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

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

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