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The Seven Most Common Bookkeeping Mistakes Made by Small Firm Architects

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With the right systems in place, such as the Project Summary Spreadsheets I create for my clients, design staff can understand how much time they have to complete certain tasks, and how to schedule work to keep projects profitable. Would you rather be doing [insert pretty much anything] than straightening out your Chart of Accounts?

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Welcome to the All-New EntreArchitect

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The all-new EntreArchitect is built exclusively for you; the small firm entrepreneur architect. We’ve developed a comprehensive content calendar for the entire year, which will allow us to systematically improve our firms, step by step. I’m sure you are noticing a few changes around here. Welcome to the All-New EntreArchitect.

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Seeing the Forest AND the Trees

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There’s nothing wrong with this, it’s just that passing information through the same filter tends to yield the same results. There are many options for approaching a third party business audit, ranging from free advice to professional consulting firms. Are they looking at the whole firm as a system? Consider the audience.

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Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

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We decided to submit our proposal for an event called “Planning a Practice”, which would bring together an Architect, attorney, finance, and branding/strategic marketer to teach young architects the fundamental skills for starting their own practice. Start identifying your focus and keep track of your clients’ demographics.

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Could Coworking Be Your Business Development Secret Weapon?

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Check out their Kickstarter campaign for more information. The clients who had come from referrals from other architects and contractors were also higher revenue producers and had lower acquisitions costs than clients I had developed from cold leads. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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Entrepreneur Architect Academy 007.2 | How To Become The Richest Architect You Know (Part 2 of 3)

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Financial Management for the Small Architectural Firm: Terminology and Examples. In my previous article , I made the strong case as to why your small firm needs to think like a business and not just like an architect. This is dry material for an architect but important information you need to know. 5 Person Firm.

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A Financial Management System for Architects

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In order to generate reliable metrics, you first have to implement a system to compile reliable financial data in an organized and recognized way, and then implement a regular process to review, analyze, and act on that information. Time spent on project activities that, while chargeable to a project, are not-billable to the clients.