EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As a small firm architect running a virtual studio , I am wearing many hats these days. If you have been following this blog for a while you may remember when I shared my biggest secret to being more productive. I posted it the same week as the relaunch of this blog back in 2012… Turn off the television.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2018. I’m sure you’ve heard me say this or seen my write it somewhere here on the blog in the past. This quiet time would clear my mind and prepare me for the “chaos” that is running a small firm architecture studio. No Monday Meetings.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 9, 2016

Start a blog, a podcast or video channel. Share your stories and photos on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Houzz or on your own blog. The post How To Get Published as a Small Firm Architect appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Build Your Platform. Self Publish.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Originally published in 2013 as Part 4 of the original EntreArchitect Academy Blog Series, this final article of our month dedicated to Business Development shares my firm’s simple sales system. You can read the entire original 2013 blog series here. So share this blog with every architect you know!). We hit a wall.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

I shared my story with Cheryl Weber (one of my favorite trade writers) about some of the mistakes Annmarie and I made in 2003 when we moved the firm from our home office to our current 2,000 square foot studio in nearby Pleasantville. I’m a natural born entrepreneur and my optimistic nature has always pushed our firm to the limits.

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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. The #ArchiTalks Blog Series. How can we just shut down?

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 30, 2014

If you listened to the episode , you heard me talk about starting a blog as part of my Lead Conversion Action Plan. Following the launch of our website and working to keep fivecat.com well represented on the Google search engine, launching the blog was the most successful marketing strategy we’ve ever implemented.

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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. The goal when writing a blog is to gain an audience. Small firm architects are busy people. A successful blog requires interesting content, well written and published on a consistent basis.

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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

APRIL 6, 2015

Originally published on the week of this blog’s relaunch on December 12, 2012, this article has been the most popular week in, week out. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. This is a repost from deep in the archives. How do YOU make more money?

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

As a follow up to yesterday’s post … if you aren’t already a fan of Entrepreneur Architect Bob Borson and his Life of an Architect blog, meander on over and take a read. He made his blog his job. His hard work and dedication online has resulted in much earned success. Yes, thats million with an M.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I’ve been asked to present a workshop session based on the Entrepreneur Architect Academy blog series , which I posted during the first weeks of this year. The year 2013 has seen amazing growth for the blog. My session is titled, 12 Steps to Business Success in Architecture. Top Five Apps for Architects in Daily Practice.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2008

I have been blogging since 2006. I don’t give all the credit to the blogs, but it has certainly helped. He focuses on my use of blogs and the Internet to help spread the word about the firm. It’s the first post for his new blog at Inc.com. It’s the first post for his new blog at Inc.com.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Hattie Bryant of Small Business School has launched a new blog. Each episode of their show, Small Business School, is a case study of a successful small business owner. ” The post Hattie’s Blog appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 23, 2018

You have read this from me before here at EntreArchitect Blog… Profit, Then Art. 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.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This week I’m experimenting again here at the EntreArchitect blog. As my team and I consider new or improved ways of sharing knowledge to small firm entrepreneur architects throughout 2018, I produced this video for my YouTube channel. It’s recorded in a “vlog” (video blog) style while out for my early morning walk.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 9, 2022

Together, these blog posts underscore the accelerating pace of technological change in how we design and construct buildings and the implications of that change for architects. The problem is attaining this mastery is presently beyond the reach of most small firms.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 22, 2017

Financial Management for Architects (blog). How To Fix Your Profitability Problem as a Small Firm Architect (blog). Why Architects Are NOT Properly Prepared to Own and Operate an Architecture Firm (blog). 6 Reasons Why Architects Are Not Earning the 20% Profit They Need (blog).

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 6, 2007

If you are reading this post, you have probably already learned the value of a well written blog (I hope I am working my way up to “well written”). I read several blogs everyday. Here are a few of my favorite business blogs: Seth’s Blog. Joshua Horne’s Blog. HELLO, my name is BLOG.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 6, 2016

That was the day when I relaunched my personal blog Entrepreneur Architect with it’s new domain EntreArchtect.com, posted my first podcast episode and promised you, the small firm architect, that I would dedicate my time, my money and my efforts to building this platform into an influential force in the profession.

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Archmark

MARCH 29, 2019

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. However, the real benefits of SEO become evident when you add new content, like blog articles, to your site on a regular schedule.

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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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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. 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. Be included.

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Archmark

JULY 26, 2021

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. However, the real benefits of SEO become evident when you add new content, like blog articles, to your site on a regular schedule.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 27, 2015

On December 12, 2012 I announced to the world through my blog that I was committing much of my time from that point forward to helping small firm architects build better businesses and to becoming an influential force in the profession. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 12, 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. In total, there were 7 people who worked on the project on and off, all employees with F9 Productions. The architect was the builder.

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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. Return to this blog each week throughout the month to learn more about money.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. A tale of the successful small firm architect.

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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. SteelHouse 1 & 2 was published in many online design blogs and won a couple magazine design awards. Click here to learn how.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I have almost always worked in small firms – except for that one time when I didn’t, which wasn’t a bad year but it cemented in my mind that my skill set is better suited for a small architectural firm. Here are my Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm: 1. I loved it!

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 28, 2018

It was on a bunch of design blogs, the new owners are very private and asked we not publish anymore. 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. Click here to learn how.

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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. A blog designed to support your website will provide a platform from which to build your brand and interact with the people with whom you most want to connect. Which blogs do they read?

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The #ArchiTalks Blog Series. This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. The post Limit Their Stress By Limiting Their Choices appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. We can make our clients’ project experience easier and more enjoyable.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I watched TV news, listened to talk radio and read many of the blogs available on the subject. Around the same time, I was running a residential architecture firm in full “survivor mode” and growing this blog in the early days of its rebirth as a platform dedicated to inspiring small firm architects to build better businesses.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 10, 2017

How to Achieve Your Goals as a Small Firm Architect. I developed many new systems for EntreArchitect and assembled a small team to help me produce and distribute content for the EntreArchitect Community each week. We’re developing new resources and working on better ways to serve small firm architects. My ONE Goal.

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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. These are the questions that we will be answering throughout the month here on the blog, over at the podcast and in each edition of our newsletter, EntreArchitect Report. A typical small firm can have up to 70 separate systems.

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