How to Ask for Referrals as a Small Firm Architect A lot of small firm architects work really hard to create a memorable brand and execute effective marketing, but struggle with traditional methods like word-of-mouth referrals. What’s the right time to ask for a referral? What can you do to make an effective referral? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Ask for Referrals as a Small Firm Architect. Find Robert online at RobertYuen.com , and connect with him on Facebook , Twitter and Insta...
Mar 06, 2020•38 min
Strategic SEO for Small Firm Architects Your website is the foundation of your marketing strategy as a small firm architect. When people search for you online, are they actually finding you? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Strategic SEO for Small Firm Architects. Learn more about Carolyn Lyden online at Search Hermit or connect with her on Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , and Twitter . Do you want to get even more in-depth on technical SEO? Check out Carolyn’s new, free resource, 5 Steps t...
Feb 28, 2020•56 min
How Small Firm Architects Will Lead the Profession to Thrive Small firm architects know that there are unique challenges to our profession, but there are unique advantages, too. How can you be a successful small firm architect so that you can help build a better business for tomorrow? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How Small Firm Architects Will Lead the Profession to Thrive. Learn more about Greg online at Gregory John Burke | ARCHITECT or connect with her on Facebook , LinkedIn , and Twi...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr
Fighting for a Public Understanding of Why Good Architecture Matters Small firm architects know that everything to do with the built environment is complicated both conceptually and on the policy side. If we want to make effective change, we need people who know advocate for themselves. How can you best communicate why building matters to your whole community? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Fighting for a Public Understanding of Why Good Architecture Matters with the founder of Building Ma...
Feb 14, 2020•54 min
How to Make Change without Breaking Your Team How can we work better together as small firm architects? Businesses large and small all grapple with getting the very best out of their people, but creating a future and working better together requires both change and teamwork. This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Make Change without Breaking Your Team. Learn more about Robert at RealtimeStrategicChange.com , find his book Real Time Strategic Change: How to Involve an Entire Organization in ...
Feb 07, 2020•54 min
How to Grow Your Architecture Firm & Break Through to the Next Level In today’s age, there’s a great opportunity for us as architects to adapt. As small firm architects, we know we want to be recession proof, resilient, and have great retention. How can you learn a new way of doing business to grow your small architecture firm? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Grow Your Architecture Firm & Break Through to the Next Level. Learn more about Andy Goldstrom at MidcourseAdvisors.co...
Jan 31, 2020•49 min
How to Become an Expert Witness Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a dispute as a small firm architect? You may be in need of someone who can explain the technical jargon and the standard practices that are expected of architects: an expert. Do you have what it takes to be an expert witness? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Become an Expert Witness . Learn more about David Del Vecchio and the The Architect Expert Academy online at DelVecchio-Architect.com , or find him on F...
Jan 24, 2020•48 min
How a New York Farm Boy Built a Firm that Can Move Rivers As small firm architects, we’re acutely aware that if you’re lucky enough, your passion can be a successful career. How can young architects find their place? What can you do to set yourself up to truly love your job every day? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How a New York Farm Boy Built a Firm that Can Move Rivers with Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh. Learn more about Michael at MVVAinc.com or follow him on Facebook &am...
Jan 17, 2020•57 min
How a Powerful Brand & Strong Team Culture Leads to a Thriving Architecture Firm The growth of the architecture profession with new generations of architects has opened the door for different ideas and new opportunities, requiring us as architects to practice open mindedness. How can your small architecture firm thrive with a powerful brand and a strong team culture? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How a Powerful Brand & Strong Team Culture Leads to a Thriving Architecture Firm. Lea...
Jan 10, 2020•51 min
Your Top 5 Most Popular Episodes at EntreArchitect Podcast in 2019 Join us as we take a look back on the past year. Our community has grown tremendously, and we thank you for your support! This week on EntreArchitect podcast, Your Top 5 Most Popular Episodes in 2019. Listen to the full episodes here: 5: EA292: An Architect's Guide to Construction Administration 4: EA267: Building Science Fight Club 3: EA291: How He Became Architect to the Stars with Paul McClean 2: EA270: How To Build a Brand as...
Jan 03, 2020•49 min
The AIA Will Not Fix The Problem What You Can Do as an Individual Small Firm Architect to Build a Better Profession The architecture profession is experiencing a crisis of identity and the AIA will not fix the problem. In this final EntreArchitect Podcast episode of the decade; Mark R. LePage shares what you can do as an individual small firm architect to build a better profession. Mentioned in this Episode Read Sean Tobin’s post at The EntreArchitect Community, our private Facebook group for sm...
Dec 27, 2019•29 min
How to Start an Architecture Firm That Will Survive the Next Recession with Erik Peterson of PHX Architecture As small firm architects, we’re all too aware of the effects that a recession can have on our industry. Right now, work may be flowing in and everything is great. How can you prepare your small architecture firm to both go into and come out of a recession successfully? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Start an Architecture Firm That Will Survive the Next Recession. Connect wit...
Dec 20, 2019•56 min
The 3 Most Common Struggles Experienced by Small Firm Architects As a small firm architect, likely there are a few things you would say you’re currently struggling with. What if your problems aren’t necessarily unique to your firm? How can we ultimately become better, more successful and more profitable? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, The 3 Most Common Struggles Experienced by Small Firm Architects. Connect with Todd online by visiting Charrette Venture Group online, or by connecting on Li...
Dec 13, 2019•49 min
How To Build a Global Architecture Firm with Gene Kohn of KPF Architects What do you want to accomplish as a small firm architect? Maybe you want to invest your time in the best projects or make a contribution to the greater good. How do you take those goals and create a global presence? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How To Build a Global Architecture Firm with Gene Kohn of KPF Architects. Learn more about Gene at KPF.com , and find KPF on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook . Visit Our Pl...
Dec 06, 2019•1 hr 9 min
How to Automate Your Marketing to Find The Clients You Want As small firm architects, you’re already wearing so many hats. Learning how to build a website, put together a lead magnet, and developing an effective marketing strategy can be a challenge. What if you can make it even easier? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Automate Your Marketing to Find The Clients You Want. Check out Rob & Kennedy’s podcast and connect with them on Facebook , Twitter or Instagram . Visit Our Platfor...
Nov 29, 2019•47 min
A Residential Intervention Update from North Carolina Mark and his family made the move from New York to North Carolina in July and have been hard at work on their full home renovation. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, A Residential Intervention Update from North Carolina. Learn more about the progress: EA201: We're Building a New House for Our Family [Podcast] EA234: Progress on Designing and Building a New House [Podcast] EA265: Construction in Carolina An Update Visit Our Platform Sponsor...
Nov 22, 2019•37 min
Will Technology Replace the Architect? We all know that technology is the future. But how will new technological advances effect design and the small firm architect? Can architects evolve with the changing roles? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Will Technology Replace the Architect? with Clifton Harness of TestFit. Learn more about Clifton at TestFit.io , or connect with him on Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, mana...
Nov 15, 2019•55 min
Reinventing Architecture In the profession of architecture, many are aware that if we don’t evolve, we’ll become obsolete as building designers. How can we reinvent ourselves as small firm architects to find ways to apply our skills to the problems around the world? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Reinventing Architecture with Jim Rhoné of Soliquid. Learn more about Jim at Soliquid.io and Vimeo , or connect with him on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Spons...
Nov 08, 2019•49 min
Value Engineering, There IS a Better Way Many times as a small firm architect, the value engineering process isn’t planned for in the schedule or the budget. How can you move toward a better method of delivery to have greater control over your projects? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Value Engineering, There IS a Better Way with Andrew Zukoski of Join, Inc. Learn more about Andrew at Join.build and find him on LinkedIn and Twitter . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min
The Business Accelerator for the AEC Industry Are you a small firm architect who is invested in driving change in the AEC industry? If you have innovative ideas that you know will create big change, what’s next to accelerate your architecture firm to the next level? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, The Business Accelerator for the AEC Industry with German Aparicio of Zerosixty. Learn more about German at zerosixty.io and find him on Facebook and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbo...
Oct 25, 2019•36 min
A Step-by-Step Guide for Developing Foundational Business Systems Anyone who has spent a good amount of time in the business world, including us small firm architects, knows that failure to deal with the fundamentals will cause a world of pain. How can developing foundational business systems help you create a business that maintains and sustains itself over the long term? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, A Step-by-Step Guide for Developing Foundational Business Systems at your Architecture ...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 8 min
An Architect’s Guide to Construction Administration Many architects work hard to design a building, put together the drawings, get the permit and then they’re done. How important is it for architects to be performing construction administration services? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, An Architect’s Guide to Construction Administration with Brian Palmquist. Learn more about Brian online at Quality-by-Design.ca , and find him on Facebook and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks...
Oct 11, 2019•50 min
How He Became Architect to the Stars with Paul McClean Connection to other people is so important to the business of small firm architecture. How can your ability to talk to other people make you a more successful architect in the long run? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How He Became Architect to the Stars with Paul McClean. Learn more about Paul online at McCleanDesign.com , and find him on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send...
Oct 04, 2019•54 min
Building an Innovation Platform Have you ever felt like you have great ideas, but are having a tough time taking the next step? Sometimes, just taking the very next step is the best step forward to building your next innovative platform. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Building an Innovation Platform with Nels Long. Learn more about Nels online at RotoArk.com or RotoLab.la, and find him on Twitter , Instagram , and LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, an...
Sep 27, 2019•51 min
Struggles & Success as a Rural Residential Architect As small firm architects, we all tend to go through the ebb and flow of struggling to find success. Success isn’t always about how much money you’re making, but it’s about the bigger picture. How can your small architecture firm find the kind of success you’re looking for? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Struggles & Success as a Rural Residential Architect. Learn more about Bob online at BluetimeCollaborative.com and connect with ...
Sep 20, 2019•59 min
10 Guideposts to a Culture of Creativity Many of us fall into the trap of perfectionism, but we quickly and often painfully find that it gets in the way of pursuing our passions. What can you do to get back to a culture of creativity? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, 10 Guideposts to a Culture of Creativity. Learn more about Melissa at MelissaDinwiddie.com , or find her on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter . Are you ready to develop a powerful plan and productivity system that will help trans...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 27 min
A Time Tracking Strategy for Small Firm Architects As a small firm architect, you already know that your hours and minutes are valuable. They either add value to your business and life, or they don’t. How can time tracking allow you to grow your small architecture firm to be as successful as it can be? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, A Time Tracking Strategy for Small Firm Architects . Learn more about Gerry’s accounting and advisory services at GoBlueCanyon.com , or connect with him on Lin...
Sep 06, 2019•49 min
Starting from Scratch as an Architect Developer As architects, there’s often an excuse we can fall back on that it isn’t the right time to take the next leap. Fear can easily take over when it comes to our big ideas! Have you had to start from scratch as a small firm architect? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Starting from Scratch as an Architect Developer with Stella Osborn. Email Stella here or connect with her on LinkedIn . Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, a...
Aug 30, 2019•53 min
Managing a Healthy Mindset for Successful Sales As architects, sometimes the sales process feels slimy. Sales is really about making a commitment to the people you’re working with and getting paid to make the world a better place through the work you do. How can a healthy mindset help make your small architecture firm as successful as it can be? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Managing a Healthy Mindset for Successful Sales with Scott Bliss of Maximum Performance Management. Learn more abou...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 4 min
High Performance Homes with Architect Emily Mottram Are you finding that your clients are getting more and more interested in the environmental impact of their homes? Where do economics fit into high efficiency homes? Can you get your clients to consider that spending more on the build to save on energy costs in the long run? This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, High Performance Homes with architect Emily Mottram . Learn more about Emily at Mottram Architecture and subscribe to her podcast Energ...
Aug 16, 2019•58 min
