EntreArchitect

JANUARY 19, 2016

Seven years into owning our own small firm, Annmarie and I decided to make some changes. As a small firm architect with no investors, I use my accounting software to prepare two simple financial reports; my balance sheet and my income statement. Balance Sheet (Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity).

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The blog is still one of the most effective tools a small firm architect can use to foster community. Small firm architects are busy people. If not managed properly, writing a post can easily consume most of a work day to complete. Small firm architects often ask me how they can find new projects.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Relative to the other expenses of a small firm, professional liability insurance is down right expensive… until you need it. If our business systems failed and the firm was required to defend itself without a policy, we certainly would have been crushed by the costs involved in such a legal action.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 18, 2018

During good times and bad, the dangers threatening our firms not only come from outside pressures but literally from inside our heads. Six Ways To Earn More Profit As A Small Firm Architect. Here are six approaches to earning more profit as a small firm architect: 1. So what can we do? Cut your expenses.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 17, 2017

Missing deadlines or, even worse, not managing the expectations of your client could destroy a working relationship in one meeting. Without being centered and focused, will a firm ever develop the skills required to be “the best”? The fine art of under-promising and over-delivering is a key element in the success of any business.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 14, 2016

As small firm architects, we are responsible for so many different roles and responsibilities. We need to meet with clients, develop and distribute marketing, respond to important email, manage our social media accounts, send invoices, collect payments and so much more. 6 Digital Tools to Automate an Architecture Firm.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 24, 2018

Simple letters of agreement may define the project description and manage an understanding for how to get paid, but will only be as valuable as the paper that they are printed upon if there is a mis-understanding or a conflict somewhere down the line. 5 Rules For Developing Contract Documents for Small Firm Architects.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 18, 2017

I firmly assert that the Timesheet is one of the most important financial resources of a professional design firm; and its most misunderstood and neglected resource. I also assert that the lack of a Time Management Discipline Policy will do more to reduce the profitability of a project than any other factor.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2018

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Start Transcript. LePage: . My name is Mark R.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In order to keep my work week productive and manageable, I don’t schedule meetings on Monday. This keeps my day open and my time free to properly manage the remaining days of the work week. This quiet time would clear my mind and prepare me for the “chaos” that is running a small firm architecture studio. Scan Email.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As a small firm architect running a virtual studio , I am wearing many hats these days. I currently hold the positions of CEO, COO, CFO, President, Director of Architectural Services, Architect, Project Manager, Office Manager, Book Keeper, Receptionist and Custodian… and that’s just at work.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2016

For many of us small firm architects, this sounds a bit scary. If scheduled well in advance, communicated well throughout our our firms and project teams, and expectations are well managed before, during and after, shutting down for a week or two is not impossible. How can we just shut down? Automate your Systems.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 12, 2016

In this article Marica shares her recent experience with building a new team for her small firm and how she is being intentional about the culture in which they work. Question: Have you used an “off-site” retreat to plan and strategize for your small firm? Using an Off-Site Retreat to Build a Better Business.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 5, 2015

One of the keys to success for small firm architects is client satisfaction. Expectation Management is an important practice that must be included in the overall management of every project. Expectation Management is an important practice that must be included in the overall management of every project.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 8, 2017

Architect-Led Construction Management Services. Today, we invite about 10% of our clients to have their projects be built using our Architect-Led Construction Management Services. Fivecat Studio is a full service firm. Offering architect-led construction management services was no great leap. Contractors build them.”.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2015

Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. Since we launched our firm in 1999, most every prospective client I meet asks if Fivecat Studio offers construction services. So, in 2007 we stopped saying no and launched our Construction Management Services.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 26, 2014

We’re spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm… and much sacrifice remains. Small Firm Architects Are Saying Good Bye to the AIA. I do hope that as the organization evolves, executes the Repositioning initiative and that more focus is directed toward the small firm architect.

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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. Financial Management for Architects & the ‘P2P Format’. You can only manage and improve what can be measured. This is a guest post written by Steve L.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2023

Judged on the strength of their portfolios, the following trailblazing practices, each with 10 or fewer employees, were all recognized in the Best Small Firm category of the 10 th Annual A+Awards. While they may be small in number, their impact on the global landscape is mighty.

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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. A Financial Management System for Architects & the ‘P2P Format’. You can only manage and improve what can be measured. Mattox, FAIA (retired).

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 18, 2015

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus , an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. Will you be making changes in how you document and manage your time? This week I am very happy to share a guest post written by Steve L.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

We employ one project manager and have a full roster of projects. As we welcome additional project managers to the firm, they too will be hired locally, but will work remotely. I believe this model is the future of small firms. Smart businesses everywhere are launching and remaining close to home.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 17, 2016

One Step to Better Architecture Project Management. The shift to the emotional mindset is one of the benefits differentiating Fivecat Studio from other local firms. We have positioned our service as a process of hand holding and managing the emotional “roller coaster” for the overall architectural project.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Empowering architects to better serve the world with more than 681,000 total downloads in 2021, the EntreArchitect Podcast has grown to serve small firm architects from every corner of the planet. In this episode, we talk about their work as residential builders and share how other small firm architects can do it too.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 3, 2021

It should be noted that leadership and management are two drastically different things. That statement made, we should not discount the fact that a good leader can also be a good manager. But the skills required to be a leader are much different than those of a manager and the two can work together without conflict if done properly.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 9, 2022

According to McKay, architects can’t be the “traffic controllers” because we typically lack the requisite engineering, construction, and management knowledge. The problem is attaining this mastery is presently beyond the reach of most small firms.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 7, 2016

An Email Management System for Architecture Firms. A question I am often asked by members of EntreArchitect Academy is, “How do you manage the many email messages for your architecture projects? Searching through thousands of messages in our email inbox is NOT an email management system. Automating Email Management.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 5, 2015

Nozbe for managing my tasks. In my never-ending quest to find the most effective and efficient business systems for architects, I recently started to integrate Evernote into my project management system at Fivecat Studio. That makes project management, quick, simple, efficient and effective. I use the native Mac Mail for email.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Celebrating 7 Years Serving Small Firm Architects. All this month EntreArchitect is celebrating our 7th-anniversary serving small firm architects around the world. Recently we launched our 13th professional peer group at the EntreArchitect Academy Small Group Mastermind. Click here. Click here.

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Young Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

What it’s like to work in a small firm. How Travis manages it all, from work to a family and his son. How to successfully manage your time. What architecture school was like for Travis. What made Travis join the military. How becoming licensed changed Travis’s life. Why mentorship is so important to your career.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In a recent conversation with a professional colleague who is a small firm practitioner (3 people total), he expressed his frustration with not being able to get to the ‘business of his business’. AIA, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. Literally, he cannot afford such mistakes to occur.

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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. The Financial Management Cycle. Effective financial management is a continuous, cyclical process. Financial Management for Architects (blog).

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

For the past twelve weeks, we’ve explored every element required for a successful architecture firm. We started with your Personal Productivity and we’ll wrap it up here with Project Management. One of the most important of all the tasks we perform as architects is Project Management. Where are their favorite places?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2008

From AIA Soloso: Small firms and their clients can benefit from offering construction management services. The post Architect As Construction Manager appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Download the article here. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required).

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Money may not buy you happiness, but running an architecture firm that works most certainly will. Last week, I presented a 60 minute webinar where I shared the step by step process of developing a profit plan for a small firm. Investing 4 weeks to build a profit plan for your small firm may change your life and business forever.

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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. How do we manage expectations and keep our clients happy? ” The engine driving the success of every small firm is our network of operational systems. A typical small firm can have up to 70 separate systems.

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BD+C

MAY 23, 2013

Current federal contracting laws are harming the livelihood of small architecture firms, costing the government more money by increasing the number of firms competing, while discouraging small firms from entering the market, according to AIA testimony presented today on Capitol Hill.

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