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Dec 01 2013

Hours in the Pool

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you are well aware that I’m a proud Swim Dad. All three of my kids are competitive swimmers and I spend many of my weekends sitting on hard metal bleachers waiting for their next event. They’re 11, 9 and 6 and relatively new to the sport. At […]

Nov 25 2013

My Plans for Entrepreneur Architect in 2014

About a year ago I announced the idea behind my 12/12/12 Project and invited the small Entrepreneur Architect community to take their lives to the next level. “Do something life altering!”, I encouraged. My 12/12/12 Project was to launch the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast and relaunch this website as EntreArchitect.com. My intent with Entrepreneur Architect is […]

Nov 17 2013

Fear

Annmarie and I spent the past week deconstructing, disassembling, demolishing and disposing of the Pleasantville Studio. More than 11 years of files, record documents, samples, manufacturers’ binders, reference books, code manuals and accumulated “stuff” needed to be sorted, relocated or trashed. To be honest, its been overwhelming. I am thankful that our move has been […]

Nov 10 2013

How To Have Your Architecture Published

Every architect has a dream of having their work published in books and magazines. For some it’s a right of passage – a testament to hard work and years of focus. For others, its a marketing strategy. Publication is a form of social proof indicating that our designs are worthy of our prospective clients’ attention. […]

Nov 03 2013

The Ultimate Guide to Evernote for Architects: 7 Steps To Get Started Now

The following is a guest post written by my friend David Doucette. When I invited Andrew Hawkins to write a guest post back in September, David commented that he appreciated the content provided by Andrew but preferred that I did not publish guest posts. He reads Entrepreneur Architect for my personal point of view. I want Entrepreneur […]

Oct 27 2013

The Architect’s Liability: Retaining Records and Documents

This week, Annmarie and I organized, coordinated and began to make the “big move”. If you don’t know about our plans, you may want to read more at an article I shared a couple weeks back. The new studio is still being constructed, but we have much to do before we need to move anything […]