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

Sep 07 2015

Living an Integrated Life as a Small Firm Architect

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a growing group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. We call it #ArchiTalks. Read posts from past topics on Google, Twitter and Facebook, by searching for the hashtag #ArchiTalks. This […]

Aug 31 2015

Creating a Workspace that Inspires and Motivates

This is a guest post by Danielle Hegedus. She’s is a freelance writer based in Atlanta, GA. where she currently nurtures her HGTV obsession by writing about all things home decor for Modernize.com. I thought this post would provide us with some inspiration when designing our own workspaces. If you haven’t yet seen Modernize, it’s […]

Aug 10 2015

5 Fundamentals To Learn Before Launching Your Own Architecture Firm

When Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio, we were “young and dumb”. We were optimistic and enthusiastic, but we didn’t know what we didn’t know. We were 29 years old, had a dream of starting our own firm and jumped. I always knew I would own my own firm. I’m a born entrepreneur. What I […]

Aug 03 2015

Building a Culture of Transparency at Your Architecture Firm

This is a guest post by Todd Reding, the Chief Operations Officer and Vice President for Investments at Charrette Venture Group. How Much Should We Share With Our Employees? Some design firms have a culture of secrecy. Few people outside of the partners know anything about the finances, the vision or the ways in which the […]

Jul 27 2015

EntreArchitect 2.0

The older we get, the more we discover the true value of our time. There is little more valuable than each moment of our lives. Minute by minute, the story of our life unfolds. Most everything else is renewable; money, relationships, companies… it can all be earned, reclaimed or rebuilt, but with each click of […]

Jul 20 2015

3 Things All Successful Architects Have in Common

All successful architects have three things in common. They have patience. They have become masters at under-promising and they are all focused on being the very best at one thing. Patience Anyone practicing architecture for more than a few months knows that patience is a prerequisite for success. An efficient process of architecture is all about choices and obtaining decisions […]