Entrearchitect Podcast With Mark R. Lepage

A dream for so many of us small firm architects; design, build and develop our own residential architecture. No rules. No limits. No clients. You make the decisions for what gets built and what does not. There is much risk in residential development, but there is also much reward. Creative rewards, professional rewards and financial rewards. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast I am speaking with Jim Zack of San Francisco-based Zack DeVito Architecture about his risks and rewards as an architect developer. Visit our Platform Sponsor FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Access Your 30-Day Free Trial at FreshBooks.com/architect (Enter EntreArchitect) For an exclusive tour inside FreshBooks, join me and Tim Lee from FreshBooks at this free video series. Referenced in this Episode Zack DeVito Architecture and Construction Jonathan Segal Architect   The post EA102: Risks and Rewards with Architect Developer Jim Zack [ Podcast] appeared first on EntreArchitect //

Starting your own design business while still in architecture school. Graduating, growing and building that simple idea into a thriving multi-disciplined design build company. That's what this week's guest did. On the show is a former guest from way back at Episode 8. He’s here to share an update after 2 years of business development. Learn what he did right and what he did wrong. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast we are discussing How To Grow Your Design Business with Brian Corcodilos of Designblendz, LLC. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Access Your 30-Day Free Trial at FreshBooks.com/architect (Enter EntreArchitect) For an exclusive tour inside FreshBooks, join me and Tim Lee from FreshBooks at this free video series. Referenced in this Episode EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 8

So, this is it! Episode 100 of the EntreArchitect Podcast. This is certainly a milestone in the history of the EntreArchitect Platform and there is no way this could have happened without you, the EntreArchitect Community. Those of you who subscribe and download and listen to this show each and every week have been the motivation and inspiration to continue and proceed with sharing what I know and helping others to share what they know. To honor the friendships and support for one another that has formed around this podcast as well as the entire EntreArchitect Platform on the blog, at the newsletter and throughout our many groups on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other social media; this week on the on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I asked you to share your answer to this question: What is one thing that you did this year to improve your business, your leadership or your life? This week, on this very special Episode 100, I am featuring you, the EntreArchitect Community. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper

You listened to Episode 97 and you have your upcoming self-published book all figured out. You know what you're writing about, to whom you are writing, how to actually sit down every day and write. Yes you can do it in addition to being a full time architect if you want to. You even know how to publish your book on the largest platform for selling books, Amazon.com. But that's only half of the equation. Now that your book is ready for the world to read, you need to get to work and let them all know that it’s available. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, we have the 4th in the Field Guide Series and Part 2 about self-publishing your book. This week, Eric Reinholdt of 30X40 Design Workshop is back to talk with us about Marketing Your Self-Published Book as a Small Firm Architect. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, man

Have you ever considered following a dream other than a traditional practice in architecture? Do you have a passion that is burning inside? Maybe you have a great idea for a new business, but you are afraid to pursue it because of all the work it required to become a licensed architect? You don't want to leave behind your dream of being an architect, for a new dream pursuing something else. But, what if you did? What if you pushed through that fear and took a new path? What if you allowed yourself to follow your passion and take your life in a new direction? Our guest this week did just that. He had an idea and followed his passion to create something amazing, something influential and beneficial to others. This week I invited the founder of BlackSpectacles.com, Marc Teer, to join me and talk about the Life of an Entrepreneur Architect on the EntreArchitect Podcast. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Repor

We all have a story. We all have knowledge that we can share. We are all experts at something. I think… we all have a book in us that needs to be written. On this.. Part Three of the EntreArchitect Podcast Field Guide Series, I welcome back to the show, the founder of 30X40 Design Workshop and author of two self-published books, our friend Eric Reinholdt. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, we will share, step-by-step How to Self-Publish Your Book as a Small Firm Architect. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Access Your 30-Day Free Trial at FreshBooks.com/architect (Enter EntreArchitect) Referenced in this Episode 30X40 Design Workshop Episode 84: Field Guide Series – Building, Branding and Marketing Your Startup Design Business Episode 89: Field Guide Series – Passive Income for

We all work so hard at what we do. We spend hours meeting with potential clients, preparing proposals and selling our services. When we finally get the job, we spend months developing the designs for our projects to be the best they can be. They're built under our observation and we provide construction administration services to ensure a safe, healthy complete project and to ensure a happy client leading us to more happy clients. So, if we spend all that time creating our art, should we not value it enough to document that art through professional photography? Too expensive you say? This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share 15 Reasons Why Hiring a Professional Architectural Photographer is Worth Every Penny. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Access Your 30-Day Free Trial at FreshBoo

Your story in the mind of the client is your brand. That story is told, one chapter at a time, through everything you do and everything you say. At every point of contact your client is learning more about who you are and what you do. They are developing their thoughts and carrying their opinions about your firm at every step and throughout the entire process. It’s an overwhelming process with barriers and obstacles found throughout. The more we define these obstacles and develop systems that successfully guide our clients through the process with comfort and understanding, the stronger our brand will be. The story our clients tell their friends will be the story you want told. Throughout the process of delivering a typical architecture project, there is a series of touch points that our clients experience. The level of development, intention and management at each one of these points of contact determines the overall satisfaction of our clients. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share 5 S

We are living at a time when massive, paradigm shifting technologies are being introduced everyday. Change is happening very rapidly. New technologies are going to change the way we practice, how we run our businesses and how we live our lives. Reach into your pocket and pull out that iPhone and you will understand what I am talking about. Do you remember what it was like before we had the knowledge of the entire world in our pocket? These changes and developments in technology will provide new opportunities to the profession as a whole and to us as individual independent architects. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I welcome back a former guest and friend of the show George Valdes to discuss The Consequence of Technology on the Profession of Architecture. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Acce

Last week on the podcast, I shared my 12 Steps to Business Success in Architecture, the same presentation I shared at the recent AIA CRAN Symposium. I proposed that if you learn how to execute on each of the 12 steps, you will be a successful architect, with a profitable business leading to creating more art and better architecture. This week we are continuing where I left off last week. We will get more practical, go deeper and discuss what it takes to be successful in small business; whether you are running an ice cream stand, a manufacturing company or an architecture firm. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I am speaking with CEO of Crown Point Cabinetry Brian Stowell and we discussed the anatomy of a successful small business. Visit our Platform Sponsors ArchiSnapper A simple cloud-based tool for creating and managing field reports. Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days FreshBooks The easiest way to send invoices, manage expenses and track your time. Access Your 30-Day Free Trial a

12 Steps to Business Success in Architecture I'm a day late on producing this episode because Annmarie and I just returned from Minneapolis, Minnesota where we attended the Custom Residential Architects Network 2015 Symposium (aka CRAN). This was the second CRAN event we attended. Last year we traveled to Charleston, SC, which was a fantastic introduction to the symposium and certainly the inspiration for attending again this year. As we began to plan for our travel arrangements to Minneapolis, the incoming CRAN chairperson and the chairperson of the 2015 Symposium, Dawn Zuber contacted me and asked if I would present at this year's event. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity to spread the word of EntreArchitect and our mission to become an influential force in the profession. So I did just that and I had a great time. I hung out with several of my friends from the last event and from the EntreArchitect Academy. My favorite part of attending these conferences is connecting with other small firm ar

One guest-post that has made a major impact on the EntreArchitect Community was written by architect and educator Kevin J. Singh about a year ago. That post, 21 Rules for a Successful Life in Architecture, is consistently one of the most visited articles on the site. This week I invite Kevin to join us here on the EntreArchitect Podcast to expand his thoughts on that article and discuss his new e-book, Beginning Your Career in Architecture, inspired by that original post. Visit our Platform Sponsor ArchiSnapper.com A Simple Cloud-Based Tool for Creating and Managing Field Reports Try the ArchiSnapper Field Report App Free for 30 Days Referenced in this Episode The Journey to Success Begins Within You (blog) 21 Rules for a Successful Life in Architecture (blog) Beginning Your Career in Architecture: Candid Advice for Emerging Professionals (e-book) The post EA091: Beginning Your Career in Architecture with Kevin J. Singh [Podcast] appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

One of my favorite parts of running things here at EntreArchitect is that I get to speak with people who are thinking outside the box; people who are coloring outside the lines; people who have new, innovative ideas and have “jumped in with both feet and are making things happen. They are taking their ideas, developing plans and making progress, one small step at a time. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I've invited architect Jeremy Welu, a partner at DELV Design and winner of the 2015 Charrette Venture Group Architecture Business Plan Competition, to talk about Innovation and the Practice of Architecture. Visit our Platform Sponsor ArchiSnapper.com (Creating and Managing Field Reports 30 Days Free) Referenced in this Episode DELVdesign.com Charrette Venture Group Architecture Business Plan Competition EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 000 (Introduction) Contact Jeremy if you are interested in DELV Lab (BETA testing) ArchitectureAndChildren.com   The post EA090: Innovation and the Prac

Imagine working in your studio, designing a great project for another happy client and your receive a notification on your iPhone that Paypal dropped $50 in your pocket. Then after work, you head over to the ball field to watch your daughter's game. As you are cheering her on, Paypal drops another $50 in your pocket. The next morning, you wake up, check your email and there are 5 more notifications. Two hundred and fifty dollars was delivered to your account while you dreamed. Sounds crazy? Well it's not… That could be you with some work up front and minimal maintenance, you can develop strategies for an additional income to supplement your income as a practicing architect. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I've invited my good friend Eric Reinholdt of 30×40 Design Workshop to join us for Round 2 of the Field Guide Series. This week, we're talking Passive Income for Small Firm Architects. Visit our Platform Sponsor ArchiSnapper.com (Creating and Managing Field Reports 

Leaders of small firms are experiencing many of the same challenges as the leaders of large firms. Leadership transition, balancing our firms and our families, and equity in architecture (as my friend Rosa Sheng calls it) The Missing 32%. As architects and leaders, we all have our issues and we are all struggling with finding our way to be successful in the many roles to which we have committed ourselves. Bottom line… we're stressed and we're overwhelmed. If we don't do something about it, we're going to burnout and its going to get much worse. Stress unmanaged will lead to real physical health issues. I know . I'm dealing with stress related issues myself. The dangers are real. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I’ve invited business management consultant and executive coach, Jane Walton to join us and discuss this very serious issue, How to Avoid Burnout as an Architect. Referenced in this Episode JaneWaltonConsulting.com Charrette Venture Group Moments of Clarity

After you have all your business fundamentals in place; your branding is nailed, your marketing is set up and your sales system is bringing in consistent new work… you are going to start getting busy. Your going to need some help. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share my 12 Rules for Hiring Your First Employee. Photo Credit: Shutterstock / Roobcio   The post EA087: 12 Rules for Hiring Your First Employee [Podcast] appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

Imagine taking your client for a tour of their new building. Entering the front door, walking through the lobby full of natural light and vaulted ceilings. You point to a detail above where the sunlight enters the space and reflects from the wall surface and explodes into a rainbow of colors. Imagine taking this tour with your client before the foundation is poured, or the walls are constructed? Imagine experiencing the light filled lobby before the building even exists. Virtual reality is a tool that may allow architects to design new spaces, never before experienced. It will allow us to experiment and find the faults before they become reality. Virtual reality is here and it will soon transform our entire profession. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, George Valdes of IrisVR shares his thoughts on virtual reality in architecture. The post EA086: Virtual Reality in Architecture with George Valdes [Podcast] appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

He committed to taking all 7 sections of the Architecture Registration Exam in 7 days. He launched a new scholarship program where recent graduates of architecture school can be reimbursed for the cost of their first exam. He has worked with his team to rebuild the operational structure of his organization to better serve its members. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I welcome back, the now past-present of the American Institute of Architecture Students, Charlie Klecha. Visit the Sponsor of this Episode The EntreArchitect Report References from this Episode (Note: AIAS is launching a new website. Some links below may we temporarily re-directed.) AIAS 7-in-7 Campaign AIAS PASS (Professional Advancement Support Scholarship) National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Kaplan Exam Prep for the ARE AIA ARE Prep powered by Black Spectacles Architect Exam Prep AIAS Forum 2015 in San Francisco Quinn Evans Architects American Institute of Architects American Institute of Architects Detroit Contact Ch

Many of us have a dream of starting our own firm. Others of us have already taken the plunge and launched. The first question, after we make that fateful decision is, How do we find work? “How do we get noticed by the clients with whom we want to work?” This week's guest on the EntreArchitect Podcast has some answers for us. He's a residential architect based on the eastern coast of the United States, way up north in Maine on an Island called Mt. Dessert and he has developed and tested some very interesting ways to get noticed and fill his boards with the high end residential projects that we all want to design. This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, we are speaking with architect Eric Reinholdt of 30X40 Design Workshop and author of the new book Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide to Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Practice. This is the first episode in our new Field Guide Series where Eric and I will dive deep and share Routines, Rituals, Tips, and Tric

A Progress Report from EntreArchitect EntreArchitect is a movement that is slowly growing. It's a community of like-minded architects who are tired of the status quo; tired of working long hours, tired of society not recognizing the role of architects, beyond that of the creators of big shiny buildings designed by the most public of architects. Entrepreneur Architects are tired of struggling to make ends meet. We are tired of working too hard and getting paid too little. Entrepreneur Architects recognize that there is a problem in this profession. That there is a significant part of our education missing from our basic knowledge. We recognize that business success and profit are critical and necessary in order for the dream to come true. The dream of being a successful architect, where we have the best clients, design the best buildings and get paid well for doing it. Entrepreneur Architects are seeking ways to integrate their small firms with their family and building a lifestyle of success with everyth