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| bio | website | appeos.com |
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| location | London, United Kingdom | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | 5 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 167 |
My main focus is working on Appeos, a SaaS site that allows anyone to create their own complex business applications, without the need for developers, analysts, project managers, etc. With the right tools, most business people can build what they want quicker than they can document requirements in the traditional way.
It is the democratisation of the application development process. Now anyone can do it!
When I'm not doing that, I am currently helping my wife with the marketing of her book, Nobody's Perfect, which is on Amazon world-wide. It is a shocking true story, based upon her experiences in growing up. It covers a lot of interesting topics and makes a change to the normal "celebrity" tie-in books you see in shops these days.
By the way, Amazon's publishing platform, for Kindle and printed books, is awesome and I'm going to use it for more books in the future.
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Commissions ranges Then you're probably not a reseller, in the common definition of the term. This is sounding more and more like a homework question, so I'll leave it there. |
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Our US distributor of a neutraceutical ingredient wants us to indemnify their customer against patent infringement This is severely off topic for this site, but I would advise you to talk to your insurance broker to see if they can cover you in this case and/or your lawyer. |
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Commissions ranges If you are a reseller, that means you enjoy a discount, but charge the end user the normal retail price. The discount you enjoy ranges depending on the industry, location, volumes, etc, so it is impossible to specify a likely percentage. |
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Commissions ranges It depends on your relationship with the vendor. Will you be a reseller, VAR, freelance sales rep, etc? |
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Need an electronic engineer to help create a prototype with a screen that changes image through an iphone I think this is probably off topic, as far as this site is concerned. If you want to pay someone, there are well-established methods, e.g. recruitment agencies. |
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How to estimate the robustness of a business plan? "...the closer the business plan is to reality..." Really? Sounds like wishful thinking to me, as you're unlikely to model it with sufficient fidelity to get meaningful results. |
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Getting a partner onboard If you both want to protect your brand, you'll need to merge the names somehow, if they are compatible, or create a new business and use your existing brands to drive prospects to it. |
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reviewed | No Action Needed What's the best way to use LinkedIn while employed and developing a startup? |
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reviewed | No Action Needed Getting a partner onboard |
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reviewed | No Action Needed Unique product. No investors |
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reviewed | Leave Open How do I protect myself? |
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How do I protect myself? Nothing you do will make any difference, so just be open and honest with them, if you ever get a meeting, which is the hard part. |
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Should I take out a short term or long term loan? Nobody can tell you that, as you haven't provided sufficient information. |
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How to structure a development partnership with an unfunded startup? It is difficult to answer this question, as there are many unknowns. However, if it was me, I'd want to know what assurance there was that you'd get the main development job. Maybe the investors would insist on someone in-house, or their own team. Equity now, money later is an interesting idea, but only you can judge the likelihood of success and only you know if you can wait to get paid, as it depends on your individual circumstances. It sounds risky, given the unknowns, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, if you can live with it and the potential upside makes it worthwhile. |
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Should I take out a short term or long term loan? It is very difficult to see how anyone can answer this question based on such meagre information. |
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reviewed | No Action Needed Quality assurance / testing communities? |
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reviewed | No Action Needed Partner leaving, tough situation |
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reviewed | No Action Needed How can a departing co-founder be compensated for giving back already vested shares? |
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faxing information for apple developer account This seems severely off topic. |
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Consultant agreement - transactions as loans? I think this sums up what I was going to say nicely. I would add that some people use loans as a way to mitigate tax, which is frowned on by tax authorities. That is, you don't get paid, but the company "loans" you money which you never actually have to pay back, but you pay no tax, as it isn't income. Total scam, but still legal-ish, if you have good enough lawyers. |
