3 payment rules every freelancer and founder needs @WhatsAI

Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

Everyone loves the idea of building a startup.
But here’s the truth no one tells you: chasing money will eat more of your time than coding or designing ever will.

Clients delaying payments. Contracts that aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. The stress of chasing invoices instead of chasing product-market fit.

After 6 years of freelancing and building, here’s what saved me:
👉 50/50 rule (half upfront, half at delivery)
👉 Break projects into smaller sprints
👉 Milestone payments tied to progress

Because protecting your cash flow is protecting your runway, your energy, and your sanity.

How do you handle payments and cash flow? I’m curious.

I’m Louis-François, PhD dropout, now CTO & co-founder at Towards AI. Follow me for tomorrow’s no-BS AI roundup 🚀

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3 payment rules every freelancer and founder needs

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