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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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In a buisness proposal, which tense should be used?

Which tense would you use in a business proposal? Most people either go with first or third person ie: "we proposes this marketing plan" or "company x proposes this marketing plan" Which tense do ...
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Best way to send a business proposal

I'm about to send a business proposal to a person who doesn't know me. The document volume is equivalent to about 6 pages (A4, single spaced). I can create a nice looking PDF optimized for screen view ...
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Proposal Presentation: Proposal Before or During?

For complex and relatively high-dollar sales (five to six figures), it's a common practice to present the final cost in the form of a proposal, and to present that proposal in person, instead of ...
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Software Project Proposal

I am in need of delivering a proposal for a software project I may work on. Some of the areas they would like me to highlight is "implementation timeline, cost, overall system functionality, and ...
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Proposal Copyright?

When submitting a proposal to a public RFP do you add a "Copyright. All Rights Reserved"? Would this confuse the organization requesting the proposal? Is this common practice? My thought is that ...
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How to get permission/integrate with ERP legally?

I created my own product(P) which is pretty much standalone but would benefit a LOT if it integrates with existing ERP package(ERP). Integration can be done 2 ways: read only where I pull data from ...
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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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Best way to propose web designers to work in your website with income proportional to the success of the project

We are going to create a biotech spin-off from our University, now we need a website, with professional design and flyers and the like. Right now we are negotiating some contracts but still do not ...
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Conflict of interest

Scenario: We are a partnership of 3 people who work for the same employer. We have identified a potential gap in our employers business and intend to propose a project and develop the solution (for ...
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Sales Commission website with Geolocation?

I'm looking for a Customer Relationship Management solution with an easy to use interface. The simplest way to describe what I'm looking for is through a [very rough!] mockup: The idea is that the ...
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Do I send my product proposal to all of my prospects at the same time?

I came up with a solid product that would be interesting to the top 5 companies in my specific market. These 5 websites are very competitive and its a small market. In order for my product to work, I ...
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Music Streaming: How do we stream music legally?

My friends and i came up with an idea that involves streaming music for free and paid members like spotify. We are aware that we will need to get licensed by record labels. We do not know how to go ...
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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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How to Calculate a Quotation and Make a Proposal for Mobile Software

I have received an RFP from a small company to build an Android app. They have asked for a time/cost estimation together with a time chart for the given product specification (which is 25 pages + 30 ...