> Require half payment up front, or for longer projects, a milestone-sized payment up front. I like splitting work-pay-cycles into thirds or sixths, because it

> Require half payment up front, or for longer projects, a milestone-sized payment up front. I like splitting work-pay-cycles into thirds or sixths, because it's easier for a client to buy into and helps to keep the ball rolling with overlapping plan / review / work / pay cycles. It gives more room to prove the work / track progress, and it incentives iteration and client involvement, while also being small enough increments that there doesn't need to be a delay if one partner needs more time to think about something while the other continues fulfilling on their end. And, it helps build trust, for example when a client can see things rolling well and makes an upcoming payment in advance, raising the work prepaid buffer ratio(?). I think tau might have something to do with these ratios: - https://www.reddit.com/r/visualizedmath/comments/7nyclx/graphing_sine/ https://www.reddit.com/r/visualizedmath/comments/7nyclx/grap... - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/ComplexSinInATimeAxe.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/ComplexS... - https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/22f22j/gif_the_relationship_between_sin_cos_and_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/22f22j/gif_the_re... - https://d2w9rnfcy7mm78.cloudfront.net/688961/original_ee19f10deb20841392d429369f61c184.gif?1472157289 https://d2w9rnfcy7mm78.cloudfront.net/688961/original_ee19f1...