Great point. I don't have the answer, but here's something to consider:
That brilliant journalist I hired, the person who was ready to take on the responsibility of writing 16 books in a year, needed $90k salary.
Finding people to answer some specific questions about their existing field of expertise has cost very very little. 48 researchers cost less than $60k.
That's interesting, I particularly liked the part where you realized coming up with the right questions was the way forward, and based on that info I suppose you could value your 200 questions at roughly $30k, since that's the extra bit journalist would have had to do otherwise.
On a side note, thanks for all your writings over the years, I've learned a ton and still use some of them for both personal reference and for referring friends & associates.
That brilliant journalist I hired, the person who was ready to take on the responsibility of writing 16 books in a year, needed $90k salary.
Finding people to answer some specific questions about their existing field of expertise has cost very very little. 48 researchers cost less than $60k.