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Jon Lax

Short: Why we use timesheets

part of a series on Rebel

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Jon Lax, President & Co-Founder of digital agency Teehan + Lax, provides context and history to the billable hour, and challenges creatives to take a different approach.

In the introduction to his rebellious CreativeMornings talk, Jon Lax, President & Co-Founder of digital agency Teehan + Lax, presented the analogy of monkeys in a cage to make the case for why we use time sheets in the creative industry. In his full talk, Jon provides insightful detail into the interesting history of the billable hour, and challenges creatives to consider a different approach when charging for their work & bidding on projects.

About the speaker

Jon is the President and Co-Founder of Teehan+Lax. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction and operation of the company. Since starting Teehan+Lax in 2002 Jon has worked with clients like Beatport, Corcoran, Medium, Google, and Bell. He is responsible for establishing TL Labs and making Teehan+Lax one of the most respected companies in the digital industry.  Jon can be found on twitter @jlax.

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