This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: Do you know how to calculate the exact amount that you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit […]
You Already Know How To Be Successful in Architecture
You already know how to be successful. You’ve read all the books. You follow the blogs. You listen to the podcasts. You are subscribed to all the most informative and inspirational newsletters. You have the information. You know how to succeed. So, why are you not crushing it? Why are you struggling to pay the […]
Two Perspectives You Need to Launch a New Business as a Small Firm Architect
I recently reached a very big milestone. About eighteen months ago I dropped my daughter off for her first full day with her childminder (home-based daycare for non-Brits.) She was six months old and I was filled with those new parent anticipations: nervous, desolate, excited, hopeful. Not only was it a big day as a […]
How to Write a Business Plan for Your Architecture Firm in 60 Minutes or Less
A Simple Business Plan for Architects No one told me that I needed to know how to run a business. I’m an architect. I just need to tack up my shingle, design great buildings and clients will come knocking. Right? Maybe… but whether clients come knocking or not, its not so simple to keep them […]
Developing Your Life Plan for Success as an Architect
Developing Your Life Plan for Success as an Architect Architects and creative professionals are born dreamers, so I am pretty sure that you are going to like the suggestions that I will make in this article. A Life Plan is our road map to what we are truly meant to be. It’s a way to figure […]
The second step will build upon the first… Just Start!
This article was originally published here at EntreArchitect back in May of 2013. It’s one of my favorites. -Mark What’s holding you back from the success of your dreams? Last summer my son Henry built a rowboat; an eleven foot poorboy skiff built from mahogany lumber and plywood. I shared Henry’s story here on the […]
The 12/12/12 Project: Two Years Later
This coming Friday is December 12th. Two years ago on December 12, 2012 I launched my 12/12/12 Project and announced my plans at the introductory episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast. If you were following this blog “way back when,” I thank you for your continuing support. If you are newer to this platform and have […]
Living Your Best Year Ever
Searching for success has always been a focus of mine. Even as a child, I would live my life years ahead, dreaming of the days of my future. I look at my kids today and remember myself at that age spending hours and hours sketching scenes of what my life would one day become. Fast […]