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Could dividends in a limited company be paid out selectively?
Could a limited company decide to pay dividends only to certain individuals, e.g., those who hold 50% or more of the outstanding shares? If not, do dividends have to be paid out proportionately to all ...
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Dividends are higher than profits?
I'm looking at the S-1 filing of Shutterstock: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000104746912005905/a2209364zs-1.htm
It says that $20.5mil, $25.9mil and $28.6mil of dividends were paid ...
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Profit and loss sharing among three co-founders
I'm participating in some business funding and recently we've faced a severe problem. The question is quite simple: how do we share profit, so that no one would be left behind?
So, there's three ...
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How to share profit based on both effort and skill?
Suppose the following:
You have a very small startup (a few people) with almost no startup capital
You have a client or two and are making some money, but not enough to afford real salaries
Each ...
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When does the profit-sharing model break down?
Two co-founders and I have started a project that is going rather well. We sell a service that is paid on a monthly basis but that also has some up-front costs (revenues for us).
Thus far we have ...
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How should the profits be shared?
Imagine a scenario where two people set up a business. They contribute 50-50 in terms of investment. They split profit between them. Over time, only one of the partner now works for the business. How ...
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Trying to determine the profit split for a business plan
I am working on a business plan that I will be pitching to someone very specific. Due to the fact that they are a very large name in their industry (and many others for that matter), the business ...
