We need to leave the billable hour model behind and start value billing.

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If this catches on, it will spell the end of the billable hour.

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Some accounting, consulting and law firms are also scrapping the billable hour, often at the request of their clients.

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The shift away from the billable hour, however, may take a while.

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Now kick that billable hour requirement out the window for a spell and come on out to Texas to start creating a business that you control.

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The billable hour is the monster inside the law business.

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This particular firm worked on the billable hour model (the quality of your work or client satisfaction hardly mattered at the end of the month if you were light on hours).

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This is so even if you bill by the hour and donate many hours of otherwise billable time to charity.

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