Info / Business model
One contract, one quote, two invoices
clevrstart turns a brief into a fixed-price quote, builds the work phase by phase, and invoices it in two parts: half to start, half on delivery.
Who we are
clevrstart — départ futé in French — is a software company based in Montreal, Quebec. It is led by Luke Sidney, a software engineer with six years in full-stack web development, four years working with AI systems, and three years in project management.
We work with consulting agencies, software agencies and individual consultants who have won the client and now need the thing built. We also ship infrastructure as a service directly to business owners and local businesses.
The service, end to end
We cover the whole path, not a slice of it:
- Estimation. You hand over a spec, a brief or a call recording. We assess whether it can be built as described.
- Quote. The work is broken into phases and each phase is estimated in hours. The quote is a fixed price for the agreed scope.
- Build. Scaffolding, implementation, delivery — phase by phase, against the quote.
- Invoicing. Two invoices, described below.
One contract. One service. One quote.
How the money works
The model is deliberately simple, and it is the same for everyone:
- A fixed price for the agreed scope, computed from one rate: CA$90/h · about US$64 · pay in CAD, USD or other currencies.
- A 50% deposit invoice starts the work.
- A balance invoice is issued once the work is delivered.
An overrun inside the agreed scope is ours: no invoice ever takes the total above the quote. A change you ask for gets its own small quote, accepted before work starts. After delivery, 30 days of free fixes, then hourly or on a monthly plan.
We build, you deliver to your client
For agencies and consultants, the point of this arrangement is that it is invisible to your client. The software ships under your name. The delivery is yours. We deliver the code behind you, under one contract with you.