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One more thought...going through the application process it seems like you guys might be going for an hourly rate. As a single founder, I would much rather fla
by marcamillion 15y ago
One more thought...going through the application process it seems like you guys might be going for an hourly rate.
As a single founder, I would much rather flat-rate projects. I don't have the time, nor interest, in tracking time.
I know what I want to make every month, based on the scope of the project I can generally tell how long that will take. So I can budget my monthly income that way.
So I hope that if you are going the hourly way, at least you have an alternative to bid on projects individually.
- whather 15y agoThe feedback we've been getting from employers is that they're much more comfortable paying on an hourly basis. They're worried about a team abandoning a project half way through, etc. We're exploring different ways to charge for projects as we move forward.
- aik 15y agoThat's interesting. Isn't one of your primary benefits (from the employer point of view) the fact that you are a premium supplier of great talent? "Great talent" including "reliable"? If not, what separates you from any other freelancer website?
- whather 15y agoYes, and that's the primary reason we chose startups as a source of talent. They're a highly skilled, self-sufficient "swat team" that already have proven team fit. Nonetheless, renting a startup or (team for that matter) is still a new concept for employers and they are used to paying an hourly rate for consulting gigs. If we start to see way more demand for flat-rate project from startups, we'll move in that direction.
- nickzoic 15y ago+1 to the previous comment: time is an illusion, billable hours doubly so. You know what would be great? A trusted-third-party for judging whether a project meets its requirement milestones, and payments escrow to make sure that the money is actually there when it does ...