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Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect

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During good times and bad, the dangers threatening our firms not only come from outside pressures but literally from inside our heads. Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect. Here are six approaches to earning more profit as a small firm architect: 1. So what can we do? Cut your expenses.

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EntreArchitect Podcast: The Top 5 Episodes of 2021

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Empowering architects to better serve the world with more than 681,000 total downloads in 2021, the EntreArchitect Podcast has grown to serve small firm architects from every corner of the planet. In this episode, we talk about their work as residential builders and share how other small firm architects can do it too.

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Conversion Rates for a Small Firm Architect

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Below are two charts that present data collected throughout the history of our small firm architecture studio. The tall orange bar from 2007 shows the result of that investment. Preparing 73 proposals in 2007 looks very impressive on the chart, but my conversion rate was only 27% that year. Prospects and Projects.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

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To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. So, in 2007 we stopped saying no and launched our Construction Management Services.

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EntreArchitect Behind The Design 008: Soaring Wings by Winn Wittman

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EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? This was 2005-2007. and developer.

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White Windows

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Originally posted on February 22, 2007, this was the seventh entry on the site and was the first full length article I shared. Many years ago, before Annmarie and I started our residential architecture firm, I was a project manager with Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects in Mt. My First Assignment. We wanted white windows.

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How Project Accounting Will Transform Your Architecture Firm

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If, for example, everyone knows that a project will be a net loss but an important stepping stone for your firm’s reputation and relationships, it’s straightforward to get the whole team on board. Steven Burns, FAIA, sold his architectural firm in 2007 to work full-time on the startup he launched to create ArchiOffice.