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title: "Architects Essentials of Starting a Design Firm (The Architects Essentials of Professional Practice)"
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# Architects Essentials of Starting a Design Firm (The Architects Essentials of Professional Practice)

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Peter Piven , Bradford Perkins

- **Author line**Peter Piven , Bradford Perkins
- **Released**04 April, 2003
- **ISBN**0471234818
- **Binding**Paperback

## Reader notes

### If youre even thinking about it, read this book!

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, thats what they called it--of starting a firm without getting bogged down in minutiae. Youll 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 youre entertaining any notions about starting your own shop.

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