
EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePage
Architect Mark R. LePage explores the business of architecture, firm leadership and the everyday life of an architect. From Gābl Media, EntreArchitect Podcast features weekly interviews with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise... all to help you build a better business as a small firm entrepreneur architect. Proven business strategies for architects, including financial management, profit, marketing, sales, productivity, and planning.
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Jul 8, 2022 • 1h 6min
EA464: Keith Brooks – SketchUp Experts
SketchUp Experts
Keith Brooks has a degree in Interior Architecture with an emphasis in Furniture and Product Design. His career path brought him very quickly to custom woodworking for residential and commercial production houses. After 15 years of woodworking and reaching Senior Lead Craftsman status, he started doing production drawings in 2011 in a top tier residential cabinet shop.
After 7 years learning production level drafting and assembly drawings, he started kBrooks Design Studio in early 2019. In 2021, after growing his studio to a level of busy that required outside help, he went looking for help but found the process frustrating. So, in response to that he founded Sloped, a professional web marketplace where design businesses that use Sketchup & Layout can find and connect with advanced users of Sketchup & Layout who provide design and drafting services.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, SketchUp Experts with Keith Brooks.
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Jul 1, 2022 • 50min
EA463: Jason Drees – Unlock Your Full Potential with the Power of Mindset
Unlock Your Full Potential with the Power of Mindset
Jason Drees is a husband, father of four boys, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and performance coach based in Austin, Texas. With over 10,000 hours of coaching sessions delivered in his career, Jason has an uncanny ability to rewire the mindsets of those he works with to achieve unprecedented results. Jason's ever-expanding understanding of the power of mindset continues to push his clients to unlock their full potential and experience extraordinary growth in all areas of their lives.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Unlock Your Full Potential with the Power of Mindset with Jason Drees.
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Jun 24, 2022 • 1h 3min
EA462: Jonathan Stark – How to Ditch Hourly Billing as a Small Firm Architect
How to Ditch Hourly Billing as a Small Firm Architect
Jonathan Stark is a former software developer who is on a mission to rid the world of hourly billing. He is the author of Hourly Billing Is Nuts, the host of Ditching Hourly, and writes a daily newsletter on pricing for independent professionals.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Ditch Hourly Billing as a Small Firm Architect with Jonathan Stark.
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Referenced in this Episode
EA324: No More Hourly Billing with Jonathan Stark
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 2min
EA461: David Jenyns – SYSTEMology
SYSTEMology
David's entrepreneurial journey began in his early twenties when he sold Australia's most beloved sporting venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Since then, his business experience has spanned from franchising retail clothing stores to founding one of Australia's most trusted digital agencies, Melbourne SEO Services.
In 2016, he successfully systemised himself out of that business, hired a CEO and stepped back from the daily operations. Through this process, he became a systems devotee, founding SYSTEMology.
Today, his mission is to free all business owners worldwide from the daily operations of running their business. To achieve this, Jenyns spends most of his time supporting the growing community of certified SYSTEMologists as they help business owners implement SYSTEMology. He also delivers workshops, keynote addresses and hosts his own popular podcast Business Processes Simplified.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, SYSTEMology with David Jenyns.
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Jun 2, 2022 • 1h 10min
EA460: Nancy Kleppel – Addressing the Housing Crisis for Baby Boomers
Addressing the Housing Crisis for Baby Boomers
For over 25 years Nancy Kleppel has consistently delivered real, measurable results for professionals that work on the built environment. She began as a practicing architectural designer and shifted focus, serving as Director of Business Development for SOM NY and then, since 2000, as an independent consultant. She understands the particular challenges that firms face in building a design identity, communicating objective value and gaining recognition in a highly competitive environment. As a strategic consultant, she brings clarity and focus to that effort. Nancy is a native New Yorker and holds a B. A. from Brown University and an M. Arch from Harvard University.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Addressing the Housing Crisis for Baby Boomers with Nancy Kleppel.
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Jun 2, 2022 • 49min
EA459: Stewart Davis – Building a Multi-Generational Legacy Firm
Building a Multi-Generational Legacy Firm
Stewart Davis has worked in the field since 1983 and possesses a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. He values seeking and finding great experiences, which means putting quality and care into the work we do so that others can have memorable and pleasurable experiences.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Building a Multi-Generational Legacy Firm with Stewart Davis.
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May 27, 2022 • 1h 5min
EA458: Lance Cayko and Alex Gore – How to Hire a Team That Thrives
How to Hire a Team That Thrives
Lance Cayko and Alex Gore met during their second year as architecture majors at North Dakota State University. While they didn't initially hit it off, the two classmates soon realized they each had qualities to complement the other, and by their third year, the go-getters were working together on all the projects they could and earned the title Renaissance Team from Professor Darryl Booker.
By the time they graduated, Lance and Alex knew they'd someday run a business together, but first they went their separate ways with Lance landing in Boulder, Colorado, and Alex in New York City. Then the 2008 recession hit. Both junior architects found themselves out of work. Alex returned to NDSU and earned his construction management degree. By 2010, architecture and construction industries across the country were still struggling, so he joined Lance in Colorado, renting the apartment above him, and the two founded F9 Productions.
The company has steadily grown as an architecture, construction, and development firm in Longmont, Colorado from the co-founders to a staff of 11. In 2016, Lance and Alex won the Architizer award for Architecture and Living Small popular vote for their tiny home, Atlas, the build of which was featured on season one, episode 14, of HGTV's Tiny House Big Living. Being business savvy allowed them to earn top ratings, becoming the highest-rated firm for customer satisfaction in Colorado. They've also positioned themselves to build their own projects the way they want, including their new business headquarters. Their education at NDSU taught them the balance between the science and art of architecture to enhance lives through design.
As they've grown the business, Lance and Alex strive to empower the people they hire. They pride themselves on developing employees and growing them into leaders to add to the fabric of professionals in architecture.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Hire a Team That Thrives with Lance Cayko and Alex Gore.
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Mentioned in This Episode
EA190: EntreArchitect Live with Alex Gore of F9 Productions [Podcast]
EA158: Getting Noticed Through Fun Projects [Podcast]
EA369: Lance Cayko and Alex Gore How To Be a Builder as a Small Firm Architect [Podcast]
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May 20, 2022 • 52min
EA457: Thomas Gluck – Why Architect-Led Design/Build is Better
Why Architect-Led Design/Build is Better
Thomas Gluck is a principal at GLUCK+ in New York City. Named by Fast Company as one of the top 10 most innovative companies in architecture, GLUCK+ has been recognized for their unique approach to Architect Led Design Build: single-source responsibility with architects leading the building process. The practice is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design together with real-world expertise to craft bold, innovative and conceptually unique architecture. GLUCK+ presented Thinking Making Making Thinking, in The Architectural League of New York's Current Work series. The firm was featured in Architectural Record The New Master Builders, The Architect's Newspaper Inside Architecture's One-Stop Shop, and Architect Best Practices: Engaging in Architect Led Design Build.
Notable award-winning projects include the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, hailed by The New York Times as one of the city's best new works of public architecture, Bridge, a LEED Gold high-rise mixed-use development in Philadelphia which received an AIANY Award of Merit in Sustainability, and Tower House, selected for Architectural Record's Record Houses in 2013. GLUCK+ also designed and built The Stack, the first prefabricated steel and concrete modular residential development in New York City, which received an AIANY/BSA Housing Honor Award. Recent projects include 145 Central Park North, a new condominium development at the top of New York City's iconic Central Park and Malt House, the sensitive renovation and expansion of an early twentieth century brewery complex into a new commercial mixed-use development in the heart of Harlem.
Thomas Gluck received a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard College and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Thomas also serves on the Board of Trustees for Keewaydin Camp.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Why Architect-Led Design/Build is Better with Thomas Gluck.
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May 13, 2022 • 53min
EA456: Matthias Hollwich – Designing for Work and Life in a Post-Corona World
Designing for Work and Life in a Post-Corona World
Matthias Hollwich is an architect leading the global architectural firm HWKN. Founded in 2008 and based in New York City, HWKN partners with cities, developers, and entrepreneurial clients to maximize the impact and value of their development assets. The firm's diverse portfolio includes buildings and neighborhoods alike, from retail spaces and popup-installations to residential and commercial schemes in the United States, Middle East, and Europe, where inspiring office buildings are currently under construction in Cologne, Munich, and Bochum, Germany.
Local projects include an indoor-outdoor office building at 25 Kent in Brooklyn, New York, and a 40-story residential tower at 351 Marin in Jersey City, New Jersey. Matthias previously worked at OMA and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and was honored in Fast Company's ranking of the world's Top 10 Most Innovative Architects. He is the co-author of UmBauhaus Updating Modernism in collaboration with Rainer Weisbach and the Bauhaus Foundation in 2006.
Matthias’ latest book, New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever, suggests a new way to think about aging that fundamentally changes the way we design for it. His lectures on architecture, sustainability, and innovation have been featured at TED, PICNIC, Stelka, and the Conscious City Conferences.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Designing for Work and Life in a Post-Corona World with Matthias Hollwich.
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Referenced in this Episode
New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever by Matthias Hollwich (book)
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May 6, 2022 • 54min
EA455: Randall Stevens – The BIG Problem with BIM
The BIG Problem with BIM
Randall Stevens is an AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) industry veteran with 30 years of software development, sales, and management experience. Randall founded ArchVision in 1991, a software development firm specializing in 3D graphics and content management technology for the design industry. Randall offers a unique combination of expertise in software and graphics technology, coupled with a background and degree in architecture. Randall is the inventor of the software technology Rich Photorealistic Content (RPC) currently being used by AEC customers in more than 100 countries.
Most recently Randall led product development of the AVAIL software platform, a fresh approach to the AEC market’s content management challenges. AVAIL is used by many of the world's largest architecture and engineering firms. Randall is CEO of AVAIL.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, The BIG Problem with BIM with Randall Stevens.
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