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How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm, Second Edition: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects |  | Author: Albert W. Rubeling FAIA
Publisher: Allworth Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 165837
Media: Paperback
Edition: Second Edition
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1581154747
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.688
EAN: 9781581154740
ASIN: 1581154747
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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For interior designers and architects who have always dreamed of having their own design firm…this book can make that dream a reality. How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm takes readers step-by-step through the process of establishing a business, from developing a business plan to running an office. This comprehensive guide is packed with nuts-and-bolts information on such topics as getting financing, setting fees, establishing a client base, advertising and marketing, dealing with insurance and banking, and getting accounting and legal assistance. There’s even valuable help with the psychological challenges of starting a business—fear, risk, guilt, success. Filled with real-life success stories, business checklists, and self-evaluation forms, this invaluable guide offers everything designers and architects need to make their dreams come true.
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An invaluable guide for any collection catering to businesspeople or designers alike. February 4, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Any interior designer or architect who has dreamed of operating a design firm needs the second updated edition of this classic which covers all the basics of establishing such a business, from developing a plan and financing an office to setting fees, locating clients and marketing design services. Both general and design firm-specific tips are blended together making this an invaluable guide for any collection catering to businesspeople or designers alike.
Well worth owning April 25, 2009
Christopher Thomas
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a very good book on the nuts and bolts of how to launch an architect's office. It is extremely comprehensive for a small book, and it covers matters that are almost impossible to find elsewhere like how much to budget for your E&O insurance premiums. The author speaks as a well seasoned architect mentoring you through the process from start to finish. The only thing I would like to see changed in the future edition are the pesky sentences that read "Many a designer..." scattered throughout the book, just say "Many designers..." and the thought will flow more smoothly. Otherwise this book is great!
Great Resource September 29, 2007
Scott A. Buchanan (Grapevine, TX)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Very good book if your looking to get started on your own. Everything you need to know. Nothing is left out!!!
Best book of its kind June 10, 2009
C. Westerbeck (Seattle, WA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was looking for a concise, affordable, easy to read book on the nuts and bolts of starting a design business. This book fits that description accurately. It covers all the important fun and not-so-fun topics of starting and running a design business from deciding whether it's right for you, how or if to have partners, hiring lawyers and accountants, marketing, fees and much more. In short, it covers so much of the mysterious and hard won knowledge that most of us weren't privy to while working for others. I'm finding this to be a very valuable resource already. Highly recommend it! It packs a lot of info into a slim volume at a low price. Lots of info bang for the buck.
Bday Gift December 10, 2009
Style Maven
Bought this as a birthday gift for my architect bf, and he LOVED it. He was flipping through it, and said that it is a great guide...he started rattling off info about liability insurance for architects, so sounds like he learned a thing or two! As of right now - this book sounds like it is a great resource!
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