EntreArchitect

AUGUST 2, 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. We use TinkerBox as our showroom where we meet with clients, hold seasonal open houses and design unveilings for new projects.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 3, 2016

As we move into a new month, we are shifting our focus to a new category of small firm success. All throughout the month of May, we will be diving deep into the subject of Client Fulfillment. How do we best serve our clients? How do we manage expectations and keep our clients happy?

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EntreArchitect

MAY 1, 2018

We may even perform the calculations explained in the free EntreArchitect Profit Course and discover the amounts of revenue needed to flow into our firms in order to be profitable. Will our clients pay that amount? As a small firm entrepreneur architect, profit makes everything better. Profit allows us to give more.

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Architizer

JANUARY 11, 2024

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. This enhancement not only benefits the A+Award-winning firms but also elevates the overall user experience on Architizer.com.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

One platform may be your personal favorite over the many others, but are your prospective clients enjoying their time on that same platform? Maybe its a powerful video, awe-inspiring photo or an interesting article. Where are our clients making the decisions that lead them to hire us? We have all seen content go “viral”.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 26, 2016

We may even perform the calculations explained in the free EntreArchitect Profit Course and discover the amounts of revenue needed to flow into our firms in order to be profitable. Will our clients pay that amount? As a small firm entrepreneur architect, profit makes everything better. Profit allows us to give more.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Author and Peak Performance Master Tony Robbins, says, “The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite your passion. Setting deadlines not only helps your team complete their work on time, but it sets proper expectations with your clients.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 22, 2021

Supervisors supervise, mangers exercise control, but leaders inspire. Followers need to be inspired to follow. It is important to understand our profession, but it also important to understand the industries surrounding us and the industries of those who will become your clients. Learn from others. Gain Experience.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One platform may be your personal favorite over the many others, but are your prospective clients enjoying their time on that same platform? Maybe its a powerful video, awe-inspiring photo or an interesting article. Where are our clients making the decisions that lead them to hire us? We have all seen content go “viral”.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 16, 2015

Author and Peak Performance Master Tony Robbins, says, “The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite your passion. Setting deadlines not only helps your team complete their work on time, but it sets proper expectations with your clients.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 1, 2016

How to Lead a Team as a Small Firm Architect. Throughout the month of March, each post here on the blog, each episode at the podcast , at the newsletter and out on social media , we will be sharing content about what it takes to be a great leader as a small firm architect. As Entrepreneur Architects, we are all leaders.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 3, 2017

EntreArchitect was launched to inspire architects to build better businesses. Build a business that thrives, with systems to allow you to create the architecture that makes the world more beautiful and improves the lives of your clients. We must commit to making change in our own studios. Shift paradigms. It Is Up To You. Start today.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With headquarters in Borneo, Malaysia and Danang, Vietnam, SAVA draws inspiration from mountains and coastlines. This multifaceted approach is evident in projects such as Kia Lab, which take a holistic view of the programmatic brief, embedding the building’s function with the broader urban and cultural environment.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. As small firm architects, how do we get noticed by those prospects? What inspires you?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 25, 2021

The Theory of Enchantment’s three principles and accompanying media content have been proven to inspire new pathways of thinking about ourselves and one another, antiracism, and diversity and inclusion in the workspace and beyond. Rachel’s diverse experience includes projects for healthcare, higher education and government clients.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2011

From OptimaWeb.com: Faced with the natural constraints of client-based business, architects often dream of the freedom that could arise from developing their own building projects. The post David Hovey, FAIA, Entrepreneur Architect appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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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. Stay tuned.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

DON’T GET UPSET BY CLIENTS THAT THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. Many processes in firms and details on projects can be improved if you simply point out a better solution to decision makers. An improvement is always appreciated by principals and clients. Future clients will be the result. Be patient.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 15, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? Learn how by downloading our free course Profit for Small Firm Architects today at entrearchitect.com/freecourse. What is it that we sell as small firm architects? Start Transcript.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 12, 2014

Entrepreneur Architect was launched to inspire architects to build better businesses. Build a business that thrives, with systems to allow you to create the architecture that makes the world more beautiful and improves the lives of your clients. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Our complete Pre-Design Client Questionnaire template is included with your purchase of our Foundations: Business Forms and Checklists for Architects package. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Listen carefully. Estimate often. Tweet This! ).

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

For me, Twitter is better for connecting with other professionals than for finding my next client. I put most of my social media efforts toward connecting with other architects, but Facebook is fantastic for connecting with potential clients. Check out what my friend Jes Stafford is doing at Big Time Small Firm.

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Architizer

APRIL 7, 2022

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. . Equity is a recurring critique of sustainability, and this can also hold true when it comes to ethically sourced materials, which small firms and low-cost affordable projects many assume will come with an increased budget.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 10, 2018

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. So I purchased several inspiring books written by life coaches, architects, and business professionals.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 1, 2010

When a potential client hears your firm’s name, what do they feel? Your brand tells a potential client, as well as your current clients, who you are and what you represent. It may be wonderfully inspirational. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Your designs?

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 2, 2014

Running a firm without understanding basic financial rules is a recipe for failure. Learn about financial management for small firms here and basic financial reports here. We see our role as a guide, leading our clients through the experience of designing and building their project. What say you?

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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. Rooted in a solid conceptual approach, the firm elevates functional design into inspiring schemes that envelop the senses.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 22, 2012

Leave him a comment and tell him we said “hi” Bob describes how he uses a narrative during the programming phase to learn what his clients want, both functionally as well as emotionally. It was inspiring and helped me focus on what I really wanted to do and where I really wanted to go. I had a blast! Let your pencil flow.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 20, 2018

We struggled to launch our firms, often without the education or a firm knowledge of the basic fundamentals of business. We searched for the best clients and we serve them each, to the best of our ability. ” With that new knowledge, they too may become successful… and they too will be inspired to share.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Clients are looking to wrap up projects before the holidays and often become less responsive as their own schedules fill up with their own responsibilities. The post A Holiday Challenge: Full Media Blackout appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 2, 2011

I have had many clients remark that they read my blog and felt that they had grown to know me before we actually met. I also tweet at [link] and follow more business minded and inspirational tweeters. The post How I Use Social Media appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 29, 2011

As residential architects specializing in additions and alterations, we had often suffered through the pain of negotiation and contract revision initiated by a client’s attorney. Other times, prospective clients just froze in fear of signing a scary looking legal agreement. I would love to learn from what you have done.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I hope you are finding this series interesting, insightful and inspirational. The people around you, your staff, your clients, your family, all look to you as a model of how they are to act and react. If you constantly change your mind and the direction of your firm, you will lack credibility and loose the faith of the people you lead.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

They find refuge in academia with its impressionable young students eager to learn what they have to say (since their prospective clients were not interested). You will find yourself and your place in the world around you, and surprisingly, you will find clients and opportunities that may lead to opportunities.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As small firm residential architects, the most effective and least expensive way to accomplish this process is to start online. Knowing whom you seek to serve, plan a strategy that will introduce your firm to that market. What are the best ways to place your firm in the minds of your potential clients? Who are you?

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 30, 2013

Many small firm architects and sole proprietors have declared Repositioning a failure before it has even begun. We’ll decide to learn what we need to know to make our own small firm successful, then teach others to do the same. This August will mark my twentieth year in this profession. It is time we take the lead.

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Architizer

MAY 7, 2024

Crafting a well-defined business strategy is crucial for the success of any business, architecture firms included, but according to the most recent AIA Business Survey Report in 2022, only 26% of small firms, 40% of medium-sized firms, and 71% of large firms have one written down. So, where do you start?

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