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...]
10 Ways An Architect Can Make More Money
This is an edited repost from deep in the archives. Originally published on the week of this blog’s relaunch on December 12, 2012, this article has been the most popular week in, week out. Leave a comment below or post your thoughts over that The EntreArchitect Community Facebook Group and share your tips and tricks. How do YOU make more money? To successfully complete a project, an architect is responsible for making thousands of critical decisions. To complete the development of a … [Read more...]
How To Fix Your Profitability Problem as a Small Firm Architect
Why Architects Miss Their Profitability Targets For all professional design firms there are two different, yet interrelated levels of profitability – a firm’s overall profitability and the profitability of each completed project. Historically, the profitability of professional design firms is, on average, in the range of 8-12%. While many firms achieve profitability exceeding 12%, the majority struggle to achieve their targeted profitability on every project, every year. In spite of the … [Read more...]
Financial Management for Architects
This is a guest post written by Steve L. Wintner, AIA, Emeritus, an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. To learn more about Steve, his firm Management Consulting Services or to dive deeper into the subject that Steve is sharing with us here at EntreArchitect, visit his website at ManagementConsultingServices.com. Financial Management for Architects & the ‘P2P Format’ The vital relationship … [Read more...]