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Most Podern PodcastStudio to Startup: Architect Founder - Zach Soflin, Season 2: CareersCan design training translate to technological innovation?
Zach Soflin, architect turned tech entrepreneur joins Most Podern to discuss his journey from studio to startup. Zach discusses his path from being an architect to building Layer, a transformative software for the building industry, that tackles the unique challenges of working with spatial data. Zach shares how he first became interested in architecture and how his passion for design led him to pursue a career in the field and then beyond.
00:00 Zach's Background and Journey to Architecture
03:18 The Birth of Layer: Solving a Project's Problem
2024-04-0844 min
Most Podern PodcastBuilding Businesses and Buildings - Evan Smith, Season 2: Careers
Evan Smith is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Highland Park Technologies, a company focused on developing automated and cost effective ways to retrofit our built environment. As a licensed general contractor, creator, developer, and serial entrepreneur, shares his career journey moving through various roles and organizations to shape the world around us.
The discussion touches on creating a culture of learning and adaptation, both personally and professionally, shifting focus to leaner approaches in design and building, and challenging assumptions to embrace innovation.
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2024-04-0155 min
Most Podern PodcastSeason 2: Careers - Season PreviewOn the inaugural season of Most Podern, where we embark on an exploration of a fundamental question: How do we shape the world around us professionally? Join hosts Minkoo Kang, Libo Li, and Alex Yuen as they guide us on an insightful journey into the dynamic landscape of careers in and around the built environment.
Through candid conversations with professionals from an array of fields and pursuits, we delve into the intricacies of careers that quietly influence our world. From passionate architects to determined startup founders, our guests generously share their personal journeys, challenges, and aspirations as...
2024-03-0447 min
Practice Disrupted by Practice of ArchitectureArchitecture, And: Growing a Tech Start-up out of an Architecture FirmEpisode 134: Architecture, And: Growing a Tech Start-up out of an Architecture FirmHow does architecture support a CEO stepping out and into a specialized tech start-up space? On this episode of Practice Disrupted, we sit down with Zach Soflin, AIA, the Founder and CEO of Layer, the first and only flexible and mobile-friendly building management software. First, we learn how the company was created in response to the Nebraska State Capitol Building where Zach and his previous firm, BVH, were looking to connect field data to their designs. Zach built his own solution, which would b...
2023-11-0242 min
Tangents by Out of ArchitectureDisrupting the Building Industry with Layer's Zach SoflinOn this episode of Tangents, Zach Soflin, CEO at Layer shares his journey which began with creating a solution as an architect for one of his project’s to sharing that solution with the rest of the AEC industry as CEO of a tech startup. Highlights:Tinkerer, Designer, DivergentHow the solution to a project led to running a companyStepping away from a traditional path in architectureThe brave steps that an Architecture Firm tookProgression of a CEO’s day to dayRely on data and trusting your gutBeing a CEO is actually less stressful than being an architectAdvice for...
2023-04-0428 min
Inside the Apple StudioZach SoflinFounder and CEO of Layer, architect Zach Soflin discusses how his passion for solving complex architectural problems through the development of design technology tools lead him to create a one that can help architects be more productive collecting and analyzing project data.
Contact Zach Soflin and learn more about Layer, the flexible database tool connected to BIM, at: https://ma-ke-arch.com (https://layer.team)
Support for Inside the Apple Studio comes from Monograph, Project Management Software for Architects. Learn more at: https://monograph.com
2021-08-3058 min
Business of Architecture Podcast338: Solve a Problem, Build a Business with Zach Soflin of LayerArchitect Zach Soflin was frustrated with the tedium of keeping track of as-built measurements, existing conditions, and job site photographs. He knew there had to be a better way to leverage today's powerful software tools and technology and streamline the connection of real world and computer data. Because of that, Zach created Layer, a software tool that makes it easy to link data such as descriptions and photographs to digital building model. After a decade practicing as an architect and leading computational design initiatives, he created the software application Layer to change how architects leverage building data...
2020-10-1944 minBusiness of Architecture Podcast338: Solve a Problem, Build a Business with Zach Soflin of LayerArchitect Zach Soflin was frustrated with the tedium of keeping track of as-built measurements, existing conditions, and job site photographs. He knew there had to be a better way to leverage today's powerful software tools and technology and streamline the connection of real world and computer data. Because of that, Zach created Layer, a software tool that makes it easy to link data such as descriptions and photographs to digital building model. After a decade practicing as an architect and leading computational design initiatives, he created the software application Layer to change how architects leverage building data...
2020-10-1944 min
The Art of ConstructionAn Integrated Home for Your Building’s DataZach Soflin, COO and Founder of Layer, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 167 of Art of Construction.
Layer is a flexible data management app that encourages team collaboration and integrates directly with Revit. Layer makes it easy for architects, engineers, and building owners to manage project data, files, notes, and tasks from one intuitive workspace that organizes everything by its building context.
Before Layer Zach was a working architect, and he originally created Layer as a solution to a very specific problem he faced on a project at his firm. The original so...
2019-12-0536 min
EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePageEA280: From Full-time Architect to Full-time Tech EntrepreneurFrom Full-time Architect to Full-time Tech Entrepreneur
Do you want to minimize the effort on the small stuff so that you can maximize the amount of effort you’re spending on design? Is there a flexible and accessible project management tool that can help you do just that for your small architecture firm?
This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, From Full-time Architect to Full-time Tech Entrepreneur with Zach Soflin of Layer.
Connect with Zach at Layer.Team, or find him on LinkedIn.
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