EntreArchitect

MAY 3, 2016

As we move into a new month, we are shifting our focus to a new category of small firm success. ” The engine driving the success of every small firm is our network of operational systems. The engine driving the success of every small firm is our network of operational systems.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2015

To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. must earn a profit.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 12, 2022

1 Yet, the percentage of women who obtained their architect license, achieve upper management positions, become partners and own architectural firms have not increased as men’s percentages have. Gloria is the founder and CEO of Glow Architects , an architecture firm based in Tampa, Florida. More about Gloria Kloter.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 22, 2022

When I worked with her, Beth was a project manager at a small civil engineering firm. Her mountain was to become a principal in the firm, but that was probably seven years off. Beth’s goals and the company goals were the same: focus on business development to be a firm owner. Division of labor: You have your job.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

If there were good, recent books on passing a design firm’s ownership from founders to successors (there aren’t), it sounds as if Cheryl Barton, FASLA, and Kate Orff, FASLA, would have had little use for them. It’s neither a merger nor an acquisition. It’s our invention,” Barton said in June on a joint call with Orff.

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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.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 18, 2015

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. Where can a firm principal find the answer to: “What must I do to create the future prosperity of my firm?”. At least it’s a place to begin.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 22, 2017

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. An annual budget is developed on the basis of information contained in past financial reports. How do you develop an annual budget if you don’t have good historical data?

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In a recent conversation with a professional colleague who is a small firm practitioner (3 people total), he expressed his frustration with not being able to get to the ‘business of his business’. The ‘project’ is in its ‘beta’ testing stage at this time, in the anticipation of having it ready to ‘roll-out’ at the start of 2018.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. Ranging in size, geography and expertise, these 26 studios came out on top in the Best Firm Categories. Order your copy today.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 9, 2018

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. Firm Address. If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? and developer. Project Name.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 22, 2019

June Jewell, a professional colleague of mine, has written an excellent book, Find the Lost Dollars: 6 Steps to Increasing Profits in Architecture, Engineering and Environmental Firms , that encourages firm leaders to enhance the best practices of their firm and with it, the profitability of every project.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Really I was renting a small conference room from a larger engineering firm. And when the economy started booming again the engineering firm expanded and needed the space, they politely asked us to leave. Running the numbers on business development. In my current state, I spend a lot of time on business development.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 4, 2015

Marketing a residential architecture firm is perhaps different than marketing any other kind of professional service or product in the world. Let’s relate this back to marketing a residential architecture firm. The next step is to develop some attractive bait for that client. Explaining that would take an entire book.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 10, 2017

How to Achieve Your Goals as a Small Firm Architect. Inspired by one of my all-time favorite books, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results , written by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller, my ONE Goal was to be the primary focus for the next twelve months of 2016. My ONE Goal. The ONE Goal Experiment.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2017

You’ve read all the books. Here are the 8 steps to success in architecture: Develop a Life Plan. Develop a Business Plan. Develop a Productivity Strategy. Develop a Financial Strategy. Develop a Marketing Strategy. Develop a Sales Strategy. Develop a Production Strategy. You follow the blogs.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Developing Your Life Plan for Success as an Architect. Gerber, in one of my favorite books of all time, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It , introduces an exercise to help us better understand what we’re talking about here. What do you want your life to be? Who do you want to be?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 20, 2015

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. I am often asked, “How might I make my small firm more financially successful?” This is a guest post written by Steve L. Do you have questions?

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EntreArchitect

JULY 13, 2015

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus, an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. The following is a direct, effective and accurate method for starting the financial management (FM) planning process for your firm, regardless of the size of your firm.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 12, 2016

Firstly, this will provide a level of ‘Analysis’ – Indeed, it might also identify other areas of the Studio, where adjustments or improvements can be made; or will have to be made – And, just like any Project Brief it should be ‘Developed and Adapted’ as circumstances change, and further opportunities present themselves. Identify Need.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 31, 2017

The illusion of an “established architecture firm” gave way to our reality each time a calling prospect heard the the crying baby in the background. We learned to accommodate our new “partner” and established routines to allow us to keep the firm and our family as separate as they could be within 900 square feet. It’s not true.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This quote from Paul Sloane (author of several books about ‘lateral thinking’) has been the most provocative and impactful lesson I have had to learn in my professional career. It was certainly a ‘gift’, but it was also mandatory if I had any hopes of becoming a principal in Art’s firm. “Only do what only you can do” – Paul Sloane.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

When architects ask me how much it will cost to launch an architecture firm, I say, “as much as you need.” ” Below I will discuss the very basics required to launch a sole proprietor architecture firm. Again, to launch your new firm, keep your equipment expenses to a bare minimum. Equipment and Software.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 22, 2021

Roger Fulton in his book Common Sense Leadership says there has to be “The desire to lead the way. Take that knowledge and develop it with various other backgrounds. If you work in a large firm, there are those who are privy to things that may not be apparent to those who you normally engage. But you have to prepare.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 22, 2016

I was inspired by the book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results , written by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller and their repeated question, “What is the ONE thing you can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”. Step 3: Develop Systems. Step 4: Team Building.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 9, 2018

The freedom and flexibility of working alone, without accountability to a staff or employees is appealing to many small firm architects. Or you may want to team up with another local firm on a project-by-project basis, establishing an agreement of mutual support, ready to help when needed. Book recommendations.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2018

Firm Address. If it’s a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? Do you have a regular business development process (pipeline) that you use to acquire the leads for the next project? Our business development process is primarily through social media and online publication. Project Name. Canal House.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Researcher and author Jonah Berger in his book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On , identified six principles at work in the most shared messages, products and ideas. Could we develop a tool that helps them with the process of dreaming before their project ever becomes reality? Emotion – Focus on feelings.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 15, 2016

Late one winter night, under a bare bulb in an empty under-heated DC university dorm room I read Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree; a book that influenced my approach to leading others from that night forward. Establish the systems required for the development of positive routines and encourage healthy personal habits.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 16, 2021

Most of us are familiar with the concept of “origin stories” form the world of comic books. Not a fan of comic book stories? Cron’s book Story Genius presents this entire development process. His most recent book is Story 10X – Turn the Impossible into the Inevitable. That’s okay. More on this in a future article.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The material for preparing an annual budget, an annual profit plan, developing project fee budgets, and calculating billing rates—is the stuff of financial planning. Annual profit plans and annual budgets are your firm’s financial goals expressed in dollars—your vision of what you hope your firm will achieve in the coming year.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Researcher and author Jonah Berger in his book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On , identified six principles at work in the most shared messages, products and ideas. Could we develop a tool that helps them with the process of dreaming before their project ever becomes reality? Emotion – Focus on feelings.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 17, 2018

So many people call themselves architects: the software developer, the campaign manager, the author, the enterprise strategist – so on and so forth. So why can’t the industry develop into something else? Look to Nabeel Hamdi’s book Small Change to see just how much of an impact consultation with the community has.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 2, 2016

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. Nevertheless, in order to run a successful and profitable operation, the firm leader (owner/managing partner/P-I-C, etc.) Firm-Wide Accountability.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 4, 2021

I use the Inbox Zero method originated by productivity expert Merlin Mann, but I read about it in a book by Graham Allcott called How to be a Productivity Ninja. Make it part of your business development to adopt one thing this coming year. Partly this comes under systems, but believe me, it’s a habit to maintain it.

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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. They are established through years of development with a team.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. 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.

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