EntreArchitect

JUNE 27, 2017

As a small firm entrepreneur architect working from home, it’s easy for me to roll down the stairs to my studio each day, sit down in my soft office chair and get to work, tapping the keyboard from morning to night. Here are the 10 simple steps that I am taking to develop a new lasting habit for my health. Let’s help it grow.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It wasn’t helpful for me to site next to a guy selling monocles and another guy creating an app to help lazy people get their overpriced food delivered faster. Running the numbers on business development. But when it comes to business development specifically, I realized it might just be my secret weapon.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 16, 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. If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? This was a development project. Project Name.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A past national president of ASLA (1987–1988) and Rome Prize recipient, Barton was appointed in 2004 to the board of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, a California state agency. She plans to increase her activism in estuary protection and promoting investments in natural resources as capital assets.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 16, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a continuing blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Do you have a regular business development process (pipeline) that you use to acquire the leads for the next project?

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EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2018

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. @theranchmineofficial. Photography Credit.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Imagine a new school or community development that can help plan itself with information collected from Big Data. This is where artificial intelligence (applied Big Data) can be used to inform the development and design of future cities and communities. Yes, parts of new developments today include plans for movie theaters.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 19, 2018

We had weekly site meetings to check in an answer questions. We worked hard to modify the site for the better – increasing permeable area and staying within the original footprint except for a covered walkway, and we removed several dilapidated outbuildings and replanted areas with native plants. Click here to learn how.

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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? Back to School.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The result is an oeuvre of sensitive, site-responsive architecture that synergize form and function with landscape, resulting in highly meaningful and resilient places. ” Designing across a variety of scales and media, the eighteen person team emphasizes highly collaborative approaches to project development. .”

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2018

If its 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? Mainly old school during construction… email, phone, and site visits. @allenarchitecture. Photography Credit. Brian McWeeney.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. They establish the discipline required for financial success and the freedom to develop a portfolio of highly developed architecture. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Create systems for success.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 19, 2016

It needs to be planned and developed with intention. Our firms will only function as we desire, when we dream of what can be and work to make those dreams become reality. We all want our firms to be the best they can be. Provide incentives and/or rewards for identifying weaknesses within your firm.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 20, 2021

Develop processes that make teamwork easy. An RFI is submitted, consultants lose track of who has and has not responded, so time is spent chasing down everyone separately and, after the construction manager realizes they can’t wait any longer for a response, they go ahead and a costly decision is made on site. Sound familiar?

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 30, 2014

Since that first guest post, I have connected and developed true friendships with dozens of bloggers throughout the world. I posted randomly whenever I found something worth saving and had no intent to develop the site into anything more. That post was my introduction to the online universe of fellow bloggers. Do you blog?

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 15, 2015

They’ve read all my posts on launching a new firm. They’ve developed a business plan , created a network and have the proper savings in the bank. They’re developing a new website to share their work with the world, but they have no work of their own to show. Why did you start this firm? What should they do?

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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. What are the best ways to place your firm in the minds of your potential clients? Develop a strategy and write it down. What is the one thing that sets your firm apart? Be included.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Almost 2,000 people have subscribed to my free weekly newsletter, The Entrepreneur Architect Report and every week I receive dozens of emails suggesting ideas for the site or responding to my thoughts. It will help more people discover the site.) All of which will be used to improve and develop EntreArchitect.com in 2014.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

It is even harder for small firms to compete on salaries." "One Our contractors quite often mention that skilled labour is in shorter supply, which leads to less quality on site and higher prices for labour." Salaries have risen.

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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. We must find our strengths, develop them with pride and share our knowledge with others.

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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. Forget about profit.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 18, 2014

In order to pursue that vision, our mission is to inspire independent small firm architects to build better businesses, so that we may each pursue our purpose with passion and live the life of our dreams. I want to develop the Entrepreneur Architect platform to be an even more valuable resource for small firm architects.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2017

Originally posted on February 22, 2007, this was the seventh entry on the site and was the first full length article I shared. Many years ago, before Annmarie and I started our residential architecture firm, I was a project manager with Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects in Mt. My First Assignment. We wanted white windows.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Since dedicating all my waking moments to growth at Fivecat Studio , the development of Entrepreneur Architect and all its associated support mechanisms, the duration of those waking moments have become unreasonable and quite unhealthy. This site has become a daily resource and inspiration for hundreds of architects. Be intentional.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 25, 2013

She invited me to write a guest blog on her very popular site, TheKitchenDesigner.org and we enjoyed a friendly blogging battle , residential architect vs. the kitchen designer. Even if we had met live at a convention or a conference, it is doubtful that we could have developed the friendships that we have today.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 20, 2013

In Session 002 , we developed our business and personal life plan. If we are too busy designing or “building the business” to develop our story and refine our brand, our potential clients will be happy to do the work for us. There are dozens of architecture firms offering similar services to Fivecat Studio.

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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? Architects play a vital role in developing technologies which can aid in the reduction of energy wastage. Significance.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 8, 2017

Tired of watching our best projects be built by others and frustrated by the fact that the contractor earns significantly more money on each project than the architect, I developed an additional proposal and a new integrated process of construction. Photo Credit: Shutterstock / Rido.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 9, 2013

We’ve learned that designing great architecture alone is not enough to succeed as a small firm architect or sole proprietor. We need to be leaders in our profession as well as leaders on the job site. Focus first on the foundations of small business and build a profitable, value-driven enterprise. We need to do more.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 16, 2012

To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. While our clients shop, we develop the design. Forget about profit.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The firm’s skillful approach blends cutting-edge technology and practices with playful, conceptual ideas. The studio interprets the unique context and history of a site in its own distinctive voice, producing dynamic surfaces of discovery that elevate each locale.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2018

Once you have committed to taking action toward launching your own firm, write a plan and use it as your guide. I’ve written about developing a Life Plan here and shared my 60 Minute Business Plan here. Set up company pages dedicated to your future firm and build networks through each site. Make a Plan.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 12, 2014

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. Every week you will share links to your website, blog, social media sites and your Houzz profile. Do you use this tool to market your firm?

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Life of an Architect

JULY 23, 2014

I am continuing this look into the value that architectural interns bring to the office by allowing our other intern – John Charbonneau – to take over the site today and talk about his experience while giving others a peek into how he has ben spending his time this summer.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

We designed and published our own website using NetObjects Fusion , purchased our domain and hosted our site at 1and1.com. This site is hosted at Blue Host. Website Development and Hosting: $19 per month ( liveBooks offers 3 tiers of pricing. My site costs me $39 per month, but you can get started for less.).

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 20, 2014

Originally posted on February 22, 2007, it was the seventh entry on the site and was the first full length article shared. Dick designed the project and I developed it through construction drawings. I specified Sandtone windows months ago during Design Development. The lessons presented then are just as relevant today.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 28, 2012

I shared our website URL (which is in the midst of an upgrade from our original site to a new one). Here is my original post: In addition to our website at [link] , below are the other places I spend my time online (and with my spare time, I’m a very involved Dad to 3 and I run an architecture firm). Fivecat Blog: [link].

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