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I'm assuming the reason he does this is because he is either skimming money off the top beyond what you've agreed with, and/or he is building 'his' portfolio wi

I'm assuming the reason he does this is because he is either skimming money off the top beyond what you've agreed with, and/or he is building 'his' portfolio with intention of hiring more teams. Either way this is a bad long term proposition for you. If you need the money now, you can say YES but eventually you will have to either replace this guy or look for projects yourself. It sounds like he's getting paid by the client first and then he'll pay you? If this has been the arrangement in the past and he paid as agreed, maybe. But if this is a bigger project, as the client wants to visit, you should hammer an agreement to get paid promptly in stages. You don't want this risk of him simply running off with a big payday.

notahacker 12y ago
If he wants his client to meet the development team it almost certainly means the exact opposite: he's pushing for larger agency deals with clients offering projects big and complex enough for the client to want some line of communication with the rest of the dev team, and trusts the dev team isn't going to cut him out of the loop altogether. A guy that brings you random spec work that includes you as "his company" in his pitch is a lot less likely to ditch you than a guy that brings you random spec work who represents himself as a one-man band whilst subcontracting the work to you, or for that matter a regular small business client contracting with you.