How best would you handle a CEO that wants enterprise applications for 5 clients and all delivered within a month while he is not willing to pay his contractor?

In addition to the answer, the question is still not really clear !

However If your CEO is not willing to pay his contractor, your job is to do the job and finish the required tasks. Since you have a short time, you should:

1. Set an efficient strategy.

2. Identify priorities

3. Set your goals

4. Follow up and evaluate

first of all i will see the available resources if needed i will call for resources and then my team well sufficient for the task or organized or not. then in third step i will distribute work on merit base to the team workers and keep close to them for any query in achieving task give them good food as food shows your level of sincerity with workers and take over time from them for work and finally take for the quality control to prepare presentation of the project and then send it to the respective CEO.

I would set a target for myself.  Since I have 1 month time, I would separate the work into phases.  In the first phase I would plan/design the process.  If any resource is needed, I would demand and get it as early as possible.  In the second phase I would assign the work to the resources and I would keep a close eye on the progress.  I would ask for the daily update on the process.  In the third phase collect all the work done by the team members, collate it, and do the QC check for the work.  In the last phase I would prepare the presentation for the project and deliver it to the CEO.