profit sharing? how to?
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sorry for the late reply..
good points shockalot... i think i mentioned the business is developing some kind of an iphone app/internet web interface application. so, that has a direct product value that is trackable (1 downloadable app for $5, or something - though, the world of iphone apps is changing fast already, that is another topic). so, it is not part of the last "internet profit making idea" generation. i think any of us can smell through that. given that, i would be working as said before with a company of an individual, basically. so, shares, etc are out of the question at this stage.
oh, and another case was of course a website design... but, likely i will now just get paid for my time, which is easy and fine. but, also, has potential application for this concept.
also, i think now, it should apply more to "revenue sharing" rather then profit sharing - as profits come after expenses, and as a "partner" of sorts, both the startup and the designer have their own share of expenses that obviously dont need to be cross-calculated.
i totally think the way to go is with some kind of contractified scheme - the trick is coming up with some kind of formula that works for both parties. and, the "dream" is that this formula would become a graphic design industry standard with a lawyer or two behind it, with multiple tested partnership cases that are hopefully working out fine.
hmmm...