profit sharing? how to?
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- mikotondria30
Sounds like you're asking for ways to win a crapshoot, which is what these things are. Like you I've been in this position before - mostly at the start of my career when I was honestly a little flattered that I was in the picture, having a chance to hone my skills and get the exposure with the promise of money in the future which I became less and less certain of with each job that happened and with each 'client' that came and went.
If people have got a damn-sure-fire-best-internet-pro... in the world, but they come to you with their hand held out asking for a freebie then experience tells me that you're probably the hundredth in a long line of people they've asked for help with for their brilliant idea, and the fact that they don't have enough money to pay you properly means that every one of those other people has said no, and that you should too.
However, I like a punt now and then, and I'll do some spec work on what I think are long odds - clients that are those sort of people that movies are made about, who walk the streets persistently going against the odds, never taking no for an answer and who succeed on their 100th idea when most people would have stopped after 20. It's difficult to spot those people, if it wasn't then they'd all get snapped up and become successful before they got to you - but it *is very rare* that doing some startup a freebee site or project will get you any returns, so couch whatever profit-sharing, bonuses, stock or whatever you feel is worth your 'time' if it does come off, but realise that it's like playing a slot machine - you're better off playing 15 lines at 1c a line most of the night, but unless you hit Max-Bet and throw down $5 a spin now and again, you're not gonna get any major returns. Just think of it as gambling money and enjoy it.
Honestly I don't think thats' what you asked, but someone might find it useful. Sorry to jack your thread :(