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74% is the average revenue growth for firms partnered with CVG (from the beginning of their contracts to the end of the last full contract year).

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16.8% was the average annual 2021 profitability for firms partnered with CVG.

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Success Story: The UP Studio

The UP Studio in Long Island City, N.Y., reached their 2021 projected annual revenue goal in May 2021, seven months early. The firm attributes this success, in part, to increased attention to business operations while partnering with CVG.

Photo: Justin Lee Flores

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Success Story: BuildingWork

BuildingWork, an architecture firm in Seattle, has grown from 1% profitability and 4 employees in 2016 to 19% profitability and 10 employees in 2020 through focused business planning collaboration with CVG.

Photo: Nate Watters⁠

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Success Story: Mayor + Kennedy Architects

In four years of collaborating on improving business functions with CVG, Mayor + Kennedy Architects in Hanover, New Hampshire nearly tripled their revenue and grew their profit margin from 11% to 24%.

Photo: Sally McCay

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Success Story: Love | Schack Architecture

Lindsay Schack, AIA, and Lindsey Love, AIA, Founders of Love | Schack Architecture with offices in Bozeman, Montana, and Driggs, Idaho, nearly quadrupled their profit in a four-year period through a collaborative partnership with CVG. The firm was a finalist in CVG’s 2016 Architecture Business Plan Competition.

Photo: Lauren Brown

 

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See how our Partner Firms have performed throughout the duration of their contracts:

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“It felt like the time was right to set out on my own, and I wanted to build something new. I knew from the start that I could not do it alone. CVG gives me a team dedicated to the success of my firm. It is a strategic advantage.”

BUILDINGWORK
Matt Aalfs, Principal
Seattle, WA | A CVG Investment Partner

photo credit: Nate Watters⁠