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Behind The Design 004: Titan Two by F9 Productions

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The biggest two things are getting contracts over to the client quickly and following up with them frequently. Self financed. This was design-build, all done by our firm. The post Behind The Design 004: <br>Titan Two by F9 Productions appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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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. Keep track of your finances. Determine your contracts based on the client.

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6 Reasons Why Architects Are Not Earning the 20% Profit They Need

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This fee budget will provide each project with a work plan that includes the budgeted hours and dollars for the project fee, and a breakdown of these budgeted hours and dollars by phase and the primary tasks included in each phase, per the Contract-defined basic Scope of Services. An Effective Delegation Process.

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Could Coworking Be Your Business Development Secret Weapon?

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For instance, we are reserving one membership spot for a large General Contracting firm. We are in talks with two large GC firms who are both known in the industry for championing collaboration. But I can tell you the biggest hurdle is getting your hands on the financing to make it happen.

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How To Budget Your Architecture Project Fee

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HINT: The first place to look for possible reductions in scope is to identify any vague contract language that is ‘open-ended’. In far too many contracts a client will not specify or limit these time-consuming activities.

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A Financial Management System for Architects

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Backlog Volume: Represents the unbilled portion of existing contracts. Similarly, these proposals also represent the firm’s best chance to attain the budgeted Net Operating Revenue. Question: Have you developed a working Financial Management System for Architects at your firm?

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Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)

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Learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. LePage and you are listening to EntreArchitect podcast where I speak with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise all to help you build a better busines as a small firm entrepreneur architect.