Who is Chris Colby?

Chris Colby is an architectural visionary with a passion for guiding professionals in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (A.E.C.) industry towards unprecedented success. With a wealth of experience as a seasoned architect and a deep understanding of the intricate dynamics within the field, Chris stands as a beacon of leadership and innovation.

Chris Colby stands as the undisputed industry leader in empowering architects and architectural firms to elevate their success to new heights. With an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and experience, Chris has dedicated his career to teaching architects how to scale their revenue, optimize their business practices, and implement efficient control systems. His visionary guidance doesn’t stop at the top; Chris is equally passionate about nurturing the next generation of architects, ensuring they flourish and prosper in their careers. Through his innovative and transformative strategies, Chris Colby has become a beacon of inspiration for the architectural community, reshaping the industry’s landscape for the better.

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Chris Colby has proven to be a visionary in the field of architecture by developing a comprehensive suite of four groundbreaking courses designed to empower architects and architectural firms on multiple fronts. With these courses, he offers invaluable insights into scaling businesses, unlocking revenue potential, refining fee structures, and accelerating growth. Moreover, Chris’s programs provide the keys to gaining well-deserved promotion opportunities within the architectural realm. His dedication to equipping professionals with the tools they need to succeed has reshaped the industry’s landscape, ensuring that architects and firms are primed for long-term success in a rapidly evolving field.

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Increasing Your Architectural Fees Mini Course

Unlock the secrets to negotiating higher fees with our concise and impactful mini course, designed to boost your profitability and client value. Take control and elevate your architectural business to new heights.

A.E.C. AcceleratorAcademy

Elevate your skills and expertise in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry with our comprehensive A.E.C. Academy—a learning hub for professionals seeking excellence.

Starting an Architecture Firm Course

Dive into the essentials of launching and expanding your architectural practice, mastering crucial aspects like goal-setting, work-life balance, and effective communication.

Pathway to PromotionCourse

Chart your course to career advancement with our Pathway to Promotion course, designed to equip you with the leadership skills and strategies needed to climb the professional ladder in the architecture industry.

Enterprise Solutions for Architects, Engineers and Contractors

Chris Colby; Your Resource for Growth

Team Training

Data based virtual training to attract and retain top level employees while enhancing their skills to increase productivity, revenue, project cohesion and understanding of the company mission.

Strategy Solutions

Grow market share and eliminate barriers to firm growth in existing and desired markets.

Executive Coaching

Increase your time and ability as an executive, remove blind spots and increase productivity through implementation of tools that promote growth and accountability.

Team Coaching

Take your team to the next level with solution focused coaching. Iron out problems and increase overall productivity.

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Enterprise Solutions for Architects, Engineers and Contractors

Chris Colby; Your Resource for Growth

Team Training

Data based virtual training to attract and retain top level employees while enhancing their skills to increase productivity, revenue, project cohesion and understanding of the company mission.

Strategy Solutions

Grow market share and eliminate barriers to firm growth in existing and desired markets.

Executive Coaching

Increase your time and ability as an executive, remove blind spots and increase productivity through implementation of tools that promote growth and accountability.

Team Coaching

Take your team to the next level with solution focused coaching. Iron out problems and increase overall productivity.

Work with Chris

Fundamentals of Starting an Architecture Firm Course

  • Goals and Targeting: Gain insights into setting clear goals and targeting the right clients.
  • Business/Personal Life Balance: Learn to balance your professional and personal life effectively.
  • Creating an Effective Cold Call List: Discover the secrets to creating a powerful cold call list to drive opportunities.
  • The Basics of Finance: Master the fundamentals of financial management in the architecture industry.
  • Communication Skills: Enhance your communication skills to connect with clients and team members effectively.

….and much more!

In order to maximize your learning experience we have partnered with the team at Young Architect to offer this amazing course. To get the course and all of the added benefits of our partnership with Young Architect click the link below.

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Increasing Your Architectural Fees Mini Course

Are you looking to negotiate higher architectural fees and prevent your competitors from undercutting your projects? Our “Increasing Your Architectural Fees Mini Course” holds the key to success.

  • Removing Emotion from the Pricing Equation: Learn to set fees objectively and confidently.
  • Adding Value for the Client: Understand how to provide superior value to your clients.
  • Handling Pricing Objections: Overcome objections and secure the fees your services deserve.

…and more!

Get the Mini Course for Only $20!

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The Real Tools You Need to Succeed

Too often, those who study architecture find that when they’re actually starting their career, there are gaps in the knowledge and skills they learned when getting their degrees. There are practical skills beyond the theory and technique of design which are never covered in traditional education. This can lead to being in a career that somehow doesn’t feel like quite the right fit. Is there a way to operate with certainty in your career, feeling fulfilled and like you’re realizing your full potential and accomplishing your goals? Chris Colby Pro provides professionals in the field of architecture with the exact tools and information to increase their certainty and confidence and succeed in their careers.

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New Course: Fundamentals of Starting an Architecture Firm

Learn the fundamentals to starting and expanding your architectural practice.

Topics Covered Include:

  • Goals and Targeting
  • Business/Personal Life Balance
  • Creating an Effective Cold Call List
  • The Basics of Finance
  • Communication Skills
  • And More!

In order to maximize your learning experience we have partnered with the team at Young Architect to offer this amazing course. To get the course and all of the added benefits of our partnership with Young Architect click the link below.

Get the Course

Mini Course: Increasing Your Architectural Fees

Learn the fundamentals to negotiate higher architectural fees and prevent your competition from stealing projects from you by reducing their fees.

Topics Covered Include:

  • Removing Emotion from the Pricing Equation
  • Adding Value for the Client
  • Handling Pricing Objections
  • And More!

Get the mini course for only $20!

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Achieve the Success You've Strived For

A.E.C. Accelerator Academy

Chris Colby Pro Training Program is the antidote to outdated thinking and behaviors in the architecture industry. Our program empowers you with the tools and training to succeed in this dynamic field.

Reaching Your Goals

Struggling to make real progress in your architecture career? Uncertain about the best path to success? Chris Colby Pro can help you unlock your full potential, gain confidence, and live a life of prosperity and fulfillment.

The Foundation for Your Success

Our training program is designed to help professionals from all backgrounds achieve success. We provide the guidance and tools to advance your architecture career.

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Achieve the Success You've Strived For

A.E.C. Accelerator Academy

Chris Colby Pro Training Program is the antidote to outdated thinking and behaviors in the architecture industry. Our program empowers you with the tools and training to succeed in this dynamic field.

Reaching Your Goals

Struggling to make real progress in your architecture career? Uncertain about the best path to success? Chris Colby Pro can help you unlock your full potential, gain confidence, and live a life of prosperity and fulfillment.

The Foundation for Your Success

Our training program is designed to help professionals from all backgrounds achieve success. We provide the guidance and tools to advance your architecture career.

Get The Training

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Correcting Miseducation

For Christopher Colby, the founder of Antidote One, school wasn’t always the easiest. Around junior year of High School, he got to the point of having to decide on a career path. The assistance offered by his teachers was to take an aptitude test to determine what career he’d be best suited for. The result? Landscaping or janitorial work. Needless to say, neither of these sparked any sense of purpose or connection for Chris. He took a step back and assessed what classes he actually enjoyed and realized that his drafting class was the only one he liked. For Chris, school felt like a prison, so he decided to pursue a career in architecture to design schools that didn’t feel that way. He’s been a successful K-12 architect since graduating college.

After getting an inside view of the world of education, Chris saw how obsolete the education system is and how children and young adults are advised into their future career paths. There isn’t an emphasis on taking care to offer guidance to help students find their passion or pursue a career they really care about—the extent of guidance turns into a suggestion to just get a degree in anything. The problem becomes that students end up selecting a path that may not actually be the industry or field that they want work in. This leads to them ending up in a career space that doesn’t feel like the right fit and worse, that isn’t easy to transition out of.

That’s why Antidote One was started. To provide the knowledge and tools that anyone can use to move forward in their career to accomplish their goals and live a fulfilling professional life.

Work with Chris

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Correcting Miseducation

For Christopher Colby, the founder of Antidote One, school wasn’t always the easiest. Around junior year of High School, he got to the point of having to decide on a career path. The assistance offered by his teachers was to take an aptitude test to determine what career he’d be best suited for. The result? Landscaping or janitorial work. Needless to say, neither of these sparked any sense of purpose or connection for Chris. He took a step back and assessed what classes he actually enjoyed and realized that his drafting class was the only one he liked. For Chris, school felt like a prison, so he decided to pursue a career in architecture to design schools that didn’t feel that way. He’s been a successful K-12 architect since graduating college.

After getting an inside view of the world of education, Chris saw how obsolete the education system is and how children and young adults are advised into their future career paths. There isn’t an emphasis on taking care to offer guidance to help students find their passion or pursue a career they really care about—the extent of guidance turns into a suggestion to just get a degree in anything. The problem becomes that students end up selecting a path that may not actually be the industry or field that they want work in. This leads to them ending up in a career space that doesn’t feel like the right fit and worse, that isn’t easy to transition out of.

That’s why Antidote One was started. To provide the knowledge and tools that anyone can use to move forward in their career to accomplish their goals and live a fulfilling professional life.

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What Can Chris Colby Pro Do For You?

Chris Colby Pro offers one-on-one education, coaching, and mentoring to help architects define, plan, and achieve their goals. We correct the confusions instilled by obsolete education and thinking, and provide the professional skills not covered in traditional schooling.

Increase Your Firm's Productivity

Eliminate Costly and Time-Consuming Misunderstandings

Overcome Project Challenges With Ease

Increase Project Fees and Revenue

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What Can You Expect to Learn from Chris Colby Pro?

Chris Colby Pro is not another motivational coaching system. Our purpose is to assist architects and architecture firm owners to accomplish more and get practical guidance from professionals with real-world experience in order to actualize their full potential in business, achieve prosperity and excel in the industry. Education is done on a one-on-one basis, or through team training for entire firms, and covers topics and skills not taught in college or as part of their licensing. This is practical information that you can apply immediately to further your firm’s success in the industry starting now.

Responsibility

∙Work ethic

∙Focus in the workplace

∙Being present 

∙Schedule

∙Efficiency

∙Production

Team Building

∙How to attract the right people

∙How to keep the right people

∙When to fire and when to promote

∙Keeping the team engaged 

∙Building a clear path for your team

Leadership

∙Becoming a leader

∙Taking responsibility for the success of your team

∙Holding team members accountable

∙How to correct and discipline

∙Rewarding Team Members

∙Setting goals and targets

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Get on Track

Are you ready to get your architecture career on track and accomplish the success you’ve been seeking for your team? Want to get clarity on the exact things you should be focusing on in your firm in order to dominate in the industry? Then get in touch with Chris about how it can happen. Chris is dedicated to helping architecture professionals and firm owners overcome barriers caused by incorrect education that stand in the way of their full potential and navigating their future success. As a proven leader and top architect himself with years of experience, he knows the exact formulas to attaining career fulfillment and expansion.  Take control of the vision you have for your future and turn it into a reality.

Work with Chris

Get on Track

Are you ready to get your architecture career on track and accomplish the success you’ve been seeking for your team? Want to get clarity on the exact things you should be focusing on in your firm in order to dominate in the industry? Then get in touch with Chris about how it can happen. Chris is dedicated to helping architecture professionals and firm owners overcome barriers caused by incorrect education that stand in the way of their full potential and navigating their future success. As a proven leader and top architect himself with years of experience, he knows the exact formulas to attaining career fulfillment and expansion.  Take control of the vision you have for your future and turn it into a reality.

Work with Chris