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Guaranteed salary

Monthly salary

Paid every month regardless of whether it is a good month or a bad one. Whether projects are active, delayed, or nonexistent — this amount goes out the door. That is an assumed risk the business takes on by employing someone. There is no month where this obligation pauses. The employee is guaranteed this income; the business is not guaranteed anything in return.

Contingent on attendance & in-person work. The guaranteed salary requires the employee to work on-site two 4-hour days and two 8-hour days each week (24 hrs/week in store). Project work — including in-person software development — is to be completed at the shop first. Failure to meet these requirements may result in a breach of agreement and may affect or forfeit the guaranteed salary for that period. (These terms print on every pay statement.)

Direct project costs

Coverage labor — Noor was originally hired for shop work: PC repair, web design, manning phones, and day-to-day service. That remains his primary role when no other ongoing projects are active. As software development is added on top, additional staff fill the gaps his shifted focus creates — people who are not part of the original operating model and would not be needed if software development were not happening.

These staff members take extra time out of their day to actively sell software, field software questions, take messages on his behalf, and handle client follow-ups when he is unavailable. They perform routine maintenance to keep systems running so issues do not escalate to him mid-build. They act as a buffer between him and clients — keeping people informed, managing expectations, and ensuring he is not pulled away every time someone has a question. Without this layer, every client call, every support request, and every sales conversation would land on Noor directly, making focused development work impossible.

The position that one person can handle everything alone is not feasible. Noor is not staffed in the store seven days a week. On the days he is not present, the phones still ring, clients still have questions, systems still need attention, and software still needs to be represented and sold. A single person cannot cover development work, client-facing support, sales, and shop operations simultaneously — and attempting to do so produces poor results in all of them.

It is worth noting that if Noor were to start his own software company, he would need to build this exact same support structure himself — and pay full market rate for it. The store provides that infrastructure at a fraction of the cost, backed by existing relationships, an established client base, and a reputation that took years to build. That is not a cost against him; it is a resource working in his favor.

Tax rate on revenue (%)

These are costs that exist specifically because of software project work — they would not be incurred otherwise. Everything else the store pays to operate (rent, power, insurance, hardware) runs regardless and is accounted for in the company split percentage below.

Profit split — of what remains after tax, salary, and direct costs

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Company

Covers the cost of the business existing. These run every month regardless of any project:

Rent & utilities
Fiber internet & failover internet
Generator maintenance & fuel
Battery backups & UPS systems
Hardware replacement, expansion & upgrades
AI development hardware & infrastructure
Cybersecurity & general liability insurance
Phone & communications
Legal & compliance
Advertising & client generation
Reputation & word of mouth built over years
Customer support & after-sale responsibility
Business relationships that sourced these projects

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Owner (Zac)

Zac owns and operates the store day to day. His responsibilities include sales, client acquisition, account management, vendor relationships, scheduling, staffing decisions, meeting attendance, and ensuring project deliverables happen on time. He sets the direction of the business, handles disputes, signs contracts, and bears full financial and legal liability if a project fails, a client does not pay, or something goes wrong. He also manages the hardware infrastructure, maintains the business relationships that source these projects, and oversees every other employee and operation in the building — all while actively pursuing new software opportunities to grow this side of the business.

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Employee (Noor)

A monthly bonus on top of guaranteed salary, paid each month active project work is delivered. Recognizes the after-hours time and effort required to meet project deadlines — salaried hours cover normal working time; this monthly bonus compensates for evenings, weekends, and any additional push needed to deliver on schedule.

Total: 100% ✓

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Hosting & passive income

The 50/50 split on hosting revenue reflects that these systems require ongoing support, maintenance, and on-call availability after the build is complete. Clients expect someone to answer when something goes wrong. That continued responsibility is what earns the passive share — it is not truly passive, it is deferred service.

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