EntreArchitect Blog - Success in Architecture, Leadership and Life as a Small Firm Architect

Jun 13 2017

Influence

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn… The people who have held the greatest influence on my professional success have been the founders of these five companies. The social internet has forever changed the world and our place upon it. My success as an architect and an entrepreneur has been the direct result of the stories told, […]

Jun 06 2017

The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

Are you looking to get a degree in architecture? Or have you recently graduated and feeling the disassociation from studio life (all about you and your ideas) and starting at the bottom of work life? Once in a while I get questions from people like you asking for advice and recommended reading. After responding to […]

May 30 2017

Using Our Sketching Skills To Persuade and Convince

Sketching The Hopes and Dreams of My Future When I was 12 years old, I persuaded my father to allow me to convert a section of our home’s unfinished attic into my bedroom. Up to that point in my life my only experience with actual construction was observing my father and his friends build a […]

May 23 2017

Bookkeeping Basics for Small Firm Architects

Helping Firms Embrace the Language of Business “Bookkeeping?!?! Psshh. It’s confusing, boring, and I don’t want to do it!” “I went to school for architecture, not business!” “Pencils I know, scales and tracing paper I know! Deciphering the client’s needs and wants? Bring it on! But bookkeeping?!?! What manner of evil is this?” These are […]

May 16 2017

6 Digital Tools to Automate Your Architecture Firm

As small firm architects, we are responsible for so many different roles and responsibilities. We are pulled in so many different directions and our schedules are full every day, from morning to evening. We need to meet with clients, develop and distribute marketing, respond to important email, manage our social media accounts, send invoices, collect […]

May 09 2017

A Simple Standard Operating Procedure Template for Architects

Standard Operating Procedures for Architects Every week, throughout the EntreArchitect Community, I hear or read questions from small firm architects struggling to find the success they seek. “How can I make more money as an architect?” “How can I find the work I want?” “How can I get my employees or contractors to do what […]