Consulting Questions

I have a small number of clients for whom I provide IT and website hosting services on a recurring basis (all side-work). While I'm still just breaking even due to hardware/cloud expenses at the...

LLC Incorporation Consulting California

asked Jun 19 '12 at 03:00

Matt Beckman
132 points

This question is not asking "what should my rate be?" I would like to some help understanding how to choose a rate. What are some successful methods that others have used in deciding what to...

Pricing Consulting Rates

asked May 24 '12 at 03:28

Greg
116 points

We are planing to start a StreamServe consulting firm in Singapore. I would like to know, is it legal to use StreamServe in the website we are planing to launch for this consulting work. I haven't...

Consulting Copyright

asked May 11 '12 at 18:40

Saanch
103 points

In the general sense, I'm wonder how startup consultants might be different from business consultants?

Consulting

asked May 19 '12 at 04:21

Blunders .
899 points

I have an android app that I made and it gets a few downloads here and there. It is a business coaching app. It is pretty helpful, but when people require more involved help, I show them a scree...

Consulting

asked Apr 29 '12 at 07:43

Genadinik
1,821 points

I've started a software consultancy and an large fortune 500 company has approached us for a project. it's an internal CMS that will take roughly 5-6 months to develop with a team of 3. This is the...

Software Enterprise Consulting Project Planning

asked May 5 '12 at 10:21

Jordan
8 points

Let me preface by providing a specific definition of the two types of companies I am interested in. Consultants: Software companies that generally provide their services on an hourly basis to...

Software Consulting Profitability Software Licensing

asked Apr 17 '12 at 19:18

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

I've got a consulting business built around my personal skills and offerings. I've picked up a few sales people to help increase work volume (currently part-time outside of a day-job). The company...

Sales Business Model Consulting Revenue Growth

asked Jan 26 '12 at 07:23

Patrickgamer
234 points

I am pursuing an opportunity as an outside consultant to an established company, but don't really know how to package my services. Here are a couple of models I have come across: Charge a...

Pricing Marketing IT Consulting Service

asked Jan 27 '12 at 06:33

J.Rightly
106 points

My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with...

Software Contract Legal Consulting

asked Dec 2 '11 at 15:15

Frank
113 points

My wife has an offer from a company in NYC and the contract says specifically that she would be an independent consultant for a 3 month trial period, and not an employee of the company during that...

Contract Consulting Non Compete

asked Dec 5 '11 at 12:36

Nick Larsen
128 points

We recently approached a large company with a proposal to build them an application we thought they'd find useful. The idea is that they'd partner with us to get it developed and get unlimited...

Products Contract Consulting Intellectual Property Partnerships

asked Nov 24 '11 at 13:18

Terry B
121 points

I'm opening a small start-up consulting business and would prefer to be paid in equity. It's unusual, I know, but it's my preference. What is the simplest way to structure an equity-pay...

Equity Payments Consulting Micro Startup

asked Nov 17 '11 at 04:01

Justin
11 points

I would like to start a software consulting company to hire software engineers who can be contracted for larger firms. How to start the company, what type of compnay (thinking of LLC - is that...

Software Consulting

asked Oct 31 '11 at 08:27

Zedi
11 points

We are a consulting company that builds web and mobile apps for our clients. We have been asked if we accept some portion of compensation in equity. We do actually want to for some of our clients,...

Equity Consulting

asked Oct 22 '11 at 11:15

Sam Mc Afee
118 points

I want to register a small work from home business and do yearly audits. I have found a tax consultant and we exchanged more than dozen emails. After I asked him about where he got his...

Consulting Tax Accounting Small Business

asked Oct 24 '11 at 06:37

Sparkubullet
21 points

I have been offered consultancy on-the-side of my full-time startup. However, I have no idea how to set my rate. The work is software-based but niche/scientific. I have perfectly-suited experience...

Consulting Rates

asked Sep 29 '11 at 05:46

Paperjam
394 points

Assuming one wants to launch a website with good reviews from beta-testers-users, is it worth spending money on Search Engine Optimization consulting/specialists or does a hacker with good IT...

Consulting Benefits SEO

asked Oct 2 '11 at 10:46

J Verstry
152 points

I have an idea. I started Googling for investors with immaturity. Well, once I got matured enough I thought first starting a company on my own with the little money I have and later I can find...

Consulting

asked Sep 17 '11 at 06:16

Gimp
427 points

I have been working with relatively large companies as a contractor. In that setup, I didn't really concern about "contract" since they provided with all necessary contract forms and I just needed...

Consulting Independent Contractor

asked Aug 30 '11 at 04:32

Tae Sung Shin
108 points