In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect podcast we’re hanging out with a long time online friend of mine, Susan Serra. Susan is a kitchen designer, an online marketer, an entrepreneur many times over and a great friend. We talked about Susan’s many business ventures and how engaging online has helped her succeed.

Its all about the connections. Whether you find people online or off, your success is built upon the relationships you have with other people. The tools have changed, but the lessons have not. If you want to succeed in architecture… make friends and influence people.

Susan Serra Associates

TheKitchenDesigner.org

My Architect vs. Kitchen Designer Guest Post from 2007

Bornholm Kitchen

Scandinavian Made

Susan’s View

Susan on Google+

Susan on Twitter

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Emerging

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Like many architecture students, Brian Corcodilos and Vincent DeFazio had a dream of one day starting their own architectural design firm. But they didn’t let the rules get in their way. While still attending Philadelphia University, Brian and Vince invited the top ten percent of their class to join them and they launched Designblendz, LLC.

Today, the multidisciplinary design firm serves architects and corporations throughout the United States.

In this episode of The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, Brian and Vincent, both recent graduates, share their story and talk about how they started their firm while still in school and how they grew Designblendz into a full time business.

I know you are going to learn a lot from these two guys. I hope you enjoy it.

Designblendz.com

Email Brian

Email Vincent

@designblendz on Twitter

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DATM

Emerging

Pat Flynn graduated from UC Berkeley Architecture, loved the profession and was working his way through the ranks to become an architect.

He was living his dream until the day he was Let Go.

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, Pat Flynn tells the story about how he made the decision to leave the architecture profession and follow his passion for internet business.

Today he earns more than $60,000 per month through his many online properties, including his very popular blog SmartPassiveIncome.com. (Yes… you read that correctly. That’s $720,000 per year.) Pat shares his thoughts on how architects can apply the lessons he has learned through building his online businesses and tells a story of how small choices can lead to big things.

Check out some of Pat’s online projects:

PatFlynn.me

GreenExamAcademy.com

SmartPassiveIncome.com

SecurityGuardTrainingHQ.com

CreateAClickableMap.com

Let Go (Pat’s Book)

NicheSiteDuel.com (Pat is publically documenting the development of his newest online business)

Smart Passive Income Podcast

Pat’s Podcasting Tutorial on YouTube (the videos that helped me launch The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast)

Say thanks to Pat on Twitter @PatFlynn

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Emerging

DATM

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I am speaking with Ian Harris, the co-Founder of Arbuckle Industries and the co-Director and Producer of the new documentary film archiCULTURE. The film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects at Pratt Institute’s undergraduate architecture program.

Ian premiered the film at the Newport Beach Film Festival just a few days before we sat down to record this conversation, so I appreciate that he took the time out of his busy schedule to speak with me here on the podcast.

We discussed the film’s development, the state of architectural education, the crisis within our profession and we even proposed a few solutions. It was a great conversation, so I know you’re going to like this one.

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Newport Beach Film Festival 2013

Ohio State University

Cincinnati, Ohio

University of Cincinnati School of Architecture

Copenhagen

Alvar Alto

Hart Howerton Architecture

David Krantz

archiCULTURE Film

Empty Kingdom

SCI-Arc

Pratt Institute

Architorture Film

Architecture Education

Funding the film

The business of architecture

The current crisis of the architecture profession

Solutions for the future of architecture profession

Built Film (“Food Inc. for the built environment”)

Archispeak Podcast

Architecture and design films

Screenings of archiCULTURE film

Newport Beach Film Festival 2013

archiCULTURE Film

Built Film (twitter)

Ian Harris (twitter)

archiCULTURE (twitter)

My blog post on Architorture Film from 2007

Arbuckle Industries

AIA Convention 2013

Archispeak Podcast

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DATM

Emerging

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We’ve enjoyed lots of engagement here on the blog lately and one subject that consistently triggers a response from readers is Professional Liability Insurance; what it is, why we need it and if we need it as sole proprietors and owners of small architecture firms.

In this episode of The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I interview Frank D. Musica.

Frank is trained as an architect, practiced in Chicago, has earned a Masters of Business Administration and a law degree. Today he is the Senior Risk Management Attorney at Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. Who better to answer all our questions and concerns about this critical and often misunderstood subject, than the man who is in charge of doing just that for at the largest provider of insurance to the architecture profession?

I hope you find this episode very informative. If you have any additional questions regarding professional liability insurance, please send me an email or contact Frank directly. His contact information is listed below with many other useful resources.

If you like what you hear, please take a minute or two to leave a review of The Entrepreneur Architect Podcast over at iTunes. Your review will help other Entrepreneur Architects find the podcast. Together we will make a difference and be an influential force in the profession.

Schinnerer.com

TheAIATrust.com

Professional Liability Insurer Database

PlanetRiskManagement.com

Broker Finder

Contact Frank with additional questions or just to say “thank you”

The Risk Management Podcast

Did You Get The Owner’s Manual for Your Practice? (AIA Convention 2013 Seminar)

Leading A Practice: Making the Transition to Running Your Own Firm (AIA Convention 2013 Seminar)

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Emerging

DATM