Practical notes on the parts of running a small consultancy that don't fit neatly into a feature list.
Real markup ranges by field, the math mistake that quietly eats your profit, and what a client is paying for when they see your markup on the invoice.
None of the three is "correct" — how consultants actually price their work, and which model fits which kind of client or project.
A plain-language checklist of the clauses that matter, what each one prevents, and what tends to happen when one is skipped.
Equity, crypto, barter, trade credits: what actually works, what tends to blow up, and the pattern behind which is which.
