Enjoyed hopping on the show with Lance! Love the thoughtfulness and depth of digging in on subjects regarding real estate. A pleasure to spend time with this great show and great host!

Fantastic and on point interviews. It was an absolute pleasure to be a guest on Inside the Firm. Lance is a great host who can direct the conversation perfectly to keep it engaging and moving along. I'd certainly come back on again and I highly recommend listening to this podcast!

Alex was a fantastic host and we discussed the blueprint hidden behind all successful communication and different ways to use story selling to enroll clients, or ways to use a book in a marketing funnel that could generate 7 figures

Love the content but they speak in and out/ away of the mic. So the volume varies wildly and it’s hard to listen to via headphones and on a speaker system.

Excellent host. Very interesting. Lance is a professional and he really understands people.

My interview was very enjoyable. Fast paced, hard hitting, and filled with great content for the listening audience. Host was intelligent and positive. Loved the interview. Sonny

Great podcast. Lance has very interesting guests on the show and asks thoughtful questions. I highly recommend giving a listen!

Lance is an awesome host. He came to the mic, well prepared, well thought out questions. Super professional, a great guy. Dave Albin CEO Firewalk Adventures

Lance and Alex provide a great perspective on architecture, business and life. I have enjoyed listening to their transformation over the past couple years. They have inspired me to continue to push myself and move from just an architect to architect and builder. Keep up the great works guys, I really appreciate you being so transparent.

The podcast has a good desire to enlighten the public and profession about business of architecture but too much is spent on macroeconomic loose takes and recession projections. The sharp grasp of world economic cycles is not a reason to listen, and I think the show would be improved with a focus on topics inside the architecture business practice.

Lance is an awesome interviewer and his genuine curiosity makes the conversation way better to be part of and to listen to rather than overly scripted conversations heard on a few other podcasts. Great work Lance!

I enjoy hearing Lance and Alex’s guests’ insights on how to build a firm from the ground up!

Thank you Lance for creating a great environment that made it possible for me to be vulnerable and share the amazing failures I’ve had and how they’ve created the foundation for success in my life. I’m grateful for the connection we made.

Al and Lance do a wonderful job of sharing their knowledge, trials and tribulations, and of course their wins. We need more Architects/designers like them to continue to improve our industry. This podcast is for anyone looking to improve their skills, give their business a boost or perhaps start a new one. Kudos to them for not holding back!

Great guys and an amazing podcast!

I love how Lance and Al don’t hold back on showing life behind the scenes of running a successful firm. They roll up there sleeves and dive right into how to start and grow a firm. I find this type of openness invaluable and I am very appreciative of the authenticity that they bring to each and every episode. Keep up the great work and thank you so much for all you do.

Inside the Firm is a unique podcast because it gets right to the heart of the issues and needs of businesses and leadership today. I love how Lance and Alex get guests with ideas beyond the cliches and use insightful questions to create conversations that offer actionable ideas for listeners to transform their businesses, relationships and leadership.

Whether you’re well established as an entrepreneur, or just getting started carving out a profitable niche that’s ready to grow - this is a must-listen podcast for you! Alex and Lance do an incredible job leading conversations that cover a huge breadth of topics related to the ins and outs of building a thriving business - and life you can be proud of - with leaders who’ve actually experienced success themselves. Highly recommend listening and subscribing!

I’ve been trying to find interesting architecture podcasts for the last two years for my two hour commute each day. I stumbled upon this podcast by accident and decided to search through their episodes until I found one that stood out to me. I picked one and after listening I was hooked. I had to go back to the beginning and learn about their story and journey. I was even more excited to hear that Al and Lance (the creators of the podcast) are NDSU grads. I’m an architecture student at NDSU and I make an hour drive one way, every day, to get to school. This podcast has been a lifesaver! You will get great advice and motivation from this podcast whether you are a student, entrepreneur, architect, designer, developer, salesperson, and the list goes on. They are very entertaining and insightful and I highly recommend this podcast. Listening to them and their story makes me proud to be a NDSU student. To Lance and Al. Keep up the great work! In practice and in the podcast. You are very much appreciated among us students and I know by many more. TOOTLES!!

these guys are great. I love how they candidly share their experiences, thoughts, and advice. This is a great podcast for architects of all experience levels, those interested in the practice of architecture, and those interested in starting/running their own business.

Alex and Lance are so fun to listen to, even if you aren't an Architect. It's like you're having coffee with Entrepreneurs, getting the inside scoop on the world of owning and operating a firm, and getting some solid laughs along the way.

I started an Architecture firm 3 years ago. Alex and Lance you podcast is providing inspiration for many young architects and young firms. Keep up the great work! P.S. I almost cried when your unit flooded, hang in there.

Alex and Lance, thank you for publishing such a terrific podcast and for all the inspiring, insightful content. Lance, thank you for being a gracious and thoughtful host. I really enjoyed chatting with you on your Monday Morning Coffee episode. Good luck with everything!

As an architect/developer/contractor/start-up, I look forward to this podcast every Friday and Monday for inspiration and shop talk of running a business. I can relate with what both Alex and Lance struggles and successes. Anyone who is an architect or running a construction business should have this podcast on their playlist.

I look forward to what Alex and Lance bring to an episode every week. I find myself either nodding in agreement or saying that’s interesting to the points they are making. As an architecture firm owner myself, I can relate to a number of scenarios or ideas that they have or have experienced. Keep up the good work guys.

This podcast hit me like a lump of gold falling from the podcast clouds. I'm a construction manager, but am pursuing my masters in architecture and someday would like to work for myself performing design-build work. I went looking for good podcast resources, and these guys are handing out exactly what I was looking for! The guys seem like they'd fit into my crew from college - so relating to them is pretty easy. It is fun to listen to, and there are loads of information to use for guidance in business, architecture & construction in particular. Unbelieveable resource!

The Inside the Firm podcast gives a transparent look into the day-to-day issues of a growing, forward-thinking architecture firm. Lance and Alex offer a first-hand look into specific issues that any entrepreneur might face - from marketing strategies to communication problems to on-site construction headaches. Most importantly, they take the listener through their journey toward SOLUTIONS to these problems. Complete with witty commentary and even some A.R.E. study sessions, this podcast is hands-down one of the most entertaining and useful business-themed architecture podcasts out there. Their passion for architecture and development, paired with a ‘bootstrap’-approach to entrepreneurship, is inspiring. Keep doing what your doing!

I’ve been listening to this podcast for several months now and it’s become one of the best parts of my week! I look forward to the new topics that arise, and the way you talk about them so openly. And besides learning lots of stuff, I always crack up with your jokes :-) You are an inspiration to the way I would like to run my firm!

As a fellow Architect in California & business owner... it’s refreshing to hear of your success and how you navigated the hurdles of ownership along the way. Thanks for the gold nuggets of info, I literally have like 6 pages of notes from your podcast! Haha Cheers’

I’ve listened to every episode of Inside The Firm multiple times. I don’t know how I found these guys but am so happy I did. They have great energy and continual optimism while giving the world of architecture a much needed presence in the 21st century. I’ll continue to look to them for business wisdom and for their outside of the box thinking. Thank you for sharing Lance and Alex! Never stop!

With sincere appreciation, I'm sending congratulations to Lance Cayko and Al Gore for sharing their knowledge for 100 episodes at Inside the Firm podcast. Every week, the partners of F9 Productions invite us inside their firm for an honest, transparent look at how they're building their small firm in Longmont, CO. It's like listening in on their private executive meeting, where they hash out ideas, plan strategies and update one another (and us) on the progress (or pitfalls) they are experiencing. And additional congratulations for selling the first unit at their first multi-family residential development project, which they chronical each week as well. Way to go guys!

I never miss an episode of Inside The Firm. I feel like I’m sitting around the office with Al and Lance discussing all the things you learn managing an architectural practice and real estate development firm. I’ve recently started a firm and am also getting involved in development so their shared experiences really ring home. Keep up the great work guys and never quit exploring!

Inside the Firm was touted as just that: a drawing of the curtain and deep dive into the inner workings of an architecture firm...and it does not disappoint. You hear it all the time, “the first one’s a freebie”, “everyone else is doing it”, and “it’ll make you feel good”...now 97 episodes devoured in only 2 months...I’m fricken hooked!!! Whether you like their design sense, business approaches, and management styles or not, the insight and candor is refreshing and inspiring. Each episode is broken down into a few differing segments to offer layers upon layers of enjoyment and pure joy. Sure there’s room for improvement (isn’t that true for us all), but I’ve come to appreciate the imperfections and quarks of each member of the F9 family...and isn’t that what true love really is?!?! So, Al: stay strong with your pushups and interrupting ways. Nick: continue to be WAY too loud with your intro and too soft with the readings. F9 boys (some may be men, but I’m not discerning): continue to struggle with ARE jeopardy. It’ll amaze me if you actually get licensed (but I’ve seen worse). And Lance: you my “boi”. Thanks for the new addiction. Trae

Ever since I discovered this podcast I have been hooked! I’m a young architectural associate in the process of getting licensed. Being able to listen in to all these anecdotes, experiences and suggestion has definitely helped me re-fall in love with the profession and take the reins of my career. Listening to the podcast gave me the tools and courage to convince my superiors that our small firm needed a BIM Manager and that I was the person to fill this role. I even got our office manager and one of the partners tuned in and they're also loving it. Lance and Al bring a boost of energy to my mornings, and help jumpstart my brain to destroy the upcoming day. I’m really hoping they release a compendium of all the ARE jeopardies😅 Cheers from Tallahassee florida, Keep up the great work!

Best ever. WOODBURY RED PROGRAM.

I am really enjoying Lance and Alex's podcast -- I was brought into their orbit from the mention of their Firm in James Petty's Architect & Developer book. The podcast is fantastic. I will tell you why: it is informative ( yay! ) it is brief ( hooray! ) and they keep the subject matter exciting ( woohoo! ) Looking forward to digging further in -- at episode #5 now, and savoring the journey. Sharing this podcast with all of my architecture friends.

Binged on their podcast for a month, 0-74. Great information and very entertaining. Keep up the good work!

Really appreciate this podcast. Alex and Lance are knowledgeable and I wish more people were as forthright as Alex and Lance when it comes to the challenge of architecture and running a business. Great work!

Lance and Al are invaluable to the profession and the way they share their experiences. This is the way the profession should be.

Loving your podcast - you guys are doing what I aim to do with my architecture career! I enjoy your insight and sense of humor. Keep it up!

Love the podcast guys! Super inspirational and love hearing you guys bounce ideas off each other. I’m a one man (woman) firm, so I feel like you guys are part of my team for brainstorming haha. Keep up the awesome work! (Ps thanks for fixing the audio, those first few episodes were a little brutal).

Great podcast with interesting inside information and entertaining stories.

Excellent podcast! Been listening since the beginning and continue to listen in every single week. Keep it up Al and Lance!

In the process of starting my own firm...I have been kicking around the same ideas. Thanks so much for the insite.

Alex Gore and Lance Cayko are a hilarious and informed entrepreneur architect duo practicing outside of Denver, CO. They’ve essentially pulled back the curtain to reveal how they started, and now run, a successful Architecture practice. Each episode is fun and insightful. A must-listen experience!

Title says it all. These guys are not complacent. They innovate and expand their efficiency with the way they run their firm constantly and share it with the universe with this podcast!

Best architecture podcast! I have finished binge listened to all the episodes and started listening all over again! Alex and Lance give us a sincere and insightful look inside their firm. Their style is refreshing and fun to listen to. I am planning on starting my own firm in the near future and this podcast has been very motivating. Keep the episodes coming every Friday guys!

Definitely enjoy listening to this podcast for advice and insight into relevant topics. Especially love the ones talking about challenges with the city and how to communicate; a lot of what I’m going through at my firm!

As an emerging professional, I find this podcast incredibly refreshing. They bring up topics in a knowledgeable manner without a sense of intellectual superiority. Their discussions on firm dynamics, interactions with the community and politicians, and their ARE Jeopardy really makes this podcast a gem.

Recommended to me by my friend Nick. A college friend of mine and myself have recently set out with the goal of starting our own firm and this has provided valuable insight so far.