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NCARB Competency Standard 16 Understand foundational business principles to operate a practice

By: David Clarke Published on: 01/06/2025

You'll see on social media people complaining about how architects don't get education in business, and then they go into business and they fail. And what are they missing? Well, it's just an introduction to basic business foundational concepts, and the 16th competency standard is understand foundational business principles to operate a practice.