Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm (The... by Peter Piven and Bradford Perkins

Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm (The...

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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 464 pages

Published by: Wiley March 21, 2008

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 0470261064

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470261064

Book Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches

Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Description
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.

Covers the basics of firm organisation, 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 requirements 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 easy to use

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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.
* Covers the basics of firm organisation, 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 requirements 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

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm (The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice) (Paperback) Starting your own design firm is a scary proposition. Having a trusted advisor can help make the transition from employee to being your own boss a little less intimidating. Piven and Perkins do just that in this well written book, which covers the essentials--hey, that's what they called it--of starting a firm without getting bogged down in minutiae. You'll get some solid advice on planning, financing, and how to handle some of the more delicate issues of starting your own firm--such as how to represent work you did for others when marketing your new business. The book also includes model business plans and a basic (very basic) overview of accounting principles that even an architect can understand. Worth reading if you're entertaining any notions about starting your own shop. Comment | | (Report this)

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Updated on 6-4-2008.