EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 18, 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: Terminology and Examples. Insurance (Auto, General Office, Liability).

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 3, 2013

You may be surprised by what they offer for the sole proprietor and small architecture firm. For small project practitioners, using a document tailored specifically to the requirements of the project is of utmost importance. Take a few minutes to look at what’s happening at AIA Contract Documents. – Mark.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 26, 2014

Many small businesses, including many small architecture firms, after years of finding ways to keep the doors open are succumbing to the years of economic instability and calling it quits. We’re spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm… and much sacrifice remains. The AIA Will Not Save Us.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), must earn a profit.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 31, 2021

With five years of work behind us, our firm had just been getting its sea legs when the crisis hit. Finding a full-time job at a big architecture firm was one possible path. I had never assembled an investor pitch deck, navigated insurance for a project like this, or structured a business entity like this one.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 9, 2014

Firm Principal: “What year did you say you were in school?”. I have the well-known Principal of a prominent, award-winning Chicago architectural firm on the telephone and they’re putting a lot of thought into a golden piece of advice just for me. That’s how I found my first job in Architecture. I KNEW IT!

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 24, 2017

Everything I have learned about succeeding in business as a small firm architect has come to me in two ways; either through trial and error (with lots and lots of error) or through the many dozens of business and “self-help” books that I’ve read over my many years as an architect. by Michael Gerber and Norbert C.

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