Jonathan Stark

Jonathan Stark

The Ditching Hourly Guy • For freelancers, consultants, and other experts who want to make more and work less w/o hiring

Appears in 373 Episodes

Pulling The Trigger On Value Pricing with guest Joel Miller

Joel Miller shares his first experiences using value pricing for project work

The Irony of the Generalist

The worst time to present yourself as a generalist is when you’re desperate for work.

The Subjective Value Of Money

$30 is worth more to some people than others

Can Agile Projects Be Value Priced? with guest Jason Mundok

Are value pricing and agile development compatible?

Be The Expert

Are you acting like an expert or an employee?

The Goldilocks Problem with guest Josh Robbs

Finding the overlap between your target market's problems and the solutions your expertise can provide.

My Squirrel Guy

Focus on outcomes, not activities.

Why You Should Be Offering Guarantees

Why you should be offering guarantees

The Ethics of Hourly Billing with special guest Ron Baker

Special guest Ron Baker and I discuss the ethical challenges of hourly billing.

Value Pricing Cuts Both Ways

Value pricing is not a license to print money.

Converting Hourly Clients To Value Pricing

How to transition your existing hourly clients over to value pricing.

How To Grow Your Business Without Hiring

How to grow your business without hiring junior employees or farming out work to contractors.

Value Pricing in the Enterprise with guest Jeff Scornavacca

Value pricing enterprise software projects with guest Jeff Scornavacca

Is Value Pricing Immoral?

The answer to "Is value pricing immoral?"

Can Any Type Of Project Be Value Priced?

Any kind of project can be value priced. BUT... not every kind of project can be value priced profitably.

Ten Ways To Attract Your Ideal Buyer

If you're barely getting any leads, you're not going to have the confidence to experiment with ditching hourly billing.

Escape Hourly Billing with Productized Services with guest Kurt Elster

Shopify guru Kurt Elster explains how he used productized service to escape the hourly billing trap.

High-Touch, Low-Touch, and Leverage

Using the concepts of high-touch, low-touch, and leverage in your mix of products and services.

Building a Product Ladder

Escape the feast/famine cycle by building a product ladder.

Productized Services

How to break the habit of trading time for money with productized services.

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