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Briefs: Mike on Value-based Billing & Profit

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Michael Parler

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Our team has got a lot to say. Now, they’ve got a soapbox to air it all out, in two minutes or less. Industry updates, current development qualms, tips and tricks. It’s PRPL Briefs, and it just might get dirty.It’s no secret that our team here at PRPL is big on value-based pricing. We also pride ourselves on our stance against "clock watching."People always ask how we handle billing and pricing, especially since we don’t track hours. In the video I talk through our “Time Sheets Suck” mentality, and introduce Profit, our homemade analytics and utilization platform.For more on this topic, check out the "Stop Wasting Time By Tracking It" presentation I put together for iSummit last year, which goes into understanding the relationships between time, money, productivity and value.

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