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Jun 22 2022

Tough Love: Grow Your Team by Not Bailing Them Out

By Leo MacLeod This scenario might sound familiar: After receiving a delegated task, the person emails back half-done work, saying, “Did as much as I could; kicking it back to you.” You take the bait and help out and kick it back to the person. They hit another wall, and you help again. This continues […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Books and Magazines, Leadership · Tagged: Architects, architects as leaders, books, leadership

Oct 26 2020

A Case for the Sole Practitioner Architect Business Model

There has never been a better time for architects to practice independently.  Computers, the Internet, and cell phones all foster an easier way of practicing remotely.  Yet to many architects, the thought of working alone, doing most (if not all) of the tasks on a project seems daunting, unprofitable, menial. However, the Sole Practice business […]

Written by Edward Shannon · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books, Business Models, professional practice, sole practitioner, sole practitioner architects, SPAs

Jan 22 2019

The Simple Profitable Power of 1%

There’s a very simple, easy method to demonstrate to your staff the critically important issue of how to constantly improve effectiveness and efficiency. We have all heard the phrase, “work smarter, not harder” and yet I would venture to guess that few of us really understand how to apply that lesson on a daily basis. […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books, Incremental growth, practice management, Progress

Oct 09 2018

They Try to Publish…
And Thus They Perish

Starting out in architecture on your own, not as an intern, or a middle career employee, those of us who want personal expression in design see two venues: competitions that are open to anyone or publication of what you have done. You know you have the chops. You are convinced that what you do has […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: Author, books, getting published, publishing, Writing

May 15 2018

Pricing Creativity with Author
Blair Enns (Transcript)

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 219, Pricing Creativity with Author Blair Enns. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here.   ***Start Transcript*** Promo: 00:00 Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Transcripts · Tagged: Author, Blair Enns, books, EntreArchitect Podcast, Marketing, Pricing, Pricing Creativity, sales, Transcripts, Win Without Pitching

Apr 10 2018

Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

This article was written by architect Timothy Ung of JourneyofanArchitect.com. It is being republished here at EntreArchitect.com with permission from the author. Enjoy! Editor’s Note: Timothy has an updated version of this article here. Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business, Leadership · Tagged: books, Starting An Architecture Firm

Jun 06 2017

The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

Are you looking to get a degree in architecture? Or have you recently graduated and feeling the disassociation from studio life (all about you and your ideas) and starting at the bottom of work life? Once in a while I get questions from people like you asking for advice and recommended reading. After responding to […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business, Leadership · Tagged: book reviews, books

Jan 24 2017

My 125 Business Books for Entrepreneur Architects

Everything I have learned about succeeding in business as a small firm architect has come to me in two ways; either through trial and error (with lots and lots of error) or through the many dozens of business and “self-help” books that I’ve read over my many years as an architect. Like you, I was not taught […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books

Nov 01 2016

4 Simple Marketing Strategies of SALA Architects

Marketing Strategies for Residential Architects This past week, I had the great opportunity to join the co-founder of SALA Architects, Dale Mulfinger, FAIA over at EntreArchitect Podcast. It was a fantastic discussion about how SALA was founded and the journey to where Dale finds himself today as a principal at the firm, a teacher and […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books, Marketing, residential architecture, Sharing, Speaking, teaching, Writing

Sep 14 2015

The Journey to Success Begins Within You

This is a guest post written by my friend Taylor Schaub, a 4th-year undergraduate architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She’s pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree with a minor in Business. Although she does not have a website, she can be found on LinkedIn, Instagram, and as a previous guest on Life […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: Architecture Students, books, podcasts, self-awareness, self-improvement

Aug 04 2014

The 10 Business Books Every Entrepreneur Architect Should Have In Their Library

Every August, the kids and I pack up the Suburban and head north to a row of small houses perched along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Arcadia Park is located at Fishers Landing, New York and one of those tiny former fishing cottages is owned by my mom and dad, aka Mata and […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books

Jan 19 2014

The Passion Profit Cycle of Success [Archive]

This Entrepreneur Architect community has grown tremendously these past 12 months. If you are new to the community, “Welcome!”   With that thought in mind, I will periodically share some of my favorite posts from the Entrepreneur Architect archive. This post, from October 2012 (two months before the 12/12/12 relaunch), is one of my favorites. […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: books, Passion, Profit

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