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Gene Kohn Changed My Life, and Indirectly Impacted an Entire Generation of Architects

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In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Below is the talk Gene presented at the EntreArchitect Business Summit for our community of small firm architects.

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Establishing a Firm

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The story of growing Kohn Pedersen Fox from 3 partners to an international architecture firm of 700+. In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Gene inspired me that day in 1992.

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Top 10 Entrepreneur Architect Blog Articles of 2013

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Today I’m in Chicago at AIAS Forum 2013 celebrating the new year with a thousand architecture students from every corner of North America. My session is titled, 12 Steps to Business Success in Architecture. Our Architectural Services Proposal. How I Started My Own Architecture Firm.

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My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

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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. There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region.

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Our First Architecture Project [#ArchiTalks]

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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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My Plans for Entrepreneur Architect in 2014

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Each week I introduced one of 12 critical topics fundamental for a successful architecture firm. How can I make Entrepreneur Architect even more valuable for the sole proprietor and small firm architect? During the first 16 weeks of 2013, I published a series of blog articles called the Entrepreneur Architect Academy.

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My Ultimate Guide to Landing Your First Job in Architecture

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This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. Architecture students , here is your chance to connect.