A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

Nov 18 2024 1038 ep. 62 mins 185
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In today's world being a talented interior designer isn't enough to ensure that you have a profitable and successful business. Design school curricula doesn't always equip you with the business skills to have your interior design business be everything you imagined it would be! A Well-Designed Business® is here to fill in the gaps and give you real live business skills from some of the top interior designers. Your host, LuAnn Nigara shares her 40 years of success in the interior design industry, and she finds the most successful guests to share their interior design business best practices. This podcast is sponsored by Kravet Inc and Mydoma Studio.

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1037: Kelley Gable: A Strategic Approach to Success in Dual Markets

Nov 18 2024 58 mins  
Today With Kelley Gable: Today, with Kelley Gable of Gable Interior Designers, we dive deep into the world of niche marketing and luxury coastal design. Kelley shares her journey of redefining coastal aesthetics, moving beyond cliché beach motifs to create sophisticated, contemporary interiors. We explore her unique business model of serving clients with homes in both urban areas

1036: Karen Post: A Personal Conversation on Turning Setbacks into Success

Nov 14 2024 70 mins  
Today With Karen Post: Today with Karen Post, we dive deep into her journey of transforming Home Frosting from a staging company into a thriving interior design firm. Karen shares her experience of making a major business pivot while managing complex personal and financial challenges, including significant business loans and partnerships. As a former member of my Chairman of the Bo

1035: Lindsay Hunter: The Equestrian Interior Designer: Getting Ultra-Specific with Your Niche

Nov 11 2024 91 mins  
Today With Lindsay Hunter: Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. If you’ve been listening to the show for any amount of time, you’ve heard me tell you to niche at least a dozen times. So…if you haven’t niched…what’s holding you back? My guest today, Lindsay Hunter, probably had all of those same fears. But she also had a passion—and she turned that passion into a profi

1034: Donna Hoffman: Lean into Your Strengths to Create Success

Nov 07 2024 69 mins  
Today With Donna Hoffman: Welcome to A Well-Designed Business. Many designers struggle with harnessing their sensitivity in business, often seeing it as a weakness rather than a strength. My guest today is interior designer and business coach Donna Hoffman, sharing her journey from launching a luxury design firm during the 2008 recession to building a 7-figure, award-winning busine

1033: Ann Kottler: From Cold Calls to Custom Homes: How to Build Trust with Luxury Builders.

Nov 04 2024 68 mins  
Today With Ann Kottler: Today with Ann Kottler, we're learning all about designing for elite home builders and managing luxury residential projects. Ann is the founder and principal designer of her namesake firm based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where she's established herself as the go-to expert for 7-8 figure new home construction and remodeling projects. In this episode, Ann shar

1032: Power Talk Friday: Shayna Pellino of 4DBiz: The Four Growth Markers of Successful Businesses

Oct 31 2024 73 mins  
Today With Shayna Pellino: Welcome to A Well-Designed Business. If you're feeling stuck in your business, wondering how to make that crucial transition from being self-employed to running a true business, this episode is for you. My guest today, Shayna Pellino of 4DBiz, has identified clear growth markers in the journey of interior design business owners. Through her work with desi

1031: Dan Mazzarini: Empowering Your Interior Design Team to Succeed

Oct 28 2024 62 mins  
Today With Dan Mazzarini: Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. When you think about the future of your firm, what do you envision? Are you going to stay small? Or do you hope to grow your team? There’s no right or wrong answer. Different business owners have different goals. But if you do want to build a team, you have to learn how to lead efficiently, create strong processes, a

1030: In Good Company: CEO Conversations with Kate O’Hara: Insights and Strategies on Successful Scaling

Oct 24 2024 71 mins  
Today With Kate O’Hara: Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Kate O'Hara to dive into the fascinating distinctions between growth-focused and scale-focused entrepreneurs. With her unique perspective as both a founder and a second-generation business owner, Kate shares invaluable insights on how mindset shifts are crucial as busi

1029: Kelly O’Neil: Building Relationships with Builders

Oct 21 2024 72 mins  
Today With Kelly O’Neil: Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. I have heard from so many of you interested in design-build—and most importantly, how to start building those relationships that bring you into the industry and position you as a go-to trusted designer. My guest today, Kelly O’Neil, has a lot of insight to share on that topic. She has cultivated strong relationshi

1028: Power Talk Friday: Kristi Hopper: When Trust Is Shattered

Oct 17 2024 73 mins  
Today With Kristi Hopper: Hi, welcome to A Well Designed Business! Today, Kristi Hopper shares a deeply personal and challenging experience as we talk about a situation that, sadly, has happened to others before: to discover that a long-trusted employee had been embezzling funds. Kristi bravely opens up about the emotional toll this betrayal took on her, the lessons learned, and th