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May 31 2021

The Seven Most Common Bookkeeping Mistakes Made by Small Firm Architects

By Kimberly Burgraff, Director of Studio Services Bookkeeping (A Division of Charrette Venture Group) I’ve sorted through a lot of messy books in the 17 years that I’ve been in the accounting industry. It’s completely understandable that non-bookkeepers struggle with accounting best practices. How would an architect know that supplies purchased for a project shouldn’t […]

Written by Kimberly Burgraff · Categorized: Business, Finances · Tagged: finance, finances, financial, financial management, Financial Management for Architects, Financial Planning, financial reports, Financial Statements

May 23 2017

Bookkeeping Basics for Small Firm Architects

Helping Firms Embrace the Language of Business “Bookkeeping?!?! Psshh. It’s confusing, boring, and I don’t want to do it!” “I went to school for architecture, not business!” “Pencils I know, scales and tracing paper I know! Deciphering the client’s needs and wants? Bring it on! But bookkeeping?!?! What manner of evil is this?” These are […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: bookkeeping, financial management, Financial Planning, Financial Statements

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 […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: calculators, Financial Planning, projections, spreadsheets

Aug 18 2013

Financial Statements for Architects

Without any education in business basics, architects rarely understand the fundamentals of business success. Some months we have money left over and other months we struggle to pay each bill. For years, I ran my business with no real understanding of how to end each month with a profit. Seven years into owning our own […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: Balance Sheet, Financial Management for Architects, Financial Planning, Financial Statements, Income Statement

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