The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to ProfitabilityDiscover how you can run the practical side of your practice more profitably. This comprehensive guide to managing an interior design business gives you an arsenal of proven procedures and practical tools and techniques perfected over the course of some thirty years. New to this edition are sections on establishing an electronic office, the pros and cons of working alone and creating partnerships, hiring and working with off-site employees, and more. It also includes more than fifty sample forms and letters, such as an existing conditions survey and a letter of transmittal, that can easily be adapted to your own uses. |
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Consequently, We may not be able to attract the caliber of projects We enjoy Working on and find most financially profitable. When designers are comfortable dealing With money and With all the finan— cial issues of our business, ...
Consequently, We may not be able to attract the caliber of projects We enjoy Working on and find most financially profitable. When designers are comfortable dealing With money and With all the finan— cial issues of our business, ...
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... became popular in hospitals, but is now relevant to almost every large complex. People want to be able to find the things they're in— terested in easily, whether on a campus, in a conference center or hotel, or in any other complex.
... became popular in hospitals, but is now relevant to almost every large complex. People want to be able to find the things they're in— terested in easily, whether on a campus, in a conference center or hotel, or in any other complex.
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Find out exactly what kind of work the firm does. Look at its work in trade and design press magazines and books. Talk to their clients; ask staff or contractors who have worked with the firm about the projects they have worked on.
Find out exactly what kind of work the firm does. Look at its work in trade and design press magazines and books. Talk to their clients; ask staff or contractors who have worked with the firm about the projects they have worked on.
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or commute from a distance—anything you can find out about how these peo— ple relate to this company.” I suggested that she use her Saturdays and free days to visit apparel spe— ciality stores and department stores in big cities of ...
or commute from a distance—anything you can find out about how these peo— ple relate to this company.” I suggested that she use her Saturdays and free days to visit apparel spe— ciality stores and department stores in big cities of ...
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Do you enjoy other people? Do you really like all kinds of people? You will find yourself working with a variety of professions and personality types—laborers, persons with limited education, high-level professionals, ...
Do you enjoy other people? Do you really like all kinds of people? You will find yourself working with a variety of professions and personality types—laborers, persons with limited education, high-level professionals, ...
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Índice
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Chapter 3 Planning For Profit and Growth | 51 |
Chapter 4 Setting Up a Design Studio | 63 |
Chapter 5 Developing a Team of Staff and Consultants | 79 |
Chapter 6 Marketing and Selling | 117 |
Chapter 7 Succeeding in Project Management | 191 |
Chapter 8 Charging For Your Services | 217 |
Chapter 9 Working With Sources and Contractors | 241 |
Chapter 10 Managing Your Office | 271 |
Chapter 11 Mastering Financial Management | 313 |
Chapter 12 Growing as a Professional | 371 |
Recommended Reading | 377 |
Design Schools | 381 |
Index | 387 |
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The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability Mary V. Knackstedt Pré-visualização indisponível - 2002 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 185 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Página 262 - This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Página 159 - Architect shall not thereby be deemed to represent that he has made exhaustive or continuous on-site inspections to check the quality or quantity of the Work...
Página 172 - Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
Página 163 - In no event shall the demand for arbitration be made after the date when institution of legal or equitable proceedings based on such claim, dispute or other matter in question would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
Página 163 - Subparagraphs 9.7.5 and 9.7.6, shall be decided by arbitration in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then obtaining unless the parties mutually agree otherwise.
Página 262 - This instrument contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, and may be modified only by a duly executed purchase order change form signed by our authorized representative.
Página 163 - The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Página 165 - No deductions shall be made from the Architect's fee on account of penalty, liquidated damages, or other sums withheld from payments to contractors.
Página 159 - Architect in writing to become generally familiar with the progress and quality of the Work and to determine in general if the Work is proceeding in accordance with the Contract Documents.
Referências a este livro
The Complete Guide to Designing Your Law Office Suzette S. Schultz,Jon S. Schultz Pré-visualização limitada - 2005 |
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| Título | The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability |
| Autor | Mary V. Knackstedt |
| Edição | 3 |
| Editora | John Wiley & Sons, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0471227501, 9780471227502 |
| Número de páginas | 416 páginas |
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