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We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by Hexstream »

donna wrote: post #5
brk wrote: post #2

"Worth my while" couldn't be reasonably computed until I knew more about your company, like: -Anticipated viability of the company and revenue stream predictions -Effort (in hours) that I would need to contribute to effect a positive outcome -Financing model of the organization -Compensation of other employees in a similar position to effect the outcome of the company These things factor into the "risk", which affect…

thanks, helpful input

If I may be so bold, it's not a chat room here. If you agree with some post and don't have anything more substantial to say, consider just upmodding it.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by loumf »

Hexstream wrote: post #21
donna wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks, helpful input

If I may be so bold, it's not a chat room here. If you agree with some post and don't have anything more substantial to say, consider just upmodding it.

Usually, yes. But donna is the OP, so I think it's ok for her to acknowledge helpful comments rather than anonymously upmoddng.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by rms »

loumf wrote: post #22
Hexstream wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I may be so bold, it's not a chat room here. If you agree with some post and don't have anything more substantial to say, consider just upmodding it.

Usually, yes. But donna is the OP, so I think it's ok for her to acknowledge helpful comments rather than anonymously upmoddng.

And this thread is bringing out a behavior on news.yc that I really don't like -- people downmodding recent comments of the OP because they're mad they can't downmod the post.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by edw519 »

I really hate to say it because I like this forum so much, but this is the one kind of thing I DON'T like to see here.

If you're going to be in business with someone, get to know them.

This seems like a pretty good place to get to know people (especially if you can arrange in-person meetings).

Probably not a good place to be "making deals".

One step at a time please.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by msiegel »

ghiotion wrote: post #13
donna wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks for pointing me to the research, this concept is being modeled for exploration of a knowledge-base. ;-D

That's obviously and English sentence, but I have no friggin' idea what it means.

:) The question was hypothetical. Besides being of interest to any small cash-strapped startup, your answers are being used in the construction of an AI system. Knowing the factors that are most important to a venture's contributors will help us determine an algorithm to value the contributions.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by msiegel »

jakewolf wrote: post #18

Is this a service you'll be selling or are you relying on advertising? Since you have no cash to pay, I'll take all the revenue generated from the time I start working with you up to 250k/yr. In addition, I'd like a significant equity stake. The time I put in isn't important. What matters is how many dollars I help the site make.

1. Does that mean if you spent 6 months working on it, you would expect $125K from revenues?

2. How would you determine how many dollars you helped the site make?

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by ghiotion »

rms wrote: post #23
ghiotion wrote: post #15

We're offering this $$$ opp, sell vi@gr@ from home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, why is this on the front page? I hate down arrows, but this post makes me desperately wish I had the option.

What is your problem?

I was attempting to point out that this post has all the qualities of spam. It's vague, it uses symbol repitition ($$$), non-standard abbreviations (opp), and seems like a scam.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by curi »

aikiai wrote: post #20
curi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the same thing happens with hourly rates. known problem.

It is, and this is one of an equity-driven startup's key advantages over institutionalized competitors. Seems like a bad idea to introduce it at this stage.

it's not obvious which way is better. hours spent working isn't a great approximation of productivity, but it is one.

if you don't use it, you need to gage productivity in some other way. one way this is done is to agree in advance on a price for a certain agreed upon amount of work. but that isn't going to work (at least straightfowardly) for a startup that wants to work in an open-ended, semi-unstructured way.

you can also ignore it. if everyone seems to be working very hard, then that's probably ok. but if some people seem to be working more than others, then it can start causing problems.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by rms »

ghiotion wrote: post #28
rms wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is your problem?

I was attempting to point out that this post has all the qualities of spam. It's vague, it uses symbol repitition ($$$), non-standard abbreviations (opp), and seems like a scam.

Perhaps, but donna's been around here for a while, I give her the benefit of the doubt.
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