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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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Sep 7, 2021 • 54min
EA404: Justin Foster and Emily Soccorsy – Intrinsic Branding
Intrinsic Branding
Emily Soccorsy and Justin Foster are the founders of the intrinsic brand practice, Root + River and the co-authors of Rooting Up: Essays on Modern Branding. Working with heart-based leaders, they believe that all great brands are spiritual experiences. Emily and Justin are on a mission to inspire all leaders to go inward – and reframe and redefine the role of brands and their impact on the world. Justin and Emily bring a compelling blend of leadership doctrine, spiritual intelligence and practical marketing advice intended to inspire and inform in new but timeless ways. Whether in coaching, writing or presenting, they provoke with passion, art and practical ideas that leave the audience or reader saying I've never thought about that before!
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Intrinsic Branding with Justin Foster and Emily Soccorsy.
Learn more about Justin and Emily at Root + River, and connect with them on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Sep 3, 2021 • 45min
EA403: Sky Stephens – Association of Professional Builders
Association of Professional Builders
Sky Stephens is the co-founder of the Association of Professional Builders, a business coaching company dedicated to improving the residential construction industry for both builders and consumers. Sky is a firm believer that residential home builders deserve to be earning more money for the service they are providing and that consumers deserve a superior service than they currently receive. The problem is the difficulty of delivering world-class service on tiny margins, or without having the proper systems in place.
In order to maximize client experience and overcome these difficulties, the Association of Professional Builders helps builders systemize their building company. The result is an improved client experience which leads to more demand. This allows an increase in margins and ultimately the ability to scale their businesses into desirable building companies that possess real value and can be sold as an asset.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Association of Professional Builders with Sky Stephens.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 58min
EA402: Alan Barlis – BarlisWedlick Architects
BarlisWedlick Architects
Synthesizing high design and the highest standards of sustainability, Alan Barlis's vision has been central to the development of BarlisWedlick's industry-leading reputation. In 2018, Alan was elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows for his work and teaching in sustainable design. Over the last 20 years, Barlis has built an award-winning, full-service firm through a broad and distinguished body of work, including private residences, affordable housing, and sustainable commercial compounds. Barlis holds a Masters of Architecture from MIT. He is an architect registered in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Georgia, and Florida, and he is trained in LEED and Passive House certification. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (COTE).
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, BarlisWedlick Architects with Alan Barlis.
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Aug 27, 2021 • 49min
EA401: She Builds Podcast – Stories of the Women Who Built the World
Stories of the Women Who Built the World
She Builds Podcast is a podcast featuring the seldom told stories of women who build; women whose worth is not taught in schools, but who have shaped the industries of architecture, construction, and development over the last century. The podcast was started by three friends who, after graduating from architecture school together, wanted to fill in the gaps in their education and share those with others.
Jessica Rogers is a Miami native that now resides in Washington D.C, working at the AIA National Headquarters. Jessica attended Design and Architecture Senior High, a magnet art school in the design district of Miami. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University, where she also served as treasurer and historian for her NOMAS chapter.
At the AIA, she manages and develops programming and resources for emerging professionals and women in the profession. She is passionate about helping others succeed, elevating the voices of those underrepresented, and creating a more equitable profession. Outside of work, she continues this charge as the co-host of She Builds Podcast, elevating women in the AEC industry through storytelling.
Elizabeth Raar (Lizi) is a licensed Project Architect, originally from West Michigan, who graduated from Syracuse University. Currently she works for Polsky Perlstein Architects in Marin County, California on single-family residential projects. She enjoys making a project functional yet beautiful for the client.
Elizabeth is also committed to promoting women in the AEC profession through co-hosting She Builds Podcast . On the podcast, they feature stories of women in history who have shaped the built environment and industry. Elizabeth loves sharing stories of women who haven't been showcased in the past, in the hopes that women will play a more equal part in future architectural history.
Norgerie Rivas is an Architectural Associate from Puerto Rico who graduated from Syracuse University, where she served in the council of the Architecture Students Organization. Today she works for eStudio Architecture in Houston, Texas. There she has worked on commercial, healthcare, aviation, and retail architecture projects from design through construction.
She is passionate about celebrating and elevating women in her field through mentorship and advocacy. This led to her co-founding and co-hosting She Builds Podcast , featuring the stories of women who have shaped the industries of building design and construction through history and today. Norgerie hopes to share the stories of women in the AEC industry and to inspire future, new, and experienced people in the profession.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Stories of the Women Who Built the World with Elizabeth Raar, Jessica Rogers, Norgerie Rivas.
Listen and subscribe to the podcast at She Builds Podcast and connect with Elizabeth, Jessica and Norgerie on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Music during the She Builds highlight reel: “Spotlight” by CMYK
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Aug 24, 2021 • 52min
EA400: Diana Nicklaus – How COVID-19 Impacted an Established Hybrid Architecture Firm
How COVID-19 Impacted an Established Hybrid Architecture Firm
With over 20 years of experience, Diana has practiced architecture in both the United States and Italy, with projects throughout the continental U.S. and Europe. Her portfolio includes high-profile, large-scale institutional projects, including those in the higher education, healthcare, cultural arts, and K-12 education sectors.
As an advocate for women's leadership and equitable practice, she has shared Saam's strategies in numerous presentations and interviews, including Equity by Design and the AIA Women's Leadership Summit. Diana was a founding co-chair of the Massachusetts Building Congress Women's Network, the Founding President of Boston Professional Women in Construction, and is currently serving as the Secretary of the Board for the Boston Society of Architecture.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How COVID-19 Impacted an Established Hybrid Architecture Firm with Diana Nicklaus.
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Referenced in this Episode
EA196: A New Way to Practice Architecture with Diana Nicklaus of SAAM Architecture [Podcast]
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Aug 20, 2021 • 44min
EA399: Ryan Tansom – How To Determine The Value of an Architecture Firm
How To Determine The Value of an Architecture Firm
Ryan Tansom helped turn around his family business and then sell it for eight-figures. Since then, he founded Arkona to teach business owners how to grow the value of their business with an end in mind through educational workshops, fractional CFO services and strategic planning.
In addition to Arkona, Ryan is a sought after speaker and host of the popular podcast Intentional Growth. The show has 235 episodes, guests like Jack Stack, Gino Wickman, and the editor of Inc. Magazine and HBR, and has hundreds of thousands of downloads.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How To Determine The Value of an Architecture Firm with Ryan Tansom.
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Aug 17, 2021 • 1h
EA398: Michael Todoran – Architecture Documentary Film
Architecture Documentary Film
Michael Todoran is a native Angeleno practicing landscape design at Zanja Madre Studios in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked in small, mid-size, and global landscape architecture firms and designed projects from the smallest residential gardens to complex international podium projects. Michael’s interest in discovering and sharing stories of landscape architecture led him to launch The Landscape Architecture Podcast. Since its inception, he has produced over 60 interviews with the luminaries in the profession.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Architecture Documentary Film with Michael Todoran.
Connect with Michael online at Zanja Madre Studios, preorder the documentary about the Los Angeles River, check out the The Landscape Architecture Podcast, or connect with him on LinkedIn.
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Aug 13, 2021 • 48min
EA397: Lonny Rossman – The Architect Job Search
The Architect Job Search
Lonny Rossman, AIA is Founder and Managing Principal of API Partners, an Executive Search + Management Consulting Firm focused on the Built Environment Professions. As a Licensed Architect, Lonny recognized the need for specialized AEC Executive Search provided by architecture and design professionals uniquely qualified to assess the skills required for success. Since 1995, API Partners has grown to provide Executive Search, M&A Consulting, Strategic Consulting and Career Management services to Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Planning + Design Companies, Institutions, and professionals throughout the United States and Globally.
Lonny's approach to executive search and management consulting provides a unique, evaluative perspective that incorporates AEC best practices, in-depth understanding of the architecture, design and real estate markets, and creative strategies that advance business objectives.
Lonny's active involvement in the AEC community includes his role as Chair of the Design Committee at the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA for the past 18 years, where he represented the Philadelphia Chapter nationally, providing guidance and oversight of the annual Awards for Design Excellence while working with the committee to develop design focused programs.
Recently, Lonny developed a webinar series for the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning focused on mentorship, recruitment, retention, and business strategy with the purpose of engaging and supporting alumni. Lonny has also authored multiple articles including Don't Waste a Recession' for Archinect.com, and a series of articles with Tami Hausman, PhD for Building Design + Construction focused on how AEC companies are responding to the pandemic and succeeding in a challenging environment.
Lonny received his Bachelor of Environmental Design and a Minor in Landscape Architecture from Miami University in Oxford, OH, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Architecture from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, The Architect Job Search with Lonny Rossman.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 38min
EA396: George Smart – Saving America’s Modernist Architecture
Saving America’s Modernist Architecture
George Smart's life changed dramatically after he visited Fallingwater in 2007. That led him to a late night Google search, which became a website, which became a community. Now his small but intrepid nonprofit staff and volunteers have built the largest open digital archives – free and searchable – of residential mid-century Modernist design in the world. George is founder and Executive Director of USModernist® and NCModernist®, nonprofit organizations dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and promotion of Modernist design.
America’s mid-century Modernist architects and their original clients are almost all dead; their houses have been sold several times; and the local real estate community would just as soon market teardowns as find new, caring owners. Despite many Modernist houses aging over the 50-year mark, city councils and preservation groups have a hard time considering Modernist houses to be historic – because 50 years later many still look like the future.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Saving America’s Modernist Architecture with George Smart.
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Monograph is a time tracking and project management tool built by architects for architects. Visit EntreArchitect.com/Monograph to learn more and try it for free today. Additionally, you can join other firm owners, operations leaders and project leaders for a one-day virtual conference to improve your business by registering at SectionCut.com.
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Aug 6, 2021 • 44min
EA395: Jared Bradley – How Plans, Patience and Persistence Led to His Success as an Architect Developer
How Plans, Patience and Persistence Led to His Success as an Architect Developer
Jared Bradley, AIA, NCARB, President and Founder of The Bradley Projects, seeks to create boundary-pushing concepts that fuel the evolution of built environments. With over 20 years of experience, Bradley has grown to understand the value of designing with wellbeing and space-making in mind. The firm's clean, modern, and crisp concepts celebrate their local community and showcase architecture as a true art form. His imaginative and progressive designs have guided the firm’s approach to development. His scope encompasses a mix of building types and uses, diverse housing and transportation options, transformation within existing neighborhoods, and community engagement.
Bradley has accumulated an extensive background in architecture, urban planning, and real estate development, and general contracting with expertise ranging from single- and multi-family residential projects to high-end restaurants, retail, mass transit, and institutional projects. Having served as lead project manager on a wide variety of high-profile projects, he possesses the adaptability, knowledge, and skills to foster successful relationships with clients, government officials, jurisdictions, community stakeholders, and other special interest groups.
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How Plans, Patience and Persistence Led to His Success as an Architect Developer with Jared Bradley.
Connect with Jared online at The Bradley Projects and Certified Construction Services.
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Freshbooks is the all in one bookkeeping software that can save your small architecture firm both time and money by simplifying the hard parts of running your own business. Try Freshbooks for 30 days for FREE at EntreArchitect.com/Freshbooks.
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