You get paid on time when you communicate effectively and often with your customers

Sometimes it's a nightmare to work with different accounts receivables, but when you have a strong relationship with your customers, things work well, says Christophe Derdeyn, the partner at a consulting company. That's especially the case when working on a fixed-price basis, where contracts need to be written in a way that limits the amount of scope creep and also specify milestones that trigger payment. Check out his full conversation with RIABU's Simon Littlewood.