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Trade Tales

Business of Home's editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen talks to interior designers about nurturing creativity, finding a firm’s financial footing, setting goals and discovering their own version of succe... Read more

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Why Regan Baker hired three former clients

Why Regan Baker hired three former clients

Regan Baker has a unique claim to fame: she’s hired three of her former clients as employees. On this episode of the pod... Read more

2 Aug 2023

49mins

Ranked #2

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Kevin Isbell on finding success with a small firm [Rebroadcast]

Kevin Isbell on finding success with a small firm [Rebroadcast]

For years, Kevin Isbell was the right-hand man for top interior designers from coast to coast. Eventually, it came time ... Read more

19 Jul 2023

44mins

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How Noz Nozawa learned to invest in herself [Rebroadcast]

How Noz Nozawa learned to invest in herself [Rebroadcast]

When Noz Nozawa left her 9-to-5 marketing job to start her design business, she took a major gamble with her career. It ... Read more

5 Jul 2023

1hr 11mins

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Why Bria Hammel wants designers to embrace their sales side

Why Bria Hammel wants designers to embrace their sales side

In the earliest days of Bria Hammel’s design business, landing a partnership with a construction firm offered her what e... Read more

21 Jun 2023

53mins

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Katie Vance on the secret to synching up a design/build firm

Katie Vance on the secret to synching up a design/build firm

Katie Vance kicked off the current phase of her career a decade ago, as the sole interior designer at an architecture fi... Read more

7 Jun 2023

42mins

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Ahmad AbouZanat on the power of treating clients like guests

Ahmad AbouZanat on the power of treating clients like guests

Ahmad AbouZanat’s early design gigs took him from Beirut to Houston and back again, before he finally settled in New Yor... Read more

24 May 2023

52mins

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Kelly Collier-Clark on paring down her offerings to give her business room to grow

Kelly Collier-Clark on paring down her offerings to give her business room to grow

Kelly Collier-Clark scaled up her business quickly, tackling full service projects, e-design, real estate services and p... Read more

10 May 2023

46mins

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How Katie Monkhouse rescued herself from burnout

How Katie Monkhouse rescued herself from burnout

Katie Monkhouse’s firm was moving along at a rapid pace—taking on new employees, new clients and new real estate before ... Read more

26 Apr 2023

48mins

Ranked #9

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Christine Vroom finally started prioritizing her own health—and her business transformed

Christine Vroom finally started prioritizing her own health—and her business transformed

Christine Vroom embarked on her design career at the ripe age of 16, and stuck with it through job detours and personal ... Read more

12 Apr 2023

49mins

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Byron Risdon on the luxury of slowing down

Byron Risdon on the luxury of slowing down

Byron Risdon has always known how to rise to the occasion—whether it was landing his first design job with no prior expe... Read more

29 Mar 2023

40mins

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