Front Fees

Written by William Cate


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Turnkey project offers, like finding a business lender, taking your company public, arranging stock support for your public company, finding wholesale buyers for your company's products, etc., are expensive undertakings. Both swindlers and professionals will want front fees. The difference is thatrepparttar professionals are willing to build a relationship with your company by doing consulting work for you. They operate onrepparttar 141082 start small and build creditability model. The swindlers will want you to pay them based solely on hype and knowing as little as possible about them. If you'll just look, it's easy to seerepparttar 141083 difference.

Let me offer an example of a professional's no front fee and front fee policy. I advise several Venture Capital (VC) firms about issues related to taking their clients public. Inrepparttar 141084 process, I've learned their funding selection criteria. If I get a startup Executive Summary from a trustworthy source that meets a VCs criteria, I'll requestrepparttar 141085 Business Plan. Ifrepparttar 141086 Business Plan is credible, I'll forward it torepparttar 141087 VC. My costs are five dollars for postage and a couple hours of my time. Mayberepparttar 141088 VC will fund one in ten of my referrals. However, ifrepparttar 141089 VC funds a referral, they will pay me twenty thousand times my costs. For me, it's a good bet.

Onrepparttar 141090 other handrepparttar 141091 costs of taking a client public are far more than five dollars. Unlessrepparttar 141092 client is willing to pay my costs as a front fee, I won't take them public. My middle road is to act as their paid advisor as they take their company public. My point is that professionals may be willing to offer no front fee services for help that costs them little time and money. They won't do so for high-ticket items. In that case, your option is to pay them as your consultant and dorepparttar 141093 work yourself or try to do it without outside advice.

The Front Fee Axiom is simple. Start with small payments for consulting advice. Ifrepparttar 141094 advice helps your company, agree to pay a retainer as long as it reduces your consulting costs. If you come to trustrepparttar 141095 professional, consider a turnkey offer or dorepparttar 141096 project yourself with their advice. NEVER pay a front fee to anyone whom you haven't met and can't do basic due diligence upon.

He has been the Managing Director of Beowulf Investments [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] since 1981 and is the Executive Director of the Global Village Investment Club [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]


Structured Settlement or a One-Time Lump Sum Payment?

Written by Greg Smith


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The benefits of a structured settlement over a lump-sum payment includerepparttar security of a guaranteed long-term income with deferred payments that are exempt from income taxes. The federal government encouragesrepparttar 141050 use of structured settlements in personal injury cases.  Structured settlements also attract support from plaintiff attorneys, state attorneys general, legislators, consumer and disability advocates.

Structured settlements can be ideally suited for cases with: • Persons with temporary or permanent disabilities • Guardianship cases that may involve minors • Workers compensation cases • Wrongful death cases • Severe injury

Want to Sell Your Structured Settlement? Not everyone benefits from a long-term payment situation and some may want or need a lump sum instead. The owner of a structured settlement, such as lottery winners, medical, insurance, accident and lawsuit settlement owners, can often sell their rights torepparttar 141051 deferred payment stream, in exchange for a one time lump sum payment from a variety of financial institutions. All situations are different, and as with any legal issue, you should always consult your attorney.

Greg Smith is the publisher of the informational web site on Structured Settlements at http://www.settlements-i.com/. Visit his web site for the latest on settlements of all types.


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