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Bookkeeping Basics for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Helping Firms Embrace the Language of Business. ” These are the sentiments of many firms in the architecture community. ” These are the sentiments of many firms in the architecture community. There’s absolutely nothing creative about it and yet it is crucial to the growth of all design firms. Bookkeeping?!?!

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Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

Prior to starting our own firms, we business-owner architects experienced an “entrepreneurial seizure”, as Michael Gerber so accurately described in his book, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. It’s the precise moment when a passionate employee commits to starting her own firm.

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Conversion Rates for a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

I know this as fact, because I track my firm’s Prospect to Project Ratio. Every year since Annmarie and I launched the firm in 1999, we’ve had a full workload. Below are two charts that present data collected throughout the history of our small firm architecture studio. The bottom was 2008. Prospects and Projects.

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EntreArchitect Podcast: The Top 5 Episodes of 2021

EntreArchitect

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. Number 2 with 7,072 downloads is episode 416 with Edward Shannon – The Sole Practitioner Architecture Firm.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. Since we launched our firm in 1999, most every prospective client I meet asks if Fivecat Studio offers construction services. must earn a profit.

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The A+List: 196 Architecture and Design Firms to Watch

Architizer

In recognition of this fact, Architizer is delighted to present the fourth edition of the coveted A+List , an annual run-down of every firm that scooped an A+Award and A+Firm Award in the previous season. The A+List is arranged alphabetically, with more information available by clicking on the link to each firm’s profile.

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How Project Accounting Will Transform Your Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

If you do it correctly—and have the right tools—project accounting will transform your firm. Your firm may review your financials on a monthly or quarterly basis, but your projects may be over in less time than that. Even if your firm is too small to have a real hierarchical organization, everyone must be in the loop.