nikeywilson

Possibly, but they are actually being directly passed to me from another organization's pipeline. So they are already paying customers and my services become an add-on to their bill rather then a separate bill.

Regardless, I have to prepare for the chance that every last one becomes a paying customer. Not optimistically, but pessimistically :).

They all know a base price, and that it might shift upwards. The issue is how much it might shift...

Not sure they'd want to spend 3 hours, but there always is some handholding entailed so I'm planning for the worst.

A template marketplace is coming, but it will take a little bit of time. Ideally I should be almost entirely removed from the equation once that happens.

As far as goes with the local designers, I've been going through an auditing process. The one problem is that since they'd need to deal with the clients directly, I need to be sure they are somewhat personable themselves.

Very true. I imagine that even though 1100 will commit, some will flake leaving me with 800 or 900 (or maybe half that).

However, I'd like to prepare for that demand problem in case it does arrive whole hog.

Sounds funny I know. I'm not in actual stealth mode, but need to keep everything off-record so am in stealth for purposes of this thread.

It's a service-business based off of customizing a product I have (think wordpress).

Of course. I'm just trying to think up a way to service the demand.

I like this. I haven't discussed money yet but seems like a good option.

Don't think I can let myself do this :).

Consulting and Graphic Design mostly. My personal network is oversubscribed, so I obviously need to outsource a lot for this.

But since there are more people than I can even follow up with, here comes trouble.

I was in a similar situation, but I received some angel funding as a solo entrepreneur. This let me hire rather then bring in equity partners.

I'd talk with a startup lawyer to research some equity arrangements, and definitely incorporate in a "good" state like Delaware where you have some flexibility wrt corporate structuring.