The Power of Sketching If you’re a small firm architect, you know there isn’t a whole lot of extra time in your day. Taking a short few minutes each day to be creative can really help add something beneficial to your architecture practice! This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, The Power of Sketching with Kurt Neiswender and Jamie Crawley of Coffee Sketch. Learn more about Coffee Sketch on Apple Podcasts or find Kurt and Jamie on social media @kurtneiswender and @falloutstudio . Visit Our Platform...
Aug 09, 2019•1 hr 22 min
How to be Resilient in Times of Change Small firm architects can often be overwhelmed with all the hats they’re wearing to run an architecture firm. How do you find the energy to keep on keeping on when there is a lot on your plate? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to be Resilient in Times of Change with Eileen McDargh. Learn more about Eileen at EileenMcDargh.com , or find her on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn and YouTube . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, a...
Aug 02, 2019•52 min
Life, Death, and Future of Radio Are you an avid radio listener? What’s your favorite part about radio? Do you prefer the spontaneity of radio or curating the content you want to listen to? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Life, Death, and Future of Radio with Avery Trufelman of the 99% Invisible Podcast. Connect with Avery online at 99PercentInvisible.com , check out Articles of Interest and find her on Twitter . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for...
Jul 26, 2019•54 min
From Full-time Architect to Full-time Tech Entrepreneur Do you want to minimize the effort on the small stuff so that you can maximize the amount of effort you’re spending on design? Is there a flexible and accessible project management tool that can help you do just that for your small architecture firm? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, From Full-time Architect to Full-time Tech Entrepreneur with Zach Soflin of Layer. Connect with Zach at Layer.Team , or find him on LinkedIn . Visit Our Pla...
Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 6 min
How to Build a Concept into a Successful Company As creative people, architects always have ideas for how to solve problems. But how can you take that concept to the next step and actually build a successful, profitable company from it? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Build a Concept into a Successful Company with Scott Reynolds of UpCodes. Connect with Scott online at Up.Codes , or find him on Twitter and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and ...
Jul 12, 2019•50 min
How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm Are you a business owner who who wants to transition your small architecture firm to a public interest design firm? Maybe you’re working for an architecture firm and want to influence your team to do more work like this? You could be a student who wants more information on how to get into public interest design! This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm with Gilad Meron and Mia Scharphie of Proactive Practices. Lear...
Jul 05, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Live from AIA 2019, Part 3 Join us for Part 3 of the conversation about what’s happening today and what is in the future for the architecture profession. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Live from AIA 2019, Part 3 with Archispeak and Inside the Firm . EntreArchitect Build Your Brand Marketing Workshop Which words and phrases should you use on your website and other important marketing material to attract the clients you want most? How do you build a brand and marketing system to ensure that ...
Jun 28, 2019•1 hr 43 min
Live from AIA 2019, Part 2 Join us for Part 2 of the conversation about what’s happening today and what is in the future for the architecture profession. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Live from AIA 2019, Part 2 with Archispeak and Inside the Firm . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your time. Access your free 30-day trial at EntreArchitect.com/FreshBooks . (Enter EntreArchitect) ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Spe...
Jun 21, 2019•50 min
Live from AIA 2019 Part 1 Join us for Part 1 of the conversation about what’s happening today and what is in the future for the architecture profession. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Live from AIA 2019 Part 1 with Archispeak and Inside the Firm . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your time. Access your free 30-day trial at EntreArchitect.com/FreshBooks . (Enter EntreArchitect) ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs...
Jun 14, 2019•57 min
Getting Started with Google Analytics Are you working to build a better marketing strategy for your small architecture firm? Google analytics can be overwhelming, but if you look at some of the data, you can improve your website, your marketing, and your networking with information that’s already there. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Getting Started with Google Analytics with Anastasia Guadron. Connect with Anastasia online at TheVividmark.com , or follow her LinkedIn and Instagram . Visit...
Jun 07, 2019•57 min
Location Independent Living Have you ever felt like your love for travel doesn’t match with your static, 9-to-5 workspace? What if you designed your life around your ability to do your work from wherever you are? How can you take your firm on the road as a small firm architect? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Location Independent Living with Xylia Buros. Connect with Xylia online at XyliaBuros.com , or follow her on LinkedIn and Instagram . Join us in Las Vegas next week for the 4th Annual ...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 3 min
How to Hire a 100% Remote Team for Your Architecture Firm The future of small architecture firms is the remote team. How can you build a virtual office as a small firm architect? How do you find the right people for your team? What’s the best way to organize and run your unique virtual firm? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Hire a 100% Remote Team for Your Architecture Firm with Jennifer Kretschmer. Connect with Jennifer online at JKretschmer.com , or follow her on Twitter & Faceb...
May 24, 2019•50 min
How to Build Your Network by Creating Meaningful, Lasting Relationships Many of us don’t understand how to figure out where we should be spending our networking time and who we should be talking with to build relationships. Who are the players in your market? Where are they? How can you get a seat at the table with your community? How can you connect with them on a personal level? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Build Your Network by Creating Meaningful, Lasting Relationships with Ju...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 1 min
How To Build a Brand as a Small Firm Architect No matter what business you’re in today, a lot of your business success relies on branding and marketing. What should your small architecture firm be doing to make sure that your brand is being shared correctly? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How To Build a Brand as a Small Firm Architect with Bryon McCartney. Connect with Bryon online at ARCHMARK.co or find him on Facebook , Twitter and LinkedIn . You can access your free web presence audit a...
May 11, 2019•1 hr
Enhancing Life Safety Through Artificial Intelligence Architects are already changing the world with building and design. If we can take that knowledge and passion combine it with technology and relationship to really change the world, what big problems could we find solutions to? How can your ideas make a difference? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Enhancing Life Safety Through Artificial Intelligence with Meghana Joshi. Connect with Meghana online at ArchiChats.com , or follow her on Twit...
May 03, 2019•47 min
How to Thrive with a Virtual Office Have you ever considered a virtual office? The virtual environment is the future for small firm architects. What can you do to make sure that your virtual environment is as successful as it can be? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Thrive with a Virtual Office with Jennifer Kretschmer. Connect with Jennifer online at JKretschmer.com , or follow her on Twitter & Facebook . TH104 – CRAN®: The Virtual Office for the Small Practice/Custom Residential...
Apr 26, 2019•57 min
Building Science Fight Club Most architects love the science of building. Do you want to learn how to finely detail a project for energy efficiency or weather? Sometimes we get stuck designing the way we’ve always designed. How can we integrate new knowledge and science into what we do? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Building Science Fight Club with Christine (Cronin) Williamson. Connect online with Christine at BuildingScience.com or find her on Instagram , Visit Our Platform Sponsors Fre...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 12 min
How To Develop A Profitable Hourly Billing Rate for Architects How have you decided on your small architecture firm’s fees? Are you looking at market values or what competitors are charging for similar services? Is there a better way to calculate your hourly billing rate to make a profit? Follow along with the free calculator at EntreArc hitect.com/BillingRateCalculator . This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How To Develop A Profitable Hourly Billing Rate for Architects. Visit Our Platform Spons...
Apr 11, 2019•44 min
Construction in Carolina This week, Mark is going solo. Back in January of 2018, Mark shared his plans to design and build a new house with his wife and architect business partner, Annmarie McCarthy and move their family to North Carolina. Then he was back in August to update you on those plans and their struggles with the budget not cooperating with the property values of the neighborhood in which they're building. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Construction in Carolina; an update on desi...
Apr 05, 2019•34 min
Mothers in Architecture Are you a mother working in architecture, design or the construction industry and seeking a group of supportive professionals just like you? Are you a firm owner seeking to work with or hire a new member to your team? Well, then this is the episode of which you want to download and listen. This week, Mark R. LePage speaks with Bianca Beadling, Tara Wood Dozark and Elsa Contreras, co-founders of the Mothers in Architecture, Design and Construction Facebook Group. You will ...
Mar 29, 2019•49 min
Instagram for Architects We all know Instagram for its straight forward mobile interface of beautiful scrolling images; a social media platform that is as simple to produce content as it is to consume it. Just 2 simple clicks on your smart phone… and you’ve posted a picture to your feed. Instagram is great for taking a break from work or wasting away hours of your day… that’s true. But can Instagram for Architects also be a place to find clients? At this episode of EntreArchitect Podcast, our gu...
Mar 22, 2019•58 min
Leveraging Your Skills as an Architect Beyond Traditional Practice Evelyn Lee received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors in 2002 from Drury University where she minored in Global Studies while playing on the Women's Soccer Team. In 2003 she received her Masters of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc. And Most recently, in 2012, Evelyn finished a dual MPA (Masters Public Administration)/MBA (Masters Business Administration) in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School. Y...
Mar 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Behavioral Science and the Value of the Architect Why do our clients make the decisions they make? How can you differentiate your value from the value of other architects around you? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Behavioral Science and the Value of the Architect with James Geppner. Connect with James online at Erase40.org , find him on LinkedIn , and check out the Meeting Map here ! Visit our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your ti...
Mar 08, 2019•1 hr 24 min
Triple Bottom Line As you make strategic plans as a small firm architect, are you looking just at the bottom line or are you working to serve others and our world by looking at the triple bottom line: profitability, people and the planet? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Triple Bottom Line with Kate Stephenson. Connect with Kate online at BuildHelm.com or find her online on Facebook and Instagram . Visit our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and ...
Mar 01, 2019•52 min
Small Firm Networks This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Small Firm Networks with Christian Jordan of JAMB Collective . Connect with Christian online at JAMBCollective.com or find him online on Twitter , Instagram , and LinkedIn . Visit our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your time. Access your free 30 day trial at EntreArchitect.com/FreshBooks . (Enter EntreArchitect) ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs, CAD, BIM and more. No...
Feb 22, 2019•50 min
How to Live a More Fulfilling Life by Working from Your Greatest Strengths When you put your talent, knowledge and skills together, you have your strengths. When you’re working from your strengths and you work hard to develop your skills, you can leap forward further and faster. Why is it so important to work from your strengths and how can you learn to do that? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Live a More Fulfilling Life by Working from Your Greatest Strengths with Halelly Azulay. Co...
Feb 15, 2019•58 min
How to Build a Positive Office Culture at Your Architecture Firm We’ve all had interactions with people and companies who just make us feel good. A positive office culture goes a long way for your small architecture firm and your clients. What are you doing to create a more positive office culture at your small firm? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Build a Positive Office Culture at Your Architecture Firm with Paul Rugarber. Connect with the Paul online at PDRDesigns.com , and find h...
Feb 01, 2019•52 min
Finding Clients on YouTube Years ago, people got information from blogs, articles, and written information. Today, YouTube is the second largest search engine behind Google! How can you utilize the power of video and audio to get your story out there to potential clients? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Finding Clients on YouTube with licensed Landscape Architect, Jake Krokowski. Connect with the Jake online at JWK DESIGN , find him on Facebook or Instagram , and of course check out his You...
Jan 25, 2019•56 min
What Can We Do To Avoid Burnout as a Small Firm Architect? As a small firm architect, have you ever just felt tired? The burden we have for our profession can often be overwhelming, and sometimes our positivity can wane. What can you do to avoid burnout? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Burnout as a Small Firm Architect with Mike LaValley, founder of EvolvingArchitect.com . Connect with the Mike online at EvolvingArchitect.com , check out the podcast at UnpackingDesign.com , and find him on ...
Jan 18, 2019•49 min
Building a New Healthcare System from Scratch Have you ever felt like a dream or project you’ve taken on is bigger than you? How can you press through the fear that comes with creating something completely new? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Building a New Healthcare System from Scratch with Tabitha Ponte of Ponte Health. Connect with Tabitha online at pontehealth.com . Visit her online on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter . Visit our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send i...
Jan 11, 2019•1 hr 4 min
