How To Overcome Your Fear Fear. I think there’s lots of this stuff floating around lately. Fear can be paralyzing and debilitating. In the business world, fear is the enemy. Fear is the one thing that stands between you and your most successful future. That’s it… fear. The most successful organizations in history were created […]
Measuring Your Success with Metrics
What Gets Measured, Gets Managed There’s a saying in business, “What gets measured, gets managed.” Winning companies track several metrics to gauge their performance and measure business success. ROI (return on investment), EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), average sales, website traffic, employee churn and average inventory are all key business indicators. Large […]
How To Transition from CAD to BIM in 4 (Not So) Simple Steps
How To Transition from CAD to BIM It may be one of the biggest decisions an experienced small firm architect will make; to BIM or not to BIM? I have shared on this topic before over at the podcast, but times have changed. Today, I think that question is no longer valid. The decision is […]
Email Management for Small Firm Architects
Email Management for Architects As small firm architects, we are all working so hard to get everything done. Between the many hours we dedicate to building our firms and the time we spend building strong relationships at home, there are not many minutes left to do anything else. Each new week offers us another 168 […]
How To Build a Successful Architecture Firm With No Debt
For the first four years, Fivecat Studio could be found at a basement studio in our little cottage in the woods of Chappaqua, New York. The space was just large enough for one Dell workstation, a couple of bookshelves, a desk chair, a telephone, five cats and me. Each morning I would eat breakfast, kiss […]
My 125 Business Books for Entrepreneur Architects
Everything I have learned about succeeding in business as a small firm architect has come to me in two ways; either through trial and error (with lots and lots of error) or through the many dozens of business and “self-help” books that I’ve read over my many years as an architect. Like you, I was not taught […]
3 Key Strategies for Success as a Small Firm Architect
Patience, Promises and the Power of Being Centered There are 3 key strategies required for a successful architecture firm. Have patience and don’t over-promise. Then find one thing that clients need and become the very best at that one thing. Patience Anyone practicing architecture for more than a few months knows that patience is a prerequisite. […]
My ONE Word for 2017
How to Achieve Your Goals as a Small Firm Architect In December of 2015, in preparation for the coming year, I recorded a podcast episode and published an article describing my idea for establishing just one goal for 2016. Instead of picking numerous goals in every area of my life, I would set just ONE Goal. My ONE […]
3 Steps to a Stronger Architecture Profession
I entered the architecture profession in 1993 after graduating from Roger Williams University. The day I walked through studio for the first time, I heard the stories of a struggling profession; a culture built upon the belief that architects were artists and money was for those who sell out to the masses. That story is […]
Merry Christmas from All of Us at Fivecat Studio
Every year, Annmarie and I collaborate on creating a very special Christmas card sent to family and friends. Each one is unique, featuring our Fivecat family of furry friends. Last year, we started a new tradition of interpreting the card in video format. I hope you enjoy this year’s creation. Wishing you happy holidays from Fivecat […]
My Commitment To A Digital Disconnect
Two Thousand One Hundred Eighty Four Hours Per Year I spend much of my daily waking hours facing some type of digital device. Whether it’s managing email from my many accounts, or preparing CAD documents for our next construction project, or updating our business systems in Evernote. I could be working virtually with my team […]
Developing Your Life Plan for Success as an Architect
Developing Your Life Plan for Success as an Architect Architects and creative professionals are born dreamers, so I am pretty sure that you are going to like the suggestions that I will make in this article. A Life Plan is our road map to what we are truly meant to be. It’s a way to figure […]
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