The Sole Practitioner: From Surviving to Thriving

Monday, November 16, 2020

4:00pm – 5:00pm EST

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Speaker(s)

Michael Radner, ASLA

President
Radner Design Associates, Inc.
Tanya N. Mandel, ASLA

PLA, Principal
Mandel Design LLC
Jaime Sims, ASLA

Founder
Circle V Landscape Architecture, LLC

What’s it really like to run your own shop? Join three landscape architects who have taken the plunge as sole practitioners. In this session, you’ll hear an honest conversation about the risks and rewards of sole practice as they discuss work/life balance, business practices, social bias, and much more.

Attendees are invited to continue the conversation with panelists immediately following the session.

Learning Objectives:

What are the positives and negatives of sole practice? Does it fit your professional goals, your lifestyle, and your financial goals? Determining strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Review of legal and economic considerations, including start-up costs and tools for financing. Learn about loans, lines of credit, and personal investment.
How to get the work done and be profitable. The ins and outs of office space, computers, work-flow, and collaboration.
How to go from being an employee to an owner. Business development tools, networking, and client maintenance.