In my opinion, the most important question would be this;
"How much time are you prepared to commit to your business every week?"
The key words in the question being 'prepared to commit'. If you ask how much time they are 'planning to spend', it sounds like an expense, and they are not actually committing themselves to anything. But if they are 'prepared to commit' a specific amount of time each week, they are far more likely to do it.
The accounting training I had (many, many years ago) would suggest there should theoretically be a magic formula to the amount of time and/or money you need to commit, to make a business work. So many time units are the equivalent of so many monetary units, or something like that. I have never taken the time to work it out, but if anyone has, I would be happy to hear it!
Armed with that information, you could then predict in general terms what return they could expect, based on their level of commitment. Without it, the best you can do is make an educated guess, and I would not recommend that, because if they don't reach that level they may feel you have overstated the potential and end up leaving.
Hope this helps.
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In my opinion, the most important question would be this;
"How much time are you prepared to commit to your business every week?"
The key words in the question being 'prepared to commit'. If you ask how much time they are 'planning to spend', it sounds like an expense, and they are not actually committing themselves to anything. But if they are 'prepared to commit' a specific amount of time each week, they are far more likely to do it.
The accounting training
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