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Announcing VeraSage Events & a Podcast

04/13/12 - by: Ed Kless

We are excited to announce that the VeraSage Institute is holding three events immediately following the AICPA’s Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference on June 13, 14 and 15 at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

The first event, Meet VeraSage 2012, will be held on Wednesday, June 13 from 2 to 6PM. It will feature openings from Paul Dunn and Ron Baker, a session with …

Atticus Webinar on Value Pricing in Law Firms

04/16/12 - by: Ron Baker

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of doing a Webinar for Atticus, with VeraSage Practicing Fellows Mark Chinn and Christopher Marston, along with Lonny Balbi, a family lawyer in Calgary, Canada.

The call was moderated by Steve Riley.

The program runs one hour and you can find the link here.

Ed and Ron Presenting at Professional Pricing Society

02/15/12 - by: Ron Baker

Thrilled to announce that Ed Kless and I will be presenting at the 23rd ANNUAL SPRING PRICING WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCE, at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel, in Chicago, IL.

The conference runs from May 8th—May 11th, 2012, and our all-day workshop will be held on May 9th.

We’re excited about this program since we will be discussing the Austrian …

Holland & Knight’s Lobby Division Trashes Timesheets

01/10/12 - by: Ron Baker

Nearly ten articles have been published on Holland & Knight’s Lobby Division saying bye-bye to the billable hour.

Actually, they are saying bye-bye to timesheets, as most of the revenue from H&K’s lobbying group was already on a fixed-price basis.

The first article was in Politico on December 13th. It quoted Rich Gold, head of H&K’s public policy and regulation group: …

Sole Proprietor’s Retreat

11/20/11 - by: Ron Baker

Dan Morris and I will be conducting the Sole Proprietor’s Retreat this December 9-10 for the California CPA Education Foundation. This 1.5 day program was designed as a way to give sole props the opportunity to have a retreat with their peers, since they don’t have partners.

It was a predecessor program to the Firm of the Future Symposium, but designed specifically for sole props and all the …

Book Review: The E-Myth Accountant

09/21/11 - by: Ron Baker

I’ve long been a fan of Michael Gerber’s E-Myth book. His concept of working “on” the business rather than “in” the business was a major theme of the Accountant’s Boot Camp, developed by my good friends Paul Dunn and Ric Payne.

So when I learned that Darren Root co-authored The E-Myth Accountant with Gerber, and especially since I was presenting with Darren at the Sage Summit, I was …

Value Pricing Increasing Down Under

07/01/11 - by: Ron Baker

VeraSage Senior Fellow John Chisholm gives us and update on happenings Down Under with respect to Value Pricing:

This recent article from 23 June Western Australian Business News highlights that some progressive and innovative firms have “seen the light” and are slowly but surely “coming out” publicly in their move away from hourly billing.

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Bowen Buchbinder Vilensky (BBV) is one of the Perth …

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