You
- Show up as yourself: a collaborator, not a salesperson for a referral scheme.
- Say what you want to make, or what you can contribute.
- Use your own name and your own email.
- Agree the work in writing before either of you relies on it.
How a collaboration starts
Sit with Julian.Make something.
This is a welcome for anyone who wants to collaborate. You do not have to bring clients or referral projects. If you both want to work together, you agree it in writing first.
01 · Who owns what
Clear lines, so nobody has to guess.
The simplest partnerships are the ones where each person knows exactly which half is theirs.
Julian
- Meet you, and say plainly whether the collaboration is a fit.
- Lead the technical side of anything the practice builds.
- Write down scope, roles, and money before the work starts.
- Keep the conversation direct. No fee to begin it.
02 · The first 90 days
Three phases. One honest checkpoint at the end.
Scroll through the sequence. Each phase has a clear definition of done, so neither of you drifts on hope.
Days
- Sit down together
- Learn the work from the inside
- Stay, or stop cleanly
Days 1–14
Sit down together
The first two weeks are a conversation. You learn how he works, and he learns what you want to make together. No client list is required.
- A real start is a booked time with Julian, not a promise to find leads.
- Bring an idea, a skill, or a project. A referral is not the ticket in.
- Talking is free. Nothing is owed for a conversation that does not become work.
Days 15–45
Learn the work from the inside
You sit with how projects are scoped. If a client is in the picture, Julian writes every proposal and you stay in the conversation.
- Before any proposal goes out, you and Julian sign a one-page agreement fixing your tier for that client.
- Scope, price, and timeline are in writing before a client is asked to commit.
- You are copied on anything the client needs to see, if you are in that relationship.
Days 46–90
Stay, or stop cleanly
By day ninety you are either still sitting in the work together, or you have both decided to stop. A paid project is welcome. It is not the test.
- If money was written into an agreement, that agreement still stands if you stop.
- If you stop, commission already earned on paid invoices is still paid.
- No fee is owed for time that did not produce a paid invoice.
03 · How the money moves
You never touch client money, and you never pay anything in.
The client contracts with Julian and pays his invoice. Within seven days of that payment clearing, your share arrives with a written statement.
01
You
Say what you want to collaborate on. A skill, an idea, or a project is enough.
02
A conversation
Julian meets you. You both decide whether the work is a fit. There is no fee.
03
A written start
If you go ahead, roles and money are agreed in writing before the work begins.
04 · How we start
Four steps, and the first costs nothing but a little time.
1
Apply
Say why you want to sit in this work. A client list is optional.
2
Talk for 20 minutes
A plain conversation about you, and whether you want this seat.
3
Sit in for two weeks
Unpaid time together, so both of you can tell if it fits.
4
Sign one page
Only when a client is in play. Your tier is fixed before any proposal goes out.
05 · What you are never asked to do
Written down, so nobody has to wonder.
No marketplace accounts
You will never be asked to open an Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer, Toptal, or any other account for Julian to use.
No pretending
You never present yourself as the developer, and you never lend your identity to a profile, a contract, or an invoice.
No money in
There is no joining fee, no starter kit, no training to buy, and no quota. If anyone asks you for money in this arrangement, it is not this arrangement.
No recruiting
This is not a downline and not a referral program. Nobody earns money for signing other people up.
06 · If it ends
If it ends
Either side can stop with an email. Commission already earned on invoices the client has paid is still paid on the normal schedule. You keep your own contacts and relationships. Julian keeps the code, the client contract, and the invoice relationship.
Grow together, Earn together
If you want to collaborate, you are welcome.
Tell Julian what you want to make together. You do not need clients to refer. It takes about ten minutes.