EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePage

I am a born entrepreneur. It is in my blood. From age 10, when I decided to become an architect, I knew that someday I would lead my own firm. With certainty for my destination, I planned my path, step by step, from graduation to business launch. It wasn't a formal written plan, but I knew from the start what I needed to do before I was ready to take on my own clients. In this episode of the...

This one is for the students. Dayne DeSerres is a working intern at Edward Rowse Architects based in Foxboro Massachusetts. He promotes the firm via Social Media and we communicate often on Twitter . A few weeks back, Dayne reached out in response to My Ultimate Guide to Landing Your First Job in Architecture . He offered to come on the show with Jim Partridge and Steve Tucker, two leaders from hi...

During my interview with a potential client, I answer many questions. Most are very similar; How much will it cost? How long will it take? Are you available to start right away? Do you have any references? You know all the questions they learn to ask from their favorite shows on HGTV. Another question that I'm often asked is, Do you build the project too? And like a good architect, I would ex...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all your responsibilities? Of course you do, you're an architect. We are born and bred to be overcommitted and stressed. On this episode I am going to share my 6 steps for accomplishing your goals without feeling overwhelmed. I hope this episode helps you on your journey to greatness and you find the success of your dreams. I'd love to know what you thin...

David Zach is a Futurist. I don't know about you, but before meeting David at AIAS Forum in Chicago, I thought Futurism was the creation of science fiction writers. But in fact, David Zach is a professional Futurist. David is a full time speaker and has given more than 1500 presentation over the past 27 years. He was a member of the board of directors for AIA National and has a personal passi...

In this episode I'll be talking about my Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto. I launched the Entrepreneur Architect blog in 2007 as a personal project to record my thoughts about business in architecture and to organize online resources about business and the profession of architecture. On December 12, 2012, I announced the relaunch of Entrepreneur Architect as an online resource for sole propri...

In this episode I'll share five ways to embrace your Personal Evolution. How, as we move through different seasons in our lives, our priorities change and the things that may have been important to us as an architecture student or as an emerging professional, may not be so important as we grow and our lives evolve. It’s a short one, but I feel its a fascinating and important topic to ex...

Since launching the blog back in 2007, there has been one topic that I have been asked about more than any other. Whenever I write about it, either at the blog or over at the Entrepreneur Architect Linkedin Group (which by the way is closing in on 6,000 members) the comment section lights up. It's the one topic that, for generations, has been untouchable. We've been trained by our school...

She is the daughter of an economist inspired by an advocate St. Louis architect at the age of 15. This week's guest on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast climbed her way up through the profession, making a difference every step of the way. She's an instructor at Boston Architectural College, an associate at Cambridge Seven Associates and the 2014 President of the Boston Society of Archit...

It’s Official! The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast is now on a weekly schedule. In this, my 13th episode, I share the new schedule for everything Entrepreneur Architect including the weekly podcast and the new publication date for The Entrepreneur Architect Report , my free weekly newsletter. My weekly blog articles will continue to be published on Monday mornings. A new episode of the podcas...

Rena Klein, FAIA is a teacher, a speaker, an author and principal of RM Klein Consulting; a firm offering a variety of services aimed at small firm architects. On this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect podcast, Rena and I discuss the many ways a business consultant may help you build a better business. We talk about everything from how the AIA is focusing on the small firm architect, marketing...

In this eleventh episode of the Entrepreneur Architect podcast, I speak with architect Kevin deFreitas about his success as an Entrepreneur Architect using a virtual studio business model. Annmarie and I have shifted our business model at Fivecat Studio to look much like what Kevin describes. I learned a bunch from Kevin and I hope you do too. Visit Kevin’s website at www.deFreitasArchitects...

Oscia Wilson has built an architecture firm based on the ideas she learned through practicing Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Using a distributed business model, with members of the firm working remotely and coming together as necessary, Oscia has built an efficient, effective and rather flexible architecture firm. She shares why she chose an alternative business structure and gives us a detail...

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect podcast we’re hanging out with a long time online friend of mine, Susan Serra. Susan is a kitchen designer, an online marketer, an entrepreneur many times over and a great friend. We talked about Susan’s many business ventures and how engaging online has helped her succeed. Its all about the connections. Whether you find people online or of...

Like many architecture students, Brian Corcodilos and Vincent DeFazio had a dream of one day starting their own architectural design firm. But they didn’t let the rules get in their way. While still attending Philadelphia University, Brian and Vince invited the top ten percent of their class to join them and they launched Designblendz, LLC. Today, the multidisciplinary design firm serves arc...

Pat Flynn graduated from UC Berkeley Architecture, loved the profession and was working his way through the ranks to become an architect. He was living his dream until the day he was Let Go. In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, Pat Flynn tells the story about how he made the decision to leave the architecture profession and follow his passion for internet business. Today he earns...

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I am speaking with Ian Harris, the co-Founder of Arbuckle Industries and the co-Director and Producer of the new documentary film archiCULTURE. The film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects at Pratt Institute’s undergraduate a...

Subscribe to The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast at iTunes We’ve enjoyed lots of engagement here on the blog lately and one subject that consistently triggers a response from readers is Professional Liability Insurance; what it is, why we need it and if we need it as sole proprietors and owners of small architecture firms. In this episode of The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I interview Fra...

Subscribe at iTunes Blu Homes has reinvented residential design with their patented folding prefab construction… offering architecture as a product. Todays guest at The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast is Blu Home’s VP of Design, Karl Daubmann. We talked about Karl’s background, how he landed an architect’s dream job at Blu and their integrated approach to delivering custom p...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe via RSS Architects are storytellers. We all know stories inspired by architecture. Stories of success and failure. Our greatest works of architecture hold stories that are passed down from generation to generation; no different than great works of art or a classic novel. Today on the podcast we’re speaking with architect and storyteller Collier Ward. By day, Col...

It’s finally here… Episode 001 of The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes now . In this first episode, I sit down with Christopher Pollard, Founder and CEO of Anon Design Collective (live at Fivecat Studio). He is trained as an architect, but has taken his career in a very different direction. Chris says, “Architecture is Dead”. Listen and find out if you ag...

One month ago, on November 12, 2012, I published a blog post introducing The 12/12/12 Project . The idea behind the 12/12/12 Project is to push through your fear of failure, make a decision final and commit to something that will literally alter your life. Something that you have been dreaming about but have always been afraid to do. It’s an opportunity to follow your passion and become what...