ArchWebTexas Reviews the ‘Starchitect’ Negotiation Course.
“Architects need to learn how to sell,” says Grace Morris, an LA-based Architect. “Now more than ever, negotiation skills are what separates the good architects from the great architects. I know many young architects who could be great if they worked on their negotiation and sales skills.”
Increasingly, I am hearing the call for more focus on the business side of architecture. There is an obvious void and desire in architecture schools for this subject. However, with a rising number of people working from home, more architects must take this learning into their own hands. - digging through the muck that is online negotiation advice, only to fall short of actual actionable information.
That is why I felt the need to write this review. There is a course that fills this void, and I can’t recommend it enough. This course is called, “The Starchitect Challenge – An Architect’s Guide to Negotiation.”
This course cuts through the noise that is online courses and answers the call of so many architects. A call routed in the desire to win work and design beautiful buildings. This course teaches just that: sales and negotiation for architects and designers. But this course doesn’t just spout stereotypical negotiation advice. It dives into the psychology of negotiation itself and how architects can apply it to their fee proposals. A quote from the course’s website summarizes itself quite well: "This is a course that helps architects struggling with winning work by teaching them science-backed sales and negotiation techniques that will make them better salespeople.”
Grace Morris agrees with this sentiment. She says, “I would suggest this course to any architect or designer that is looking to improve their career.”
Pricing: The Starchitect Challenge is currently available for only $54.00. I would not be surprised if they increased their price soon. Similar courses within different industries are going for well over $300.
What you get: The Starchitect course lasts 10 days. Each day you’ll receive an email with a lesson that dives into an aspect of selling yourself as an architect.
This course is split into 4 main topics:
· Design Fee Psychology
· Design Fee Negotiations
· Pricing Design Services
· Writing Effective Fee Proposals
Each of these 4 topics will take 2-3 days to run through and each day will take 10-15 minutes to read.
And the amazing part is, they have a money-back guarantee.
So, for any architect or designer that is hoping to: gain an edge in their career, learn to sell themselves, or win work, The Starchitect Challenge is the course for you.