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Ossa Studio, Winner of the Charrette Venture Group Business Plan Competition As a first-generation immigrant, bilingual and bi-cultural professional, Jack Ossa’s story of pursuing his lifelong dream of architecture is nothing short of inspiring. How are you going against the system to differentiate yourself as you’re growing your small architecture firm? This week on EntreArchitect pod...

How This Small, Regional Firm was Acquired by a Large, National Architecture Firm You work hard every day to grow your small architecture firm into a successful business. How can you leverage that growth and connect with your roots to become a part of something bigger? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How This Small, Regional Firm was Acquired by a Large, National Architecture Firm  with Saund...

How to Transfer Your Architecture Firm Ownership to Your Employees As an entrepreneur, you’ve worked hard to build a small architecture firm. At some point in the future, you’re going to leave the business you worked hard to create. How can you plan for the future, whatever that may be? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Transfer Your Architecture Firm Ownership to Your Employ...

How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies As an expert in the architecture field, you have knowledge that gives you the authority to be a thought leader in your profession. What steps can you take to create a strategy to effectively communicate as a thought leader? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Archite...

New Ideas for a New Architecture Firm The architecture profession is constantly changing and evolving. With more options for greater freedom, flexibility, and independence gaining more traction, what new ideas are your architecture firm pursuing? This week on EntreArchitect podcast,   New Ideas for a New Architecture Firm with Leah Alissa Bayer of EVIA Studio. Learn more about Leah online at EviaS...

The Power of Professional Networking Memberships for Real Estate and Design Professionals Members of the EntreArhictect community can easily see the value in collaboration within the profession. How can you align with other professionals who have shared interest across varying disciplines? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, The Power of Professional Networking Memberships for Real Estate and Des...

Introducing The Architects & Allies Community I first launched EntreArchitect in 2012 as a platform to help and inspire small firm architects to build better businesses. It is my belief that if we as small firms each individually work to become more successful, financially, as leaders, as small business owners, the profession will grow and benefit as well. And as the profession grows and becom...

Building an Architecture Camp for Fun & Profit In the midst of a global pandemic, creative architects who wear many hats are as busy as ever solving every day problems, including finding something creative for their children to be involved in. Though a virtual architecture camp, kids can learn basic architecture concepts while having fun. How has your small architecture firm adapted to serve y...

buildingSMART with Patrick MacLeamy Optimization is a crucial aspect to the business of a small firm architect wearing many hats on any given day. How can technology help you improve the design build process so that you’re doing it smart? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, buildingSMART with Patrick MacLeamy. Learn more about Patrick at MacLeamy.com  or connect with him LinkedIn. Are you a...

Copywriting for Architects with Nikita Morell As small firm architects, it’s no secret that marketing is a huge part of our businesses. What does your website say about the work you do and the way you serve your clients? How can you create the right words so that you can connect with your ideal clients on a human-to-human level? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Copywriting for Architects...

Using Instagram to Grow Beyond Your Small-Town Roots with Rafe Churchill Living and working as an architect in a small town can be challenging. How can a small architecture firm in a small town attract the right clients? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Using Instagram to Grow Beyond Your Small-town Roots. Learn more about Rafe and his architecture and interior design firm Hendricks Churchill...

Developing a New Model for Housing Development with Trayvone Mathis As architects, we work hard to make the world a better place. A lot of the hardships in individual people’s lives are because they’re trying to make enough money to just to live and pay rent. How can developers provide housing for people in different phases of life while also being profitable? This week on EntreArchite...

A new podcast by Evan Troxel of Archispeak… Introducing TRXL Last week, Mark shared an introduction to Practice Disrupted with Evelyn Lee and Je'Nen Chastain . We hope you had a chance to listen and subscribe to that powerful new show. Evelyn and Je'Nen and will be inviting guests and sharing their thoughts on how to remain relevant and valuable as the profession of architecture co...

Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm As small firm architects, it’s challenging to stay prepared for what’s to come. How can we lead well and grow our firms through the varying economic circumstances that may come our way? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm with Patrick MacLeamy. Learn more about Patrick at MacLeamy.com  or connect with...

Introducing Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain, co-hosts of Practice Disrupted Today, we launched a new podcast at Gābl Media , our new multimedia network empowering global leaders in the architecture, engineering and construction industries. The new show is called Practice Disrupted and we are so excited about it. The evolution of architectural practice has been relatively slow towards change,...

Managing Client Expectations Leads to Architecture Practice Success It can be easy when things are quiet and slow on a project to let our clients wait while we focus on other projects or aspects of our business. One of the most important pieces of having a successful relationship with your clients is having a continuous conversation. How do you keep your clients in the loop so that they feel like...

Sharing Stories of Detroit’s Black Architects at Noir Design Parti Through their project Noir Design Parti, Saundra Little and Karen Davis Burton are sharing the deep and inspiring history of Detroit’s black architects. How can we join to preserve the rich history of the architecture profession and make the stories of all architects accessible to everyone? This week on EntreArchitect p...

Launching a Modular Home Construction Business In order to get wherever it is you want to go, understanding your purpose is incredibly important. How can you take what you’re good at and apply that to affect change on the things that matter to you? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Launching a Modular Home Construction Business  with Tim McCarthy. Stay tuned for more about Tim’s mod...

No More Hourly Billing with Jonathan Stark Many of us small firm architects are working hourly, and often times we find ourselves negotiating with ourselves or with our clients when it’s time to invoice. Is hourly billing working for your small firm? If estimating and controlling scope creep isn’t working anymore, what can you do? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, No More Hourly Bil...

How Earned Trust Leads to Your Best Work As a small firm architect, there’s nothing more important than our clients trusting us to do our best work. Anytime we have an opportunity to build trust, it’s a gift. How can your effort to earn each client’s trust lead to your best architecture work? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How Earned Trust Leads to Your Best Work  with Wade...

The Power of the Abundance Mindset in a Time of Uncertainty There’s one person in charge or your thoughts: you. You choose what you want to think about, and it’s more important than ever to put the right things into your consciousness in a time like this. How can you move from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, The Power of the Abundance...

The Digital Practice with Architect Futurist Evan Troxel Technology changes everything. The profession is always changing, and our role as designers of built environment will change, too. When you’re strategizing about the future of your small architecture firm, is there someone at your decision-making table that brings the necessary digital expertise? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Th...

Unleashing the Collective Power of Your Team, Part 2 As small firm architects, we need to be intentional with our teams as we move through the new normal of a COVID-19 world. Providing clarity to your firm gives people a safe place amidst the chaos. Do you have a process in place for communication with your team? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, part two of Unleashing the Collective Power of Y...

Unleashing the Collective Power of Your Team, Part 1 How can you as a leader of your small architecture firm really dig in to understand what your team needs? It’s not only about asking if your team is functioning properly but finding out if your team members are actually okay. This week on EntreArchitect podcast, part one of Unleashing the Collective Power of Your Team . Connect with Jane o...

Decide to Win with Shannyn Lee of Win Without Pitching In the midst of COVID-19, small firm architects are searching for new ways to not only survive, but thrive. How can you decide to win? How can you put yourself in a place to help others during this season of uncertainty? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Decide to Win with Shannyn Lee of Win Without Pitching.  Connect with Shannyn online at...