Young Architects Forum: Managing Your Business

On Tuesday March 25, at 6:00 pm the Young Architects Forum will present Managing Your Business!

Rich Pipkin will discuss his treasure trove of "war stories", that will influence your thinking about your career. Whether you are an employee that hopes to grow within and your current firm, or thinking about starting your own firm, or currently an owner, you will leave this presentation with new insights and action items.

The Three Stages of a Successful Practice and Key Do's and Dont's along the way
- What stage of a successful business life cycle is your firm in? Start-up? Mature?
Transitioning?- What proactive steps are necessary to move from one stage to another?
- Why do Firms "get stuck" and remain on a business plateau
- The "Green Practice" - Profitable and Sustainable - both are requirements for
transitioning the Firm to the next generation of leaders.
- Is there a fourth stage? Yes, extinction!

Rich will draw on his 25+ years of experience as a business consultant exclusively to A/E Firms, and a treasure trove of "war stories", that will influence your thinking about your career. Whether you are an employee that hopes to grow within and your current firm, or thinking about starting your own firm, or currently an owner, you will leave this presentation with new insights and action items.

Rich's experience includes helping design professionals form a new business: deal with growing pains: expanding ownership: asking owners to leave: planning and implementing leadership succession and retirements: the sale and purchase of Firms, and the unpleasant reality of liquidating practices that were not positioned for transition. There will be ample time for questions.

Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street , Oakland
Contact: Kellie Hewlett at 510/464-3600 or Gerard Lee, AIA
Cost: None; this program open to all. Cocktails provided. Please RSVP.
1.5 HSW CES/LU

For more information: Kellie Hewlett, Program Coordinator, 510/464-3600