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Architect's Essentials of Starting a Design Firm
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Architect's Essentials of Starting a Design Firm

The ultimate step by step guide for those starting a firm
Item #: 350-4817-08
ISBN: 0470261064
ISBN13: 9780470261064
Author: Peter Piven, Bradford Perkins
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
Manufacturer Item #: 9780470261064
Format: Hardcover
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Written by two leading experts in the field this essential volume offers a step-by-step guide to understanding and evaluating the goals, risks and the rewards of starting a firm. 464 pp.

  • Covers the basics of firm organization, personnel requirements, legal considerations, fee setting, marketing issues and the essentials of strategic and business plans
  • Addresses how to get started including how to create your first business plan, evaluate initial needs and costs, create a budget and a produce a list of action items to get started
  • This volume is practical, applied, concise, portable, affordable and user-friendly
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.
  • Part 1: Starting a Design Firm
  • Introduction.
  • Deciding to "Go on Your Own".
  • Marketing and Sales.
  • Financial Management.
  • Negotiating Fees and Contracts.
  • Organization and Personnel.
  • Legal and Ethical Issues.
  • Resources and Support.
  • Strategic and Business Plans.
  • Planning for Excellences.
  • Potential Cuases of Failure.
  • Launching your Firm.
  • Appendix A. Study Guide.
  • Appendix B. Charting Your Course.
  • Part 2: Ownership Transition
  • Introduction.
  • Ownership Transition Options.
  • Determining Candidate Selection Criteria and Communicating Founders? Expectations.
  • Valuing the Firm: How Much is it Worth?
  • Making the Purchase Affordable: Ownership Transfer Mechanisms.
  • Design the Ownership Transition Program.
  • Getting the Ownership Transition Program Started.
  • Documenting the Ownership Transition Program.
  • Choosing the Form of Entity.
  • Developing Leadership in the Firm.
  • Preparing for Future Transition.
  • Glossary.
  • Bibliography.


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Architect's Essentials of Starting a Design Firm
Item#: 350-4817-08
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

 


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