Project collaboration
Project Collaboration Across Company Lines
Run a project with a partner from another company — shared plan, signed terms, and revenue that splits automatically when the project earns.
Project collaboration normally means people inside one company working on a shared task. Ordana extends it across the company boundary: two startups run a joint project — one builds, one sells, or each brings a piece — under a signed agreement that defines who gets what share of the revenue. The project plan, the contract, and the automated payout all live in one place.
Who it's for
- Two startups who want to ship a joint project without one hiring the other
- A founder who needs a specific skill for one project and wants to pay in revenue, not cash
- Partners co-building a feature, integration, or launch they'll both profit from
- Service providers running a client project alongside a product partner
Why it works
- Plan the project together and tie payment to its actual revenue, not hours
- A signed contract scopes deliverables, the % split, and the duration
- No upfront cost — the collaborator is paid from what the project earns
- Automated payouts remove the monthly invoicing friction between companies
How Ordana powers it
- Collaboration plans capture goals, tasks, and deliverables for the joint project
- Per-project contracts with Stripe-verified identities and dispute resolution
- Revenue-source segmentation ties the split to the right products or revenue
- Automatic Stripe payouts settle each party's share as the project earns
Generic collaboration tool vs. Ordana
Internal-team tools and Ordana solve different problems — keep both.
| Feature | Generic tool | Ordana |
|---|---|---|
| Who collaborates | People inside one company | Partners from separate companies |
| How partners are paid | Salary / not applicable | A share of the project's revenue |
| Agreement | Internal assignment | Signed contract with deliverables + % split |
| Payout | Manual or out of scope | Automatic Stripe payout per charge |
| Cost | Per-seat license | Free to join; fee only on revenue |
Frequently asked questions
What is project collaboration?
Project collaboration is two or more people working together to deliver a project. Inside one company that's a project-management tool's job. When the collaborators are separate startups, Ordana handles it — shared plan, signed revenue-share contract, and automatic payouts tied to what the project earns.
Can I run a joint project with another startup and share the revenue?
Yes. That's a core Ordana use case: scope the project in a collaboration plan, sign a contract that sets each party's revenue share and the duration, and let Stripe split the proceeds automatically as the project generates revenue.
Is this a project-management tool?
No. Ordana isn't a kanban board. It's the layer that contracts and pays out a project run across two companies. Use your usual PM tool to track tasks; use Ordana for the agreement and the money.
How is the collaborator paid for the project?
In revenue share, not cash upfront. The contract sets their percentage; as the project earns through Stripe, Ordana pays them their share automatically for the agreed term.
What if the project doesn't earn?
Then there's no payout and no upfront cost — that's the point of revenue share. The collaborator took on aligned risk in exchange for upside, instead of being paid regardless of outcome.
Related reading
Playbook
Project Collaboration: How Startups Ship Together Without Hiring
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How to Set Up a Revenue-Share Collaboration in 15 Minutes (and Why the Right Partner Changes Everything)
The old playbook: do everything yourself until you've saved up enough cash to buy what you need. The faster one: find a startup that already has it, set up a revenue-share collaboration in 15 minutes, and profit together. Here's why the right partner changes everything — and how Ordana removes the time-cost and risk that normally kill these deals.
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How to Get Collaborators for Your SaaS Without Giving Up Equity
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