or less owners: How much money do you spend on accountants per year? What is a reasonable amount? do you recommend "doing it yourself" ? does it matter the quality of the ...
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un renewed state licence and tax issues

I hopo you can give me a little advice I created a llc company in DE couple years ago, I never use it (is a parachute company if I lost my job), I'm being paying federal and state taxes, but I did not ...