June is a busy month. I just returned from a trip to North Carolina with Annmarie where we were exploring opportunities for our future.
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Next week, I’ll be out of town again. On Tuesday, I’ll be on an United Airlines airplane heading northwest from New York to Chicago. I’ve committed my Wednesday and Thursday to the Architecture Business Plan Competition. Along with my fellow jurists Oscia Wilson, Rena Klein, Bob Fisher and Matt Ostanik, I will be reviewing the business plans from the competition’s six finalists;
- Seth Anderson, Ascent Architecture & Interiors (Bend, Oregon)
- Katherine Darnstadt, Latent Design (Chicago, Illinois)
- Ryan Hansanuwat, RHad Studio (Cedar Park, Texas)
- Scott Larrick, ELEVEN:59 STUDIO (Austin, Texas)
- Zane Muntz, DESIGNCREW (Des Moines, Iowa)
- Alexander Witko and Courtney Hunt, Organelle Design (Brooklyn, New York)
On Thursday evening, we’ll be celebrating a winner of the $10,000 grand prize at a private reception. I’m excited to see what these talented entrepreneurs have up their sleeves.
On Friday, I’ll be heading over to the AIA National Convention, where I’ll see many of my architect friends, pick up a few continuing education credits, watch a few outstanding keynote speakers and spread the word about Entrepreneur Architect.
At 9:00AM Friday, I’ve been invited to participate as a member of a panel to discuss the 2014 Foresight Report. The annual report and update on the the AIA’s Repositioning initiative will be released during the convention. Be sure to check it out. I’ve been told that small firm architects will be well represented.
Then at 10:45AM, I’ll be on the ArchitectLive stage located on the Expo floor, where I’ll be talking about building strong debt zero businesses.
At 12 noon, I’ll hustle over to the Expo Town Hall, where I will be leading a meetup presentation about business plans for small firm architects. It will be very casual and I’d love to hang out with you.
Will you be in Chicago? Be sure to hunt me down and say hi. I’d love to get to know as many members of the Entrepreneur Architect community as possible.
Whether you are going to the convention or not, follow me on Twitter at @EntreArchitect. I’ll be live tweeting all week. I had hoped to organize a dedicated Entrepreneur Architect meetup, but my schedule filled up and I could not find a good time to hold it. My plan is to maybe set up something spontaneously during the week. If it happens, I will tweet the details. Maybe I’ll be able to convince a few of my online friends to join me and we can all get together to talk architecture and business.
Stay tuned.
Did you come near Raleigh in yourtravels.It would have ben gret to meet you and Annmarie.
Let me start over (it is early in the morning). It would have been GREAT to MEET you and Annmarie. Raleigh is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States and full of very innovative people, plus it is a great place to live.
Dick; Annmarie and I both have our brothers in the Charlotte region. We love it there too. We have not been to Raleigh. We’ll need to visit some time. Thanks for the note and for supporting Entrepreneur Architect.