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JoeAltmaier on Feb 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The unfortunate math behind consulting companies

I never fixed-bid. I pretend to- fixed up to X hours, if it goes 10% over that I start to charge hourly.

They smile! Those 10% are 'free hours', but of course I worked it into the fixed bid. Anyway everybody wins.

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