The Passion Profit Cycle of Success Prior to starting our own firms, we business-owner architects experienced an “entrepreneurial seizure”, as Michael Gerber so accurately described in his book, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. It’s the precise moment when a passionate employee commits to starting her own firm. Frustrated by the process (or lack of process) established by her employer, she decides that she can do better. Do you remember that … [Read more...]
How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession
No More Starving Artist With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. New firms are launched every day without proper planning, without an understanding of basic business fundamentals and often with an eager acceptance that life as an architect will be a difficult struggle. I was born an … [Read more...]
The EntreArchitect Profit Challenge
A Quick & Dirty Version You have read this from me before here at EntreArchitect Blog... Profit, Then Art. Build a profitable business and you'll have the time and resources to do the work you love. You will be happier. You will be less stressed. You will have stronger relationships with your family and friends. Money may not buy you happiness, but running an architecture firm that works most certainly will. Last week, I presented a 60 minute webinar where I shared the step by step … [Read more...]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Architecture (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 229, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Architecture. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: Earn 20 percent profit on your next project. We will show you how. Download our free course. It's free. Our free course profit for small firm architects right now at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. My name is mark our lapage and you are listening to EntreArchitect … [Read more...]
How to Simplify Your Business (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 228, How to Simplify Your Business. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: Do you know if your firm is profitable? Do you know how much profit you're making? Do you know how much profit you should be making? Okay. One last question. Do you know how much you should be charging to make that profit? Well, you can learn how by downloading our free course … [Read more...]
Financial Investing for Your Future (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 227, Financial Investing for Your Future. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: Do you know if your firm is profitable? Do you know how much profit you're actually making? Do you? Do you know how much profit you should be making? Do you know how much you should be charging to make that profit? Well, you can learn how by downloading our free course … [Read more...]
Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)
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 on that project? It's simple to do. If you don't know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects … [Read more...]
Growing Beyond the Sole Practitioner (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 225, Growing Beyond the Sole Practitioner. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: You are listening to EntreArchitect podcast, so that makes you a member of our dedicated community of small firm architects. Come join us on Facebook at the EntreArchitect community, our free private Facebook group. If you're an architect or you're working to become one … [Read more...]
Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 223, Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 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 project? It's simple to do. If you know how. Learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm … [Read more...]
The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 222, The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 00:00 Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20% profit on that project? It's simple to do, if you know how. Learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at … [Read more...]
Commoditization of the Architect and How to Fix It (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 221, Commoditization of the Architect and How to Fix It. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 00:00 Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20% profit on that project? It's simple to do. If you don't know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects … [Read more...]
The Power of
The Profit First Architect
We Would Do It for Free If We Could We architects have deeply rooted positive passion for what we do. As artists we love to manipulate form and space in order to impact the lives of others. We are thrilled every time we walk through one of our structures. Our fuel is the excitement and emotional reaction that others have for our art. We love being architects. We are making the world a better place with every new project and we would do it for free if we could. …and that, right there, may … [Read more...]