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Profit Sharing Plan that Really Works for Small Business
I am running a small business of 10++ people, and am looking to expand the head count to 20++ this year.
The business is profitable now, so I am thinking about how to create a profit sharing plan ...
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Profit sharing in a startup: offered 20% of profit
I've been offered 20% of the profit of a new startup if I build the website (which is essential to the business). What types of things should I look for in the agreement that is to be drawn up?
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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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Salary and profit distribution in game industry?
A couple years ago, I started a group/team of passionate people in game development. I was the one who had the idea to form a group that will (hopefully) later be a company/real studio. I was the one ...
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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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Advise on profit share for freelancing startup company
Three of us want to create a freelancing company and work via most popular freelancing sites nowadays. We've been working like this for 2 years and we need more people to help us.
I see many such ...
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Revenue sharing for mobile app development
I have a company that is interested in developing my mobile app idea for me. They are vey interested in ongoing development of it and will even help with marketing. They are asking for a revenue share ...
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Profit Sharing - How to deduct on the Profit Loss Sheets
We have a Profit sharing program with the branch managers of our firm and I have a question about where to include those payments with regards to our P&L.
We currently provide payments quarterly ...
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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 ...
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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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Resume writing after startup ended
I was running a startup company for 2.5 years.
The company made money, but was forced to close down due to a change in government regulation.
Without any new startup idea, I am now looking to find a ...
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How much equity to share with a seed investor, who wants to offer the money as a loan to the company?
I found an investor, who is ready to invest seed capital ( about $ 100,000 )into the company. But she wants to invest it, in the form of a Loan ( payable back with an interest rate slightly better ...
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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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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 sharing and trade secrets
I've been developing an online trading algorithm as a hobby project for 3 months during the summer. It seems that two more people will join to me, due to external circumstances not entirely up to me. ...
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Perception of fairness in a startup, what is the next move for this situation?
I’ve funded a startup with 4 more friends (my fault, but keep reading) and I am taking care of nearly everything.
To put you into perspective, we are setting up something with the same ...
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How much percentage an investor ideally deserve?
Last year we started a software firm, we have managed to build a good technical team and do a couple of projects which helped us hang around. Recently we had an offer from one of the investor to ...
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Kickstarter to get interest not product?
Is there something like Indiegogo or Kickstarter where you would invest to get interest/share as opposed of getting a product? Is such an idea viable?
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Start up is getting offer to have website developed for “profit sharing”
I have an idea for a website that myself and a partner have started to get going. One of our first steps was speaking with a web developer. The site may run over our budget. The developer (who is a ...
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How much profit-sharing should I give my secretary / marketer?
I am a part-time programmer contractor and usually I do everything myself, including meeting clients, writing the proposal, programming, the whole 9 yards. I would like to hire someone to split the ...
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Startup Project
So we are getting a team together at the moment and starting the R&D of a new project. We want to set up an agreement that lays out our share of the revenue of the product if it was to ever reach ...
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Partnership disagreement
My business partner and I have formed a partnership, we are in the process of drafting our partnership agreement.
One of the points that he wants on there is:
If one of the partners leaves they ...
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Need some help on profit sharing of partnership
I'm starting a small online apparel business with a good friend. But I'm having trouble finalizing the partnership agreement. It is a little complicated for me now because we are both investors and ...
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Can I keep 51% ownership/voting rights and split profits different?
I started a graphic design company about 3 years ago. I have been working from home all this time. i cannot keep up with all the work i have been getting. I have asked two of my friends to help me in ...
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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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Problem involving ownership ratio and profit distribution
I'd like to ask for some help, it's basically a math problem, but I'm not sure if there's only one solution:
In April 2011 two friends and I bought a bar. Each of us owns 1/3 of the bar. It's a ...
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Need advice on dividing ownership and profits
i'm starting an LLC with a close friend. we're making mobile apps. i'm the developer, he's the graphics guy. we plan to make and sell several different apps. i'll be working full time on this company, ...
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Deciding equity and profit sharing when co founder takes salary and works full time
Having read so much on how equity has to be split, i am still confused and am unable to come to any conclusion. I Would highly appreciate if you could fill in the gap as its making life difficult.
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Measuring the benefit of internet marketing specialist
Being in the last stages of completing the development of a video based social network, my partners and I have interviewed a few internet marketing specialists for promoting us.
After receiving ...
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Distributing profits when a Joint Venture starts to make money?
My question concerns the tax implications of distributing profits, if and when the hard work pays off.
In my case all of the expenses and income have flowed through my business account (S ...
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S-Corporation Filing an extension with profits
So, you have a S-Corporation with profits, there's an ownership dispute with a court date in May, after the filing date of March 15th.
Should the S-Corporation file an extension? So normally, ...
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Full time and self employed in UK/EU? What do I do with VAT?
For quite some time I have managed to hold a well paid full time job and in the extra time do allot of other work. These are clients that are happy to pay me cash and take the VAT hit on their expense ...
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Help me understand a revenue sharing problem
I am part of an LLC with multiple members. We have multiple revenue streams, and expenses that are shared across the revenue streams.
One revenue stream is suppose to be split 50% to the person that ...
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Got an idea and a great business model, but how to satisfy developers based on future profit sharing?
I've developed an idea for a mobile application. Based on research, I believe this application has a great worldwide potential and could be commonly used basically in and kind of business.
I've ...
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Software based on a book: What are good revenue sharing options with the author?
We're making apps based on a book. We have approached the author and he has agreed to let us use the trademark and help us promote them in exchange for revenue share. The revenue comes from affiliate ...
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Business Developer Role
I've got a fairly good business, producing a profit and revenues of half what I need to live. I'm an idea man and nurture lots of great ideas over time. I'm looking to have someone else run with one ...
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Legal considerations when profit sharing and/or incentivising content creation?
I'm interested in building a web app where users are paid a percentage for their content, and I'm wondering where to start. I have no issues with aspects of making payments to users, and gathering the ...
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Who is an account holder in IT firms: a partner or an employee?
While I used to work with software firms. I have seen few guys who comes in to picture very rarely during important phase of projects meetings who are called as Account holders for that project. Does ...
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Should I take on a marketing partner to sell my product ideas
I am having good success with freelance sites over the last three years. I want to take the next step now: create my own products and services, with the goal of generating stable cash flow, so I can ...
