What's Next For Architecture Business Club? | 021
In this episode, Jon announces exciting developments for the Architecture Business Club, aiming to extend its value beyond just being a podcast. The club, intended for solo and small firm architecture practice owners, is about to introduce several new offerings to foster a community within the architecture industry. Key announcements include the launch of a new website for enhanced accessibility to resources, the release of a free 'Architecture Business Blueprint' for business growth, and plans for an interactive community platform that may feature discussion groups, webinars, Q&A sessions, and in-person events. Additionally, Jon introduces the Architecture Mastermind Group for peer support and accountability, and one-to-one coaching, mentoring, and consulting services for personalised business guidance. This episode emphasises the club's vision of being more than a podcast by providing a holistic support system for architects, architectural technologists, and designers.
Episode Highlights...
00:00 Welcome to Architecture Business Club!
03:11 Introducing the New Architecture Business Club Website
05:13 Unveiling the Architecture Business Blueprint
08:21 Building a Community Beyond the Podcast
12:16 Exploring Mastermind Groups and One-to-One Coaching
15:10 Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
Key Takeaways...
👉 Expansion Plans: Jon is enthusiastic about expanding the Architecture Business Club beyond just being a podcast. He aims to create a community where architecture professionals can come together, socialise, share knowledge, and support each other.
👉 New Website Launch: A new website for the Architecture Business Club has been launched to provide a central hub for resources, podcasts, and updates. Jon encourages feedback and engagement from the audience to improve the website further.
👉 Architecture Business Blueprint: Jon has prepared a comprehensive document called the Architecture Business Blueprint, aimed at helping architecture professionals build and grow their businesses. The blueprint is offered as a free resource on the website.
👉 Focus on Community Building: Community plays a crucial role in Jon's vision for the Architecture Business Club. He emphasises the importance of creating a club-like atmosphere where professionals can connect, learn, and support each other.
👉 Mastermind Groups and Coaching: Jon highlights the value of mastermind groups for achieving business goals and offers opportunities for one-to-one coaching, mentoring, and consulting to support professionals in their business endeavors.
👉 Future Plans: Jon is dedicated to focusing entirely on the Architecture Business Club and supporting others in the architecture industry. He is committed to providing you with valuable content.
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00:00 - Welcome to Architecture Business Club!
03:11 - Introducing the New Architecture Business Club Website
05:13 - Unveiling the Architecture Business Blueprint
08:21 - Building a Community Beyond the Podcast
12:16 - Exploring Mastermind Groups and One-to-One Coaching
15:10 - Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
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Oh, you have exciting news about the future of architecture
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business club beyond this podcast.
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In this episode of architecture business club.
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The weekly podcast for solo and small firm architecture practice owners,
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just like you who want to build a profitable future-proof architecture
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business that fits around their life.
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I'm the host John Clayton.
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And if you want a business in architecture that gives you more freedom,
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flexibility, and fulfillment, and go to architecture, business club.com.
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Forward slash blueprint.
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And download the architecture business blueprint.
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It's the step-by-step formula to freedom for architects, architectural
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technologists and architectural designers.
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And it's absolutely free as a gift from me.
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Now let's talk about the changes coming in.
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Architecture business club.
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Hello everybody.
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And welcome to the show today on really excited to get the chance
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to chat with you about some of the changes that are coming up.
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In architecture, business clubs.
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So you might be wondering what is changing.
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Don't panic.
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Nothing is happening to the podcast.
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The podcast is not going anywhere.
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Still going to be coming out.
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Same time, same day, every single week.
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But what is changing is what else is on offer from architecture
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business called beyond the podcast?
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It was never really intended to just be a podcast I'd always had.
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A bigger vision for architecture business club.
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And really, I think a lot of that comes down to.
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Create wanting to create a community.
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Something that I didn't feel that I had, and I still don't feel that we really have
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within the architecture industry, that it does still seem to be very fragmented and.
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We've got.
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Our IBA in one corner.
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and then all sorts of other organizations and nowhere central for everybody to kind
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of get together to be able to socialize.
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To share what we know to support each other with our businesses.
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To improve the industry as a whole.
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And.
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That was really.
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The whole reasoning behind starting or parkitecture business club, it was
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never intended to just be a podcast.
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And the last few months has been absolutely incredible.
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I've had such an amazing reception to the podcast itself.
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But I've reached out and spoken to some of the listeners.
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And I've heard comments and feedback.
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That's come in.
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And people want more.
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And I know that.
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In my own experience, as particular as a sole practitioner that I
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wanted more, podcasts are amazing.
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They're amazing resource to be able to, to hear from other people.
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But.
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They're essentially a broadcast it's one way.
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And what I wanted to look to do was to look up.
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How could we make architecture business club much more interactive
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so that we can really start.
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Building a community beyond the podcast audience.
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So with that in mind, what is new?
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What are the new things that I've got?
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Prepared for you already.
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And what are the new things that are in the pipeline?
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So the very first thing is a brand new website for architecture business club.
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So.
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There was a previous version of the website.
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Which was essentially just the podcast episodes on a simple web page.
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On our.
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I know that.
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In past episodes.
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I have directed people to my, my older website, which is more from
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architectural design clients.
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And I was making changes on the uninterest thought, you know what?
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This is just getting a bit confusing for everybody.
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What we really need is just a brand new website, architecture business club.com.
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So there's just an easy, memorable place to people.
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Can go to online.
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And not only find the podcast, but find any other new resources or
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any new things that were launched.
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As we further develop the architecture business club community.
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So.
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Go and head over there.
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Go and check out architecture, business club.com.
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And let me know what you think.
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I would love to hear your feedback.
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It is early days.
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So the site is still, um, You know, it might not be perfect.
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In fact, actually you can go and test the site.
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Like if you find anything, if there's a link that doesn't work,
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if there's something that doesn't make sense or whatever, Drop me a
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message and let me know, because I am testing things, but I, I wanted to.
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Try and overcome my perfectionism.
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As the last website took an awful long time to launch into the world.
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This website, I literally made a decision.
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About two weeks ago.
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That we need a new website.
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And I just wanted to get it done as quickly as possible.
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Get the minimum.
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Viable version of the website out into the world so that people can start
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using it, start finding it, and then we can further develop it as we go.
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So go and check it out.
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Architecture, business club.com.
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The next thing I wanted to share is something that I've, I've actually
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been working on this for quite a while.
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It's not necessarily been a secret, but I've not really
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been talking about it so much.
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And it is a document that I've prepared.
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Called the architecture business blueprint.
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And I've probably spent.
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Good chunk of time over the last two or three months.
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Getting this ready to release into the world and, and to give to everybody.
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It is based on over decades, experience working as a sole practitioner.
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And my experience says I'm working in collaborating with other small practices.
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And not to mention.
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Yeah, I'm not going to say that I know everything here because this is
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a journey, you know, every day's a learning day, but not to mention my
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expanding knowledge about business sales and marketing that I've developed over.
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Probably over the last five or six years through attending business and
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marketing conferences, workshops.
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Investing in online training sessions.
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Uh, intensive reading.
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And interviewing some of the smartest people in business and
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architecture on this very podcast.
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So I've tried to distill all of that.
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And to put it into this document, which essentially it's like, it's like a
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framework that you can use for your own.
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Business in architecture.
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And.
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People often charged for this, but I'm giving it to you.
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Absolutely free.
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You can download it today without any charge.
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At architecture business club.com forward slash blueprint.
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Go ahead and check it out.
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I think it's going to be really helpful.
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Everyone's going to get something different out of it, depending
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on what stage you're at.
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I think if you're at the startup phase, there's going to be lots
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of useful things in there that you can work through to step by step.
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Process that you can go through.
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But equally, if you've been in business for a while, and maybe there's a
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part of your business that isn't working so well maybe that's could
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be, to do with not getting enough leads or a new marketing strategy, or
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maybe it's some of the fundamentals.
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But when I started my business, there was, there were certain things
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that just happened by accident.
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And they weren't necessarily intentional.
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The document also covers some of the foundational stuff
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that you can think about.
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Really to make sure that the business that you've created and that your
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you're growing and developing over time.
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Is one that's aligned to your own values and your goals and your aspirations.
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And what you're going to do is.
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Create a business that fits around your life.
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And not.
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Well, not make a rod for your own back.
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And create a business that you end up falling out of love with.
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So, this is what we want to try and avoid.
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And I believe that the architecture business blueprint
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will help you to do that.
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So go and download it today, go and grab it.
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If you've got any questions about it or any feedback for me, then do let me know.
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The next thing I wanted to talk about is community.
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I mentioned earlier.
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In this episode.
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Architecture business group was always intended to be more than just a podcast.
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The clues really in the name, like the reason, but I love
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that name that we had the club.
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Aspect of it.
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Was that, that was what I'd always envisaged it to be that it would be
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a club of people in the architecture business world, working together,
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we were all learning architecture business A's we understood each other.
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We understood the challenges that we had to go through in this industry.
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So the vision was to have a place where architecture
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business owners can get together.
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We can support each other, learn from each other.
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Whatever your professional title.
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So whether you're an architect or an architectural technologist, Or maybe you,
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maybe you're an architecture designer.
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Maybe you very, maybe you're very experienced in the industry, but
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Maybe you're not registered to all of those professional organizations.
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I don't care.
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Like I don't mind.
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That's absolutely fine.
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There's some very talented.
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Designers out there just as there are talented architects and talented
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architectural technologists, I don't care what your professional title is.
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I want to be able to help all of you.
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And to be able to give all of you.
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Access to a community of like-minded people.
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So that you're not segregated into our IBA or CIAT.
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This can be a central place where all of us can get together.
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And not just to.
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Not just to focus on the business side of things.
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Maybe just to like, have a bit of fun.
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To socialize as well.
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I mean, I think that's one of the things that's really missing.
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When you start your own business.
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It can be a really lonely place.
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And you miss out on all those opportunities for social events and get
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togethers all of those things as well.
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So what I'd really love, I could talk, I could talk all day about this sort of
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thing, faster, spaced on my experience.
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What I would like to hear about is I want you to tell me about your experience.
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And I'd like you to tell me what features and benefits that you would
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like to see as part of this new.
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Architecture community.
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For example, like, do you want, do you want a discussion group online?
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Do you want like a forum for conversations?
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And if you do, like where would you want it to be?
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You know, do you want it to be.
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So we're like a Facebook group, not everyone's a fan of Facebook.
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Do you want it to be.
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Somewhere, totally separate from social media.
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I can independent discussion forum, like a membership site.
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You can download an app for and have those conversations.
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Do you want.
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Webinars or online courses on specific topics to help you with your business.
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Would you like us to ruin Q and a sessions with guests, experts,
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speakers, or maybe even me, maybe you'd like to pick my brain sometime.
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Well, maybe you'd like to see more in person events.
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Maybe like an annual conference.
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Focused on the business side of architecture.
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Or workshops.
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One day events, maybe some regional social events.
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Or maybe even a weekend retreat, like how amazing would that be to have a
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weekend retreat with some like-minded architecture business owners?
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To talk about business, but also to.
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Make some memories together to have some fun.
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So to have your say on the architecture business, cook community and get access
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to an exclusive WhatsApp discussion group.
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Join our waitlist today.
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You can find a link to join the waitlist in the show notes.
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One thing I'm absolutely certain will form a part of this new
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architecture business club.
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Community is a mastermind group.
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I'm really passionate about mastermind groups.
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I've been in several over the years and they are.
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Such a fantastic way.
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Two.
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Achieve your goals in business and, and to get some support.
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Masterminds are usually small group of people.
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By small, it could be anything from two or three to maybe a dozen or so there
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are some mastermind groups that I've seen that are, are much larger than that,
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that have maybe got like 50 people in it.
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For me, I think probably the sweet spot is.
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You know, maybe.
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No more than maybe 10 to 12 people.
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These are usually people that have got similar goals who be on a regular basis.
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To help each other out in achieving them.
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Mastermind groups offer support, accountability.
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And motivation to really make things happen and they can be a lot of fun too.
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To learn more about mastermind groups, go and listen to episode 18, where I chatted
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with expert business mentor Chris Ducker about masterminds in much more depth.
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And again, to be the first to hear about the architecture business mastermind group
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and to get the opportunity to be part of its formation, please join the waitlist.
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And remember you'll get access to that exclusive WhatsApp discussion group.
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You can find a link to join the wait list in the show notes.
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There's another thing I wanted to talk about today, and that is one-to-one
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coaching, mentoring, and consulting.
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It is hard doing everything on your own, and sometimes you need somebody else
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by your side to help you along the way.
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Particularly if you're in a time of change, like, you know, maybe you're
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just looking to start your business or you've recently started up.
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Or maybe a changing of your services.
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We recognize that something in your architecture business
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just isn't working anymore.
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And you need to fix it.
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So group programs and masterminds can certainly help with those
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issues, but there are times when investing in some one-to-one
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support is just the best way to go.
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And often this can just be for a season.
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Maybe it's four free months, six months.
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Maybe it could be a year, depending on the nature of the changes, but.
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Usually it's not something that's a long-term solution.
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So I offer a mixture of coaching, mentoring, and consulting.
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Depending on what stage you're at in your business and what it is.
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Specifically that you need support with.
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The spots are limited.
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You can email me at Jon that's, J O N.
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At architecture business called.com.
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Or message me on social media.
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To learn more about working with me on a one-to-one basis.
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So there's quite a bit to run through that.
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I hope you're feeling as excited about all of this as me, because.
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It is now I'm trying to talking about it and sharing it with you.
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I am starting to feel really excited about it.
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There's been a lot of work I've been doing in the background over
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the last couple of months that I haven't really shared about online.
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I haven't really talked about it on the podcast or.
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I'm on LinkedIn where I usually hang out.
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But I am, I am really excited about this and.
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I effectively.
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I'm at the point where.
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I'm basically firing myself.
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From my old job, that's the best way to describe it.
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That I really feel that.
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I want to put a hundred percent of my energy and my time into
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architecture business club.
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To be able to support other people.
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On their journey in architecture.
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So I look forward to sharing more news with you about all of this very soon.
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Next time I'll be chatting with Nikita Morel about probably the most underrated
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marketing tool, email newsletters.
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The best place to connect with me online, though is on LinkedIn.
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You can find a link to my profile in the show notes.
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Remember.
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Running your architecture business.
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Doesn't have to be hard and you don't need to do it alone.
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This is architecture business club.
