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Ron Baker: You Can Put Lipstick on Billing by the Hour But Don’t Call It Value Pricing

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Adrienne Gonzalez

And all the people in the church say AMEN!

 

Fixed price could just be hourly rate fixed in advance. That's just hourly billing in drag. #QBOchat

— Ron Baker (@ronaldbaker) January 15, 2015

The prophet has spoken.

Posted in Social MediaTagged Ron Baker, the billable hour, timesheets

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