II. Company Overview
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Who is [Company Name]?
[Company Name], located in [insert location here] is a local newly established architectural firm. The company provides architecture services to the local metropolitan area and its surrounding communities. There are approximately over 2 million square feet of construction projects in the planning phases in the city. With an ever-expanding community, there is currently a shortage of qualified architects to manage all of the new projects. [Company Name] will be able to become a competitor in the local architecture industry due to their ability to utilize innovative design techniques with traditional architectural principles to provide innovative solutions to its clients. [Company Name] will specialize in buildings in the healthcare, education, industrial, office, and retal industries. As a full-service architecture firm, [Company Name] will be able to tailor each of its services to meet the client’s functional needs and organizational challenges.
[Company Name] was founded by [Founder’s Name], a local architect who has worked at a large architecture firm for five years. As an innovative self-starter, [Founder] has taken what he learned in architecture school and with his creativity and diligence, he was able to be promoted to Project Manager fairly quickly. [Founder] was able to manage a team of junior architects and meet each of their clients’ requests. [Founder] fulfilled a number of projects and has earned the trust from some very large business owners in [location]. [Founder] looks forward to recruiting his own team of architects and teach them his modern techniques while making sure each project implements safety and structural design. [Founder’s] priority is to manage each project like it was one of his own and become the leading architecture firm in the city.
[Founder] has saved for a down payment on a SBA loan from a local bank. He has also located a small office space in a downtown office building to house the staff and operations. It includes seven offices, a reception and waiting area, a filing room, and a small conference room. [Founder] will have three of his large clients follow him to his new business and through marketing and networking, he will be able to secure three more local business clients.
[Company Name]’s History
Once his market analysis was complete, [Founder’s Name] began surveying the local vacant office space and decided on an available office in the highly desirable downtown business district. [Founder’s Name] incorporated [Company Name] as a Limited Liability Corporation on [date of incorporation].
Once the lease is acquired for the office space, light construction and design can begin to build-out the company’s headquarters and small office.
Since incorporation, the Company has achieved the following milestones:
- Located a vacant office in a downtown office building that is near the client base
- Developed the company’s name, logo, and website located at [website]
- Hired a general contractor for the build-out of the office space
- Determined software and necessary supplies
- Attained Letters of Intent from large business clients
- Began recruiting key employees that have the necessary architectural training
[Company Name]’s Services
Below are [Company Name]’s service offerings:
- Architectural and engineering design
- Pre-design phase
- Structural design
- Construction administration
