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Facts About the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for Architects

Click here for a PDF version of this post. The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) authorizes up to $349 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses to pay their employees during the COVID-19 crisis. All loan terms will be the same for everyone. The loan amounts will be forgiven as long as:  The loan proceeds are used to cover payroll costs, and most mortgage interest, rent, and utility costs over the 8 week period after the loan is made; and  Employee and compensation … [Read more...]

How the CARES Act Provides Relief for Small Firm Architects

The federal government has approved the $2.2 trillion (that's more than two million millions) Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which will help millions of people during this critical time. As small firm architecture business owners, many of us may benefit from this historic legislation. Below are a few economic provisions that may apply to you. To read and review the entire CARES Act text click here. You may be eligible for a cash payment. Most … [Read more...]

5 Principles of Servant Leadership for Small Firm Architects

Forever Changed as a Leader Late one winter night, under a bare bulb in an empty under-heated DC university dorm room I read Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree; a book that influenced my approach to leading others from that night forward. Earlier that day, our hosts at the 1992 American Institute of Architecture Students Grassroots conference gave each student leader a copy of the inspirational paperback following a motivational speech about leadership. Full of excitement, eager to make a … [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...]

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...]

Incremental Progress is the Key to Long-Term Success (Transcript)

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 224, Incremental Progress is the Key to Long-Term Success. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 00:04 EntreArchitect.com/freecourse, download it right now, we'll teach you how to build a thriving, profitable small business for your architecture firm. EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Go do it now. My name … [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...]

Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng (Transcript)

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 220, Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 00:01 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 don't know how, learn how by downloading our free course: Profit for Small Firm Architects … [Read more...]

Toward A New Architectural Business Model

So you call yourself an Architect too? So many people call themselves architects: the software developer, the campaign manager, the author, the enterprise strategist - so on and so forth. But can we as architects call ourselves doctors, managers or authors? The title just doesn’t seem fitting. So why is it that so many can freely call themselves architects of in their professions? It is because an architect is so much more than a person who designs buildings. An architect is an individual … [Read more...]

The Single Most Important Action You Can Take as an
Entrepreneur Architect

10 Simple Steps to Develop Standard Operating Procedures for Architects Every week, throughout the EntreArchitect Community, I hear or read questions from small firm architects struggling to find the success they seek. “How can I make more money as an architect?” “How can I find the work I want?” “How can I get my employees or contractors to do what I want them to do?” “How can I get more done?” There is one answer for all these questions. To build the business we want and … [Read more...]