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 […]
Business Basics for Architects: Gross Income vs. Net Income
This post is the first in a series of articles where I will focus on Business Basics for Architects. Without the business background required for success, there are many relatively simple terms and strategies that we, as business owners, need to know but were never taught. These are the critical elements of business success that […]
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. […]
You Are Worth More
We’re a disgruntled bunch of professionals. There are hundreds of articles, forums, blog posts and comments discussing how we architects are not paid enough and how our clients don’t understand what we do. The most popular discussions at The EntreArchitect Community are always those where we discuss the forbidden fruit of topics; compensation. Post after […]
Entrepreneur Architect Academy 007.1 | How To Become The Richest Architect You Know (Part 1 of 3)
None of us will admit it, but I know… deep down we all want to be rich. Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. Let’s all get rich in secret. Here’s how… This is Part 1 of a 3 part guest post by Steven Burns, FAIA, the Director of Product Strategy and Innovations at BQE Software. Steve is […]
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 […]