Feras Alhlou warns Tommy against taking unpaid consulting work in exchange for promised introductions. The client probably doesn't have the network or the money. Get paid upfront instead of chasing vague future benefits.
Hey Tommy, did you ever get paid for that consulting project that you were working on? Oh no, I'm not getting paid for that. The client promised to connect me with a huge network of his instead. So he's not paying you for it? I'm not getting paid now. I'm going to get a lot of paying clients in the future. Has he connected you with anyone yet? No, but it's only been like a month. I can't expect him to connect me with his vast network so so quickly? Tommy, my friend, never fall for this again. This client neither has a network to connect you to nor money to ever pay you.
