Archmark

MARCH 29, 2019

How to make marketing work for your architecture firm. Recently, we asked Richard Marshall, Principal with Perkins+Will , about the importance of marketing for small firms, “The best organizations view marketing as just as important a skill set as design. . “ What makes your firm better or different than your competitors?

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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. ” 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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Archmark

JULY 26, 2021

Five Architect Marketing Building Blocks to Grow Your Firm! Recently, we asked Richard Marshall, Principal with Perkins+Will , about the importance of marketing for small firms, “The best organizations view marketing as just as important a skill set as design. What makes your firm better or different than your competitors?

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Archmark

MAY 13, 2022

Set Up and Use Your Linkedin Profile to Find, Attract, and Connect with Your Ideal Architecture Firm Clients Archmark's Definitive Architecture Firm Marketing Guide to Perfecting Your Linkedin Profile. How can you build high-quality marketing relationships for your architecture firm? We are just looking for a set of blueprints.”

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 10, 2017

My firm, Fivecat Studio, was founded in 1999. With no clients and no money, we launched the firm as a sole proprietorship; Annmarie McCarthy, Architect. Slowly, we grew the firm and in 2002, with my license in hand, we incorporated as McCarthy LePage Architects, PC. Which Business Structure is Best for An Architecture Firm?

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Years before launching EntreArchitect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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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 To Fix Your Profitability Problem as a Small Firm Architect (blog).

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2021

Trained as an architect, having practiced at a range of firms around the world, including running my own firm with a couple partners in Portland, Oregon, I’m passionate about the business of architecture and impacting the profession with an entrepreneurial spirit. My Background and Experience. Other Initiatives. Contact Us.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2016

Years before launching EntreArchitect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 26, 2019

Can Your Firm Benefit from a Third-Party Business Assessment for Architects? There’s nothing wrong with this, it’s just that passing information through the same filter tends to yield the same results. Employees are leaving your firm with increased frequency. How is my business performing as a system?

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 5, 2016

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. Architects will be talking about money. How should we manage it? An Influential Force.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 28, 2021

At the core, it layers all the data we need in one place and outputs different forms of visuals for you to make design decisions with your team, consultants, or clients in much less time. Operations are just what we have to do on the side to run a firm. Every firm in the architecture industry depends on a variation of spreadsheets.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 28, 2013

This is Part 3 of How I Started My Own Architecture Firm. Starting our own firm was a bit overwhelming. From this fortunate location and with enthusiastic support from Penny and Joe, Meetinghouse lead to several new projects and truly launched “the firm” into the spotlight. A New Name for a New Firm.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 20, 2021

The teams are cross-functional, with owners, contractors, subs, architects, engineers and consultants working together under the unifying goal of building the right thing on time, and on budget. A major cause of tension during construction is derived from working with out-of-date information or data. Share files and keep the flow.

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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. In three years, she wanted to be an associate.

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A Better Built Environment

MAY 9, 2021

It has been a great source of information, comradery, and community as I embarked on my architecture career, started my first architecture firm, and currently as I transition to writing about practice and working as a consultant that helps architects run better businesses. Below are some links for where to get started.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2018

Consultants. Firm Address. We are a husband and wife design firm (architect husband, interiors wife). We did do a tremendous amount of pre-design information gathering on the client’s lifestyles, needs, and wishes… as well as extensive site analysis and feasibility. Small, high end residential firm.

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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. Consultants. Firm Address. Times House – International Housing Tangart Design & Information Group Limited China 2011 ?Chuangyang

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 25, 2021

The firm has been successful in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that makes everyone—regardless of who they are or what position they hold—feel equally involved in and supported in all areas of the workplace. Educate, inform, and discuss. By Antoinette Bunkley and Rachel J. Bascombe, CO Architects. Justice + Equity.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 29, 2017

Are the projects you’re signing resulting in a profit for your firm? Take a close look at your firm’s sales process (if you have any process at all.) Here are 7 mistakes that may be costing your firm critical sales. With that information, develop a profile of your “ideal” client.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 11, 2016

This past week, at EntreArchitect Academy , we launched the new Academy format with a live expert training session presented by Rena Klein, FAIA of RM Klein Consulting titled Financial Management: Key Concepts. Our Expert Training sessions at the Academy are designed to go deep and provide as much information as possible.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 17, 2018

An architect is an individual who can co-ordinate, organize and integrate information – a person that make words into an image – and knows how to translate an image into a physical reality. 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

JULY 5, 2018

Consultants. Firm Address. Not just as a way to get people to the property, but also to allow our followers an opportunity to see our work in person and meet with us in an informal, party setting. Project Name. Canal House. Project Location. Phoenix, AZ. The Ranch Mine. Architect’s Name. Cavin Costello. Project Design Team.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Years before launching Entrepreneur Architect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. With more than 3,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 29, 2015

The blog is one of the most effective tools a small firm architect can use to foster community. Small firm architects are busy people. I have learned how to quickly craft articles that keep my community informed, entertained and coming back week after week. Meghana Joshi – IRA Consultants, LLC. Jeff_Echols.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Gallin founded his architecture firm just north of New York City in 1999. He recently merged his practice with another firm, forming Gallin Beeler Design Studio. In 2009, Michael’s frustration over how his office was managing information brought his passions for architecture and technology together.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 1, 2017

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. And for that reason the lowly timesheet is actually the most critically important financial resource of every professional design firm. That system is the P2P Format.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), But wait… for architects, there’s more.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. And for that reason the lowly timesheet is actually the most critically important financial resource of every professional design firm. That system is the P2P Format.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

The acronym stands for “Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom.” Valuable data that serves a purpose is used as information, which is more structured than data, thus supporting the decision-making process. Perhaps this is because a lot of time in our career is spent handling unusable data and not valuable information.

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Archmark

MAY 31, 2020

The Definitive Architecture Firm Marketing Guide. Attract Better Architecture Clients & Projects with Your LinkedIn Profile Part 1: The Definitive Guide to Architecture Firm Marketing on LinkedIn Have your clients or prospects ever made any of the following statements?: “We We are just looking for a set of blueprints.”

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Running a small firm requires you to play many different roles. Rather than suggest an elaborate professional development program–even large firms struggle to implement this–I encourage you to seek opportunities to “seize the moment.” Connect with Jeremy on Linkedin or at his blog Humane Design.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 22, 2015

Understanding how many projects I will need to sign and the fees that each project will generate informs my marketing plan and gives me the information I need to set my financial goals for the new year. I then add any income projected from additional services and consulting.

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Architizer

APRIL 7, 2022

In addition to comprehensive information about more than a dozen materials that are ubiquitous in construction and are most at-risk of forced labor, the document also contains relevant certifications and standards related to ethical materials choices, a supplier questionnaire and sample specifications.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Your website has great potential as a selling tool for your architecture firm, but is it performing like it could? Maybe you’ve thought of your website as an online portfolio, or a place where clients and consultants can look up your phone number and email address. Not Just a Portfolio. How many people are visiting your website?

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