{"product_id":"b00vxujv2e","title":"Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide: Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Business","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart narrative, part business book,  Architect and Entrepreneur  is filled with contemporary, relevant, fresh tips and advice from a seasoned professional architect building a new business. The guide advocates novel strategies and tools that merge entrepreneurship with the practices of architecture and interior design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbarking on a new business venture is intimidating. You have questions, but many of the resources available to help entrepreneur architects and interior designers start their design businesses lack timeliness and relevance. Most are geared toward building colossal firms like SOM and Gensler using outdated methods and old business models.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're an individual or small team contemplating starting a design business, this is your field guide, crafted to inspire action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe solution:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the lean start-up methodology to create a minimum viable product, the handbook encourages successive small wins that support a broader vision, enabling one to think big, start small, and learn fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a unique take on design practice viewed through the lens of entrepreneurship and is designed to answer the questions all new business owners face, from the rote to the existential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions about:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStart-up costs  Business models (old and new)  Marriage of business and design  Mind-set  Branding and naming (exercises and ideas)  Internet marketing strategies  Passive income ideas  Setting your fee  Taxes  Standard operating procedures (SOPs)  Securing the work  Client relations  Software  Billing rates  Contracts  Building a business isn't a singular act; it's a series of small steps. Using the outline found in  Architect and Entrepreneur , you can start today. The chapters are organized to guide you from idea to action. Rather than write a business plan, you'll be challenged to craft a brand, and you'll sell it using new technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67924419838197,"sku":"YSL52164","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/8774\/8597\/files\/719DwshlygL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793672799","url":"https:\/\/www.newbooks.store\/products\/b00vxujv2e","provider":"NewBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}