Inside The Firm

On this episode of Inside the Firm, the Common Sense Institute's report on more homes and smaller households in Colorado's housing supply and demand, then pending home sales falling to their lowest level in 25 years, and finally How Old Are America's Construction Workers? Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

John Lowry is a Nashville-based attorney, negotiation trainer, and president of The Lowry Group. He has taught negotiation at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and at Vanderbilt University, and he is regularly hired as settlement counsel, negotiating the resolution of hundreds of lawsuits. From 2016 to 2021 he led Lipscomb University’s largest fundraising campaign, raising more...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, Arcline's licensed professional data exchange for AI, Ventra's marketplace for licensing company data to AI labs, Nyne's data factory for licensed business data, then how construction and architecture firms license their data to AI labs, and finally Sell your Soul or Hold the Line! Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Peter Boolkah is a business coach based in Chelmsford, Essex, the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap, and the author of Your Business Sucks: Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life. He grew up in a working-class family in East Ham and started his career flipping burgers at McDonald’s, where he worked his way up the corporate ladder and saw how strong systems let a business run with...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, a new executive order on housing costs, a University of Alabama study on building codes and housing affordability, then what we built for our first three AEC Autopilot beta testers, and finally The AI Sloptimist Manifesto. Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Joshua Griffin is a Lancashire-based marketing strategist and the co-founder of Intrinzi, an AI-powered marketing and CRM business that helps small and mid-sized companies grow. He started out working dead-end jobs and built his first business while working sixteen-hour days to keep the lights on. Over the next decade he taught himself marketing under real commercial pressure, led marketing across...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, how F9 started with one bot, and finally Why Aren’t You Changing Your Life with Grok Bots? Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Chip Scholz is the founder and head coach of Scholz & Associates, an executive coaching firm based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Raised in Wheaton, Illinois, he studied business at Illinois Wesleyan University, worked in sales and management, and spent about 10 years as a lobbyist for Browning-Ferris Industries until the company cut his position in 1998 during a week that saw 1,200 layoff...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, business conditions at architecture firms remain in decline as summer turns to fall, then Denver construction costs rise above the national average, and finally why you need a dating policy in your company manual. Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Liz Crowley is the founder of HR Collaborative Solutions, where she advises CEOs and senior leaders through high-stakes conflict with someone on their own leadership team. She started her career in investment banking, then moved into senior HR leadership, where she became the person executives called when trust broke down with a key leader. After more than 25 years of this work, she believes the r...

Matthew Estrin is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and founder of 477 Distilling who took an unconventional path into business after spending 15 years as a pastor. Since leaving ministry, he has launched seven businesses and experienced firsthand the wins, failures, and hard lessons of entrepreneurship. He’s the author of I Know the Owner: From Holy Water to Happy Hour, where he shares lessons on...

Mariana Alvarez is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of Controller Works, a virtual accounting firm serving small businesses nationwide. At 43, after leaving a 17-year marriage, she began rebuilding her life, identity, confidence, and financial independence while simultaneously building a business. Today, Mariana speaks about what happens after survival, from learning to trust y...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, where principals go wrong, F9 has a new Ai policy, and finally architects-do we need em? Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Francis Rodino is an AI growth architect and author who turns messy CRM and sales processes into predictable demand-generation systems for service and operational businesses doing 1m to 20m in revenue. His Amazon bestselling book: “Leads Machine: The nine-step system to generate consistent, predictable sales and scale your service business.” was shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2026, and h...

Richard Spegal is an author, disabled veteran, and former member of the 82nd Airborne Division and Pennsylvania National Guard. After years of writing as a hobby, he turned his passion into a full-time career, independently publishing adult-oriented fiction spanning dark fantasy, supernatural, romance, action, and science fiction. His works include the Wolves and Ravens trilogy and Eternal Nights...

Samir Mokashi is an architect, entrepreneur, and exit strategist who went from working 14 years at a large AEC firm to co-founding Code Unlimited with his wife in the basement of their Portland home. Together, they grew it into a multimillion-dollar professional services firm with five offices, earning multiple fastest-growing-company awards before selling the business to Jensen Hughes in 2022. Sa...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, Revit may be the greatest practical joke ever, U.S. architecture firms are understaffed and shrinking, and finally how your AIA dues support advocacy. Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Stephanie Peirolo is an executive coach, speaker, and author of The Saint and the Drunk: A Guide to Making the Big Decisions in Your Life. For more than a decade, she has helped leaders navigate career, business, and life decisions by combining practical leadership coaching with insights into values, intuition, and emotional intelligence. A Stanford graduate with a master's in Transformational Lea...

Lenka Ilic is a New York-licensed architect and Principal of Apartment Renovation NYC, specializing in apartment renovations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. She guides homeowners through the entire process, from evaluating floor plans and developing the design to navigating building approvals, permits, contractor selection, and construction. With a candid, consumer-focused approach, Lenka helps...

Sandy Gerber is a TEDx speaker, communication coach, and the award-winning author of Emotional Magnetism, which has received 24 international book awards. A former executive who helped build one of Canada's Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies, Sandy now helps leaders, teams, and families communicate with greater emotional intelligence and connection. Named the #16 Communication Professional in the w...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, the July 2026 architecture billings still suck, what does the current run of Bitcoin mean for the macro economy, and finally why you should create your firm’s project database, like now! Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Bill Derrick is a second-generation construction leader with more than 50 years of experience as President of the Derrick Companies. He helped guide his family business through the Great Recession, only to face another unexpected challenge when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. Through both business and personal adversity, Bill developed a deeper perspective on res...

On this episode of Inside the Firm, where are people moving and why should architects care, and finally why architecture firms stay stuck in the boom and bust cycle and how to break it. Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

Jay Setchell is a Marine veteran, entrepreneur, and lifelong business leader whose life has been defined by resilience, perseverance, and an unwavering belief in personal responsibility. Raised on a working farm and now in his seventies, Jay continues to lead multiple ventures despite being mostly paralyzed. Drawing from decades of success, setbacks, faith, and hard-earned life lessons, he inspire...

Glenn Bostock is the founder of SnapCab, the industry-leading manufacturer of elevator interiors and custom privacy pods. After struggling with learning disabilities in school, Glenn built a one-man cabinet shop into a company of more than 140 employees serving some of the biggest names in the elevator industry. Today, he's the author of A Human Business, where he shares how putting people first,...