Quote from jerryz:
is it so unreasonable? perhaps you should think about what every investor is doing when they put money with a money manager.
the investor assumes all the risk but the manager shares the profit. if the manager does well, he collects fees. if he blows up, he still keeps the fees but the investor loses all. this seems to be reasonable to the many wealthy and "professional" investors out there.
my offer turns this relationship around.
besides, the typical fees are 2/20. to compensate for the guarantee, which is miniscule relative to his profits, i raised the incentive to 50%.
of course there's also the issue of credibility. after all, i have not met the guy before.
so i think it's reasonable. don't you?
btw, i knew there would be capacity issues, but thought i would ask to see what he says.