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The mission of the AIA Small Firm Exchange (SFx) is to advance the mutual interests of architects practicing in small firms. The objectives of the AIA SFx are three-fold:

1. Advocate the value of small firms, the national SFx, and local SFx groups, both within the AIA and to the public.

2. Curate and disseminate the most pertinent resources and information, from the AIA & elsewhere, that benefit small firms.

3. Inform the AIA of current issues facing small firms and areas in which current resources/information are lacking.

Approximately 75% of all firms within the AIA are small firms (less than 10 employees), which equates to 14,459 small firms within the organization.

~26.8% = sole practitioners = 5,173

~33.5% = 1-5 employees = 6,459

~14.7% = 5-10 employees = 2,827

For context, small firms share of staff is 16.0% and share of billings is 12.0%

We need to find ways to leverage that size for collaboration and influence, just like the individual large firms do.

   

  

  • 1.  Project Management Software

    Posted 02-25-2015 10:33 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Practice Management Member Conversations and Small Firm Round Table .
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    I am currently looking at Project Management software that will talk to Quickbooks and preferably Quickbooks Online.  I am wondering what other small firms are using.  I've looked into Praesto by Basebuilders, ArchiOffice and BillQuick by BQE Software and they look great until I get support to talk to my bookkeeper about integration with Quickbooks.  Another one I've looked at is Corecon.  It seems to be too geared to contractors, but apparently does the integration piece better than the others. Maybe I am asking for too much for too little, but would love to hear of others' time tracking / project management / billing / accounting successes.

    Thanks!

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    Anne Sciarrone AIA
    Owner
    H. Anne Blakely Sciarrone Architecture, LLC
    Decatur GA
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