EntreArchitect

AUGUST 15, 2017

Your first business plan doesn’t need to be a 100 page document, with financial projections and fully developed marketing strategies. Jim Horan, author of The One Page Business Plan series of books says, “The greatest value in creating a business plan is not the final document. In fact, I recommend that it not be. So, go do it.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 18, 2017

A very close second, as one of the most important financial resources of a professional design firm, is the format of a firm’s Chart of Accounts (CoA). This resource is not given a moment’s thought or concern by the majority of firm principals. And they believe this for a good reason.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2015

The personal emotion, attachment and dedication that each project receives is unequaled in any other profession.The time and effort required to properly develop a design and complete a thorough set of construction documents is difficult for most anyone outside the profession to understand. must earn a profit. Purchasing and Delivery.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 10, 2018

Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm. After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long term goals and decided to start a personal blog, develop design projects, and learn everything that I could about starting an architecture firm. Leave your current practice on good terms.

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Archmark

MAY 13, 2022

Set Up and Use Your Linkedin Profile to Find, Attract, and Connect with Your Ideal Architecture Firm Clients Archmark's Definitive Architecture Firm Marketing Guide to Perfecting Your Linkedin Profile. How can you build high-quality marketing relationships for your architecture firm? Sorry, but it’s true.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Years before launching EntreArchitect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 7, 2016

An Email Management System for Architecture Firms. A question I am often asked by members of EntreArchitect Academy is, “How do you manage the many email messages for your architecture projects? So Evernote is the first place I turned when I developed an email management system for architecture firms.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Celebrating 7 Years Serving Small Firm Architects. All this month EntreArchitect is celebrating our 7th-anniversary serving small firm architects around the world. Recently we launched our 13th professional peer group at the EntreArchitect Academy Small Group Mastermind. Click here. Click here.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 21, 2013

The Construction Documents Company was in business. With my expertise in surveying existing conditions, I launched a direct mail marketing campaign (though I had no idea that’s what it was called) aimed at local sole proprietors and small firms. We had started our own architecture firm.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 12, 2016

Hence, Specific Grades were created for our Document Controller and Practice Manager. Document Controller. Process of Recruitment at an Architecture Firm. Yet the journey into ‘Recruitment at an architecture firm, Employment and Retention’ can be quite a lonely one at times. ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 14, 2013

The floor area calculations were being disputed by new unit owners and the developer hired Barry’s firm to document the exact floor area of each one of the 200+ units. I was happy to take the position and spend day after day documenting the existing conditions of every unit. I had no doubt. I will tell you how we did it.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2016

If not fully applicable to Architects or the Studio Team, it might well be worthwhile for Administration, and Back Office activities such as Document Control, Bookkeeping and Monthly Payroll. However, it can work well particularly with Mothers returning to work. Indeed, certain activities can be undertaken outside of the Studio Environment.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 28, 2013

This is Part 3 of How I Started My Own Architecture Firm. Starting our own firm was a bit overwhelming. During that first year of business I was still consulting for local architects through The Construction Documents Company and Annmarie was working full time for an architect in Katonah, New York designing custom homes.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2014

On April 8, 1999, I discovered a book that changed the way I view business; a book that helped me to realize that running a successful architecture firm required so much more than designing great architecture. I’ve read The E-Myth so many times that I have lost count. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 27, 2018

Every week, throughout the EntreArchitect Community, I hear or read questions from small firm architects struggling to find the success they seek. Each and every repetitive task performed within our firms should be documented and managed using a Standard Operating Procedure. What is the purpose and scope of this document?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2021

Articles published here cover topics relevant to business, leadership, and living a purpose-filled, integrated life as a small firm architect. Born and raised in Albany, NY, I earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from McGill University in Montreal and a Master’s of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2017

Every week, throughout the EntreArchitect Community, I hear or read questions from small firm architects struggling to find the success they seek. Each and every repetitive task performed within our firms should be documented and managed using a Standard Operating Procedure. What is the purpose and scope of this document?

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 5, 2016

The all-new EntreArchitect is built exclusively for you; the small firm entrepreneur architect. We’ve developed a comprehensive content calendar for the entire year, which will allow us to systematically improve our firms, step by step. We are so excited about what is happening within our profession of architecture.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 19, 2016

Here are five steps to creating a culture of continual improvement for your architecture firm: Encourage employees to be actively engaged in suggesting, developing and implementing solutions and improvements. Provide incentives and/or rewards for identifying weaknesses within your firm. Continual Improvement for Architects.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 3, 2013

Ken leads the team developing AIA Contract Documents; the most respected collection of agreements for the construction industry. There are many options for agreements, but Ken and his team are working hard to keep our firms protected and our projects running smoothly with tools and resources from the AIA. – Mark.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

We spend months preparing a design, working our way through three levels of increasingly detailed development and documenting exactly how a structure is to be constructed. It is our responsibility, as licensed professionals, to observe the construction of our designs and ensure that they are built as documented. Eight Reasons Why.

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A Better Built Environment

MAY 9, 2021

It has been a great source of information, comradery, and community as I embarked on my architecture career, started my first architecture firm, and currently as I transition to writing about practice and working as a consultant that helps architects run better businesses. Below are some links for where to get started.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 26, 2011

Check out the new short film documenting the life and times of the Seattle-based architecture firm, BUILD LLC. First, it documents a specific time in the life of this specific firm. Have you seen other firms use video to spread the word? It is beautifully done. Have you done anything similar?

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EntreArchitect

MAY 5, 2015

It organizes my personal life, life at my architecture firm Fivecat Studio and here at EntreArchitect. Together with my Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner , Evernote now stores all my most important documents. Documents do not need to be written in native Evernote note format. I save most of my documents as PDFs.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It’s not only the story of my first project, but the complete story of how my wife and architect business partner Annmarie McCarthy and I started our own architecture firm. How I Started My Own Architecture Firm. I always knew I would someday have my own firm. I’m a born entrepreneur… quite literally.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It may be one of the biggest decisions an experienced small firm architect will make; to BIM or not to BIM? I’ve been using AutoCAD since 1995, when I was hired as an intern to learn the software and integrate it into the workflow of an established small firm deeply rooted in hand drafting (as most were at the time).

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

My experience is a huge departure from how most people move through architecture, and how it is practiced in most US firms. I never learned how to detail or assemble a construction document set according to US standards. He currently works as a consultant at CVG , helping architecture firms run better businesses.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In recognition of this fact, Architizer is delighted to present the much-anticipated fifth edition of the coveted A+List , an annual rundown of every firm that scooped an A+Award and A+Firm Award in the previous season. You can see last season’s A+List here.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We are rapidly achieving our mission of becoming an influential force in the profession for small firm architects. My residential architecture firm Fivecat Studio is busy as well, with 8 active projects in every phase of design and construction. Big things are happening here at Entrepreneur Architect.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Each week I introduced one of 12 critical topics fundamental for a successful architecture firm. If you haven’t yet prepared your Life Plan, I invite you to follow the steps presented and document your dreams, visions and goals. Session 002 of the Entrepreneur Architect Academy is Your Life Plan. The Plan for 2014.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The time and effort required to properly develop a design and complete a thorough set of construction documents is difficult for most anyone outside the profession to understand. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), must earn a profit. It’s one of the rules to “the game”. Purchasing and Delivery.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. When Barry sorted through the dozens of unsolicited requests for employment, my “brochure” stood out among the other identical stark looking documents.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 31, 2016

The EntreArchitect Academy member forum is hosted on Slack, my architecture firm team is on Slack, my team from Charrette Venture Group is on Slack and I recently launched a team for my family, where we organize and share ideas about the many projects we’re planning and executing. My favorite communication tool is Slack. Productivity.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 13, 2015

Let’s take the example of Basecamp , a very generic online project management software, also suitable for architects to follow up your construction projects with your staff, share information, data, to-do’s, documents and so much more. For a small architectural firm, Basecamp will cost you $20/month. Pricing models.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 31, 2013

We spend months preparing a design, working our way through three levels of increasingly detailed development and documenting exactly how a structure is to be constructed. It is our responsibility, as licensed professionals, to observe the construction of our designs and ensure that they are built as documented.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Steve is the creator of ArchiOffice ® the leading office, project management and time tracking software used in more than 1,000 small and mid-sized architectural firms. Financial Management for the Small Architectural Firm: Putting it into Practice. – Mark. Accounting. First, the obvious stuff.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 26, 2018

You are listening to EntreArchitect podcast, so that makes you a member of our dedicated community of small firm architects. Freshbooks, the cloud based accounting software that makes running your small firm easy, fast and secure. Gusto is making payroll benefits and HR easy for small businesses. Start Transcript.

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