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Jul 04 2015

How To Market Your Residential Architecture Firm

This is a guest post by Enoch Sears from Business of Architecture. Marketing a residential architecture firm is perhaps different than marketing any other kind of professional service or product in the world. It isn’t like we’re selling the latest widget or a used car. Selling architectural services is all about relationships. And yet residential architects have […]

Jun 29 2015

Learn to Say, “No!”

When Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio more than 15 years ago we had no projects, no clients and no money. We were two young architects seeking the freedom of our own firm. A friend helped start us off with our first project; a new local restaurant named Meetinghouse located in Bedford, New York. Meetinghouse led […]

Jun 22 2015

My Simple Financial Projection Calculator

At the beginning of each new year, along with my annual goals and business plan, I review my firm’s financials. I look at where we’ve been over the past 12 months and I prepare a projection to plan for the year ahead. Several years ago, I developed a Google Docs spreadsheet to calculate my projections. No […]

Jun 15 2015

Developing a Powerful Profit Plan for Your Architecture Firm

This is a post pulled from the EntreArchitect archives. It was originally prepared in February 2013 by my friend Steven Burns, FAIA as Step 7 of the original EntreArchitect Academy “12 Steps to Success” Blog Series. Still one of the most popular posts on the blog; in this 3-part article Steven walks us through the step-by-step process of developing […]

Jun 03 2015

Specifications for Residential Architecture

This is a guest post by Rand Soellner; a founding member of ArCH (Architects Creating Homes, LLC). Win – Win – Win Recently the subject of specifications for residential architecture was discussed in detail on the EntreArchitect™ Podcast. This generated some interest in the subject nationwide, as it should. Why? If you are a licensed […]

May 26 2015

How to Build a Stronger Team for Your Architecture Firm

This is a guest post by Norbert Lemermeyer of Architecture + Business. Establish an Orientation for New Employees The following outlines the standard orientation for a new employee into a small architectural office. This was my orientation some 40 years ago. Recently I talked to Tyler, a newly graduated architect and he outlined a similar experience […]