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When a bunch of ambitious people get together and decide to start a company, they often start out by deciding who owns what share of this new entity. Long before the invention of the “Limited company”, this sharing was directly proportional to the revenues of said company.
If you started a small bakery with a friend back in the 1800’s, the math was simple. Let’s assume the only one time cost for this bakery was an oven that cost $700. If the store made $1000 in revenue each month and the spend on yeast, flour, electricity and marketing was $300; then simply put - the store was at a $700 profit (we’re going to avoid talking about tax and a bunch of other concepts for simplicity here).
In the first month, neither you nor your friend would be able to take any money home, as you’d spend almost all of the profits on paying back the cost of the oven. In month two, you’d make a tidy profit which would’ve been split between both owners of the bakery. Assuming the split between both owners was 50–50, each owner would walk away with $350 month on month. If the business grew, that value increased. If the business did poorly, the take home amount for both owners dropped.
All the way back in 450 BC, the concept of a fixed salary was invented. At that time, salt production was strictly controlled by the monarchy or ruling elite. Salt from a person was synonymous with drawing sustenance, taking pay, or being in that person’s service. The Latin word salarium linked employment and salt. In the modern world, a salary is typically a fixed compensation given to an individual to perform certain duties.
In the scenario of your bakery, the concept of a fixed salary offers some advantages and disadvantages to you, the owner. As you scale and have more customers, it becomes imperative to:
a) Buy more ovens
b) Have enough staff on hand to serve customers
Ovens are machines and typically have a fixed cost (or if loaned, a significantly lower cost than a salaried employee). Ovens don’t need to eat, pay rent or watch movies, which is why they are significantly cheaper than hired hand. However, to add more staff, you’d need to convince your partner (and yourself) to distribute a share of the revenue to other people.
The problem with these potential hires was that they don’t particularly care about the business and want to work so that they can eat, pay rent and watch movies (movies didn’t exist in it’s current form back then, but you get the point). What ended up happening was that both your partner and you decided to not give a chunk of revenue share, but instead a salary — a fixed monthly expense, like rent. If the business grew, then the salaried employee would not benefit from that growth (because they had no stake in the business). If the business failed, then your partner and you would be in trouble because this was a fixed cost you would incur each month that had to be paid regardless of performance of the business.
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Super hilarious, and kinda-weird, One Page Site that creates an online profile based on your movements and interactions with the page. It also figures out things about your computer or device haha.
A browser-based game on online profiling.
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Funny One Pager that is an online quiz where you can decide if the famous quotes are from Jesus or Mariah Carey. This One Page Website features a changing background gradient, smooth load transitions, and a pixel snowfall animation.
When you REALLY think about it, Christmas is about two people: Jesus Christ and Mariah Carey. One is the son of God, the other is an American singer with 8 Jack Russells and a 5 octave range. But which of these two seasonal superstars is responsible for the following quotes? Let’s play Mariah or Messiah!
Designed and built by Neverbland, a digital product studio based in Soho, London. Neverbland are the studio behind startup successes B ulb.co.uk, Everpress and Jukedeck. Mariah or Messiah was built using React, Redux, CSS and HTML.
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Minimal One Page Website for a new open-source screen recording app called Kap. Kap has the ability to easily record on their minimal UI.
An open-source screen recorder built with web technology. The ease of use and speed you’ve been looking for – the functionality and extensibility you didn’t know you needed.
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