Podcast · Episode 0257 · 83:50
He Started His Own Architecture Practice at 29
Alex Sutton shares his experience of starting an architecture practice at 29.
Practice Growth & Fees
Build a practice that can do good work and sustain the people doing it. Explore fees, clients, marketing and the realities of starting and growing an architecture business.
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Choose a useful next step from what you’ve heard.
Fees & time
Understand what the work needs to earn.
Explore fees alongside the hours, people and scope involved. Use the tools to prepare a clearer commercial conversation.
Growing your team
Make the next hire a considered decision.
Start with the responsibilities the practice needs, then consider technical evidence, communication and the cost of adding a colleague.
Business perspective
Learn from people building their own practices.
Explore the decisions behind architectural entrepreneurship, from the first opportunity to the habits that help a business grow.
Working relationships
Make expectations easier to discuss.
Use the flexible-working guide to think through the commitments you make to staff and the practical arrangements behind them.
People & practice
Meet the people behind the ideas.
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