EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects

Business training and resources for small firm entrepreneur architects.

How to scale without growing

As a sole practitioner architect, used to working alone, with complete control of every aspect of your business, the idea of becoming something bigger can be terrifying. You tell yourself you’re happy playing it small, keeping it safe. No one does architecture for the money, right?! That was my mindset for many years, no ambition […]

The Future of Practice Operations

I love spending all weekend filling out hours on spreadsheets!…said no one ever. Yet, I can’t tell you how many architects we have talked to that have said they do exactly that. For decades, architects have adapted to use innovative technology to make their designs a reality. Take for example, tools like: BIM, Virtual Reality, […]

How to deliver your next project with fewer delays: We asked the experts

Sponsored content by Jack Sadler from Part3 Construction Administration (CA) is often the most neglected phase of a building project. It may come years after the initial design, but CA is what brings projects to life. It deserves attention and you’ve worked too hard to drop the ball this late in the game. CA can […]

Personal Sustainability

Many are familiar with sustainability in the context of being as environmentally conscious as possible:  getting our LEED points and being responsible stewards of the environment. While this concept is extremely important, there is another facet of sustainability that is also important: personal sustainability. We rarely discuss being responsible stewards to ourselves. People are what […]

The Seven Most Common Bookkeeping Mistakes Made by Small Firm Architects

By Kimberly Burgraff, Director of Studio Services Bookkeeping (A Division of Charrette Venture Group) I’ve sorted through a lot of messy books in the 17 years that I’ve been in the accounting industry. It’s completely understandable that non-bookkeepers struggle with accounting best practices. How would an architect know that supplies purchased for a project shouldn’t […]