The start of a new year is a great time to look back at the past year and do some self-evaluation.
At the beginning of 2015, I had one goal for the Business of Architecture platform (this website and the free and premium resources I provide here): to dramatically influence the lives and practices of 150 architects in 2015.
It was code-named the 150|015 project.
I'm happy to look back on 2015 and say that we achieved this goal!
Here are the initiatives that we pulled off in 2015:
- The Business of Architecture Summit
- The 90 Days to a Profitable Practice Program
- The Start Your Architecture Firm in 60 Days Program
- The Master's Circle high-level mastermind group
- The Small Firm Practice Management Bootcamp I co-produced with Rena Klein, FAIA.
It's hard to quantify the impact business of architecture has had on those who participated, but the feedback has been truly astounding and humbling.
My mission here at Business of Architecture is to make sure that lack of money and projects don't stand your way to an exceptional life and income.
For 2016, my goal here is even bigger – to magnify and improve the resources here on Business of Architecture.
I'd like to help 500 architects through the premium resources I provide here on Business of Architecture.
What is your big plan for this year? Let me know in the comments below.
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This blog post is part of the #ArchiTalks monthly blog series. Read below for a special message and links to other Archi-bloggers.
The participants of this ArchiTalks blog post series are asking you to help a friend of ours who is dealing with a family tragedy. Rusty Long is an Architect based out of Portsmouth, Virginia, whose son Matthew is fighting for his life. Here is Matthew’s story, as told by his Dad, Rusty:
Matthew Long was born May 29th, 2013, happy, and seemingly healthy. Less than two days later his mother and I found ourselves in an neonatal intensive care unit waiting room, listening to a rushed intensive care doctor explain how our son needed immediate dialysis to save his life. The disease, he briefly explained, was one of a group of disorders called Urea Cycle Disorders, which impact the way the body breaks down protein. We later discovered that Matthew's particular variant is called OTC Deficiency, a particularly severe form of it in fact, which results in a rapid rise of ammonia in the blood, called hyperammonemia, resulting in devastating neurological damage. This form of OTC is so severe, Matthew has virtually no peers who have survived it. Once the immediate crisis was arrested, we came to find out more about the disease and the impact of this initial event.
The disease is inherited, and the damage is permanent. Treatment consists of a combination of medications, low protein medical diet, and ultimately a liver transplant. Matthew was fortunate to experience no additional hyperammonemic events in the following fifteen months of life, and had a liver transplant on August 24th, 2014. The cure for the disease, a transplant, isn't so much a cure as trading one condition for another. While we will never risk the chance of another ammonia spike, Matthew is on a half a dozen or more medications at any given time to avoid rejection. Despite these challenges, intensive daily therapy for cerebral palsy (a result of the initial damage), limited motor function, and various other challenges along the way, our son is remarkably happy and has changed all our lives for the better. He's taught us to be stronger than we ever thought possible, to have faith beyond human understanding, and the immeasurable value of life.
The #ArchiTalks community is hoping to raise $5,500 to help Architect Rusty Long and his family reach their financial goal on HelpHopeLive.org. If each reader of this post contributes a small amount, our impact will be massive and we can make a difference for Matthew’s family. Click here now and donate $2.00.
Enoch Sears – Business of Architecture (@businessofarch)
New Year, New Community on Business of Architecture
Bob Borson – Life of An Architect (@bobborson)
http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/new-year-new-adventures-that-might-kill-me/
Matthew Stanfield – FiELD9: architecture (@FiELD9arch)
New Year, New CAD
Marica McKeel – Studio MM (@ArchitectMM)
New Year, New Adventures
Lee Calisti, AIA – Think Architect (@LeeCalisti)
new race new year new start
Mark R. LePage – Entrepreneur Architect (@EntreArchitect)
New Year. New Budget.
Lora Teagarden – L² Design, LLC (@L2DesignLLC)
New Year, New Goals
Jes Stafford – Modus Operandi Design (@modarchitect)
New Year. New Gear.
Cindy Black – Rick & Cindy Black Architects (*)
New Year, New Casita
Eric T. Faulkner – Rock Talk (@wishingrockhome)
New Year, New Underwear
Rosa Sheng – Equity by Design (@EquityxDesign)
New Year, New Era
Michele Grace Hottel – Michele Grace Hottel, Architect (@mghottel)
“new year, new _____”
Meghana Joshi – IRA Consultants, LLC (@MeghanaIRA)
New Year, New Plan
Amy Kalar – ArchiMom (@AmyKalar)
New Year, New Adventures
Michael Riscica – Young Architect (@YoungArchitxPDX)
New Year, New Life!
Stephen Ramos – BUILDINGS ARE COOL (@sramos_BAC)
New Year, New Home
brady ernst – Soapbox Architect (@bradyernstAIA)
New Year, New Adult Architect
Brian Paletz – The Emerging Architect (@bpaletz)
A Little Premature
Sharon George – Architecture By George (@sharonraigeorge)
New Year, New Business
Brinn Miracle – Architangent (@simplybrinn)
New Year, New Perspective
Emily Grandstaff-Rice – Emily Grandstaff-Rice AIA (@egraia)
The New New
Jarod Hall – di'velept (@divelept)
New Year New Reality
Anthony Richardson – That Architecture Student (@anth_rich)
New Year New Desk
Greg Croft – Sage Leaf Group (@croft_gregory)
New Year, New Goals
Jeffrey A Pelletier – Board & Vellum (@boardandvellum)
New Year New Office
Aaron Bowman – Product & Process (@PP_Podcast)
New Year, More Change
Kyu Young Kim – Palo Alto Design Studio (@sokokyu)
New Year, New Office Space
Jared W. Smith – Architect OWL (@ArchitectOWL)
New Year, New Reflection
Rusty Long – Rusty Long, Architect (@rustylong)
New Year, New Direction
