This week on the podcast I am speaking with a friend of mine; a true entrepreneur architect. We are both active with our local AIA chapter here in the Westchester County Hudson Valley region. This man founded his own architecture firm in the same year as we launched Fivecat Studio, in 1999… and merged his practice […]
Building An Agile, Lean Practice in the Digital Age
As many of you may already know, tomorrow is a big day for small firm architects. Thursday, October 16th starts the Business of Architecture Summit presented by my friend Enoch Sears over at BusinessofArchitecture.com. I will be speaking at the summit, so I asked Enoch if he would write a quick article to introduce my […]
20 Tips To Help Architects Build a Better Newsletter
Years before launching Entrepreneur Architect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. Without much effort, I acquired hundreds of subscribers through links on a few social media profiles. The newsletter was part of my marketing plan and every few months I half-heartedly scrambled to send something out. Even without […]
4 Things You’re Not Doing on Houzz (But Should Be)
This week, I am handing blog duties over to my friend Eric Reinholdt. He’s the founder of 30X40 Design Workshop and author of the new book, The Unofficial Guide to Houzz.com: Create a Profile That Resonates with Clients and Outranks Your Competition. Eric is an active member of our Entrepreneur Architect community. Let’s help him […]
Walking in the Shoes of Others
It is very important to put ourselves “in the shoes” of the people we serve. We all work to empathize with our clients. As architects, we try to reduce the overwhelm and stress that our clients experience during a construction project. Very often, it’s the first time they have experienced such an encompassing commitment. They […]
Using Hand Drawing to Market Your Architecture Firm
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 new family room for our house when I […]
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