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Business training and resources for small firm entrepreneur architects.

See You in Chicago

June is a busy month. I just returned from a trip to North Carolina with Annmarie where we were exploring opportunities for our future. Thanks to Jeff Echols and Greg La Vardera for holding down the fort with their outstanding guest posts. It appears that you liked what they had to say, because we had some […]

7 Reasons Why Small Firm Architects Should NOT Abandon the AIA

The recent recession has been tough on the architecture profession. For the past five years many of us have been struggling to survive. We’ve taken the work we could get and reduced our expenses to the absolute minimum. As we crawl out from the darkness, the warm sunshine of a recovering economy feels so good. […]

Entrepreneur Architect Business Trends Survey

We’re taking matters into our own hands. We’ve all been talking about the many issues that we need to address in the profession of architecture; the identity crisis, the financial crisis, the licensing crisis… The list goes on and on. For years architects have slowly surrendered responsibility for much of the design and construction processes […]

Share Your Knowledge and Architects Will All Succeed

I relaunched Entrepreneur Architect on December 12, 2012 as an online resource for sole proprietors, small firm architects and students of architecture. It is my mission to share everything I know about succeeding in the profession and I encourage every other architect to do the same. The most successful organizations are built around great teams […]

Be Better

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. It was very interesting that many of them had similar questions to those I receive every day from the licensed architects who follow this blog. Some were concerned about finding a job. Others wanted to know about how to start their own […]