Starting and Operating Your Own Firm
The idea of starting your own firm can be daunting, watch this webinar to get a sense of what it involves from two AIA Trust Trustees.
Starting and Operating Your Own Firm (1.5 CEU)
Starting your own architecture firm is challenging, and structuring it to survive is not a given. Al Rubeling Jr., FAIA, and Brad Benjamin, AIA, are two former trust chairs who will present this seminar on successfully starting and running a design firm based on their personal experience. Al has owned his successful architectural firm and taught the “Professional Practice” and “Careers of Architecture” course at University of Maryland School of Architecture. His popular book, How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm, was published in 1994 and again in 2007. Brad is the founder of Radium Architecture, Greenville, SC – a thriving firm that works to bring purpose to the built environment. In addition to serving as an AIA Trust Trustee, Brad has also been an AIA Young Architects Award recipient and has served as a member of AIA’s Strategic Council.
Learning objectives:
- Learn how to make important business decisions while identifying, preventing, and controlling your risks.
- Assess how to build your reputation and survive downturns; which project types may best endure financial storms.
- Learn how to navigate regulations and safety concerns effectively, maintain a workspace that offers diversity, equity, and inclusion to all, and integrate new employees into your organization so they can make successful contributions to its mission and goals.
- Know the importance of having a strategic plan with goals, objectives, and targets that should be communicated to employees.
Viewers who watch and complete the assessment can earn 1.5 CEUs.
