As part of our mandate to provide high-quality & actionable business education to interior designers, we’re recording a series of Q&A style interviews with some of the best interior design business coaches in the biz. Our first chat is with business coach Andrea Liebross.

Andrea is a business and life coach specializing in working with women entrepreneurs from a variety of industries…including interior designers.

As a business coach, Andrea guides her clients to combine big thinking with solid systems that work together to unleash their success and find the freedom of time, money, and energy they crave.

Supplementing her coaching activities, Andrea is also a public speaker and host of the Time to Level Up podcast.

As if that isn’t enough, Andrea is about to become a published author with the release of her book She Thinks Big: The Female Entrepreneur’s Guide to Moving Past the Messy Middle and into the Extraordinary in September, 2023.

In our interview, I asked Andrea the questions that - I think - interior designers need to know before even considering hiring a business coach.

I hope this helps :)

And as always, if you’ve got any questions, concerns, comments or complaints, do not hesitate to email me at douglas@InteriorDesignHer.com and put me on blast.

So, without any further ado, here is the full (42 minute) interview I recorded with business coach Andrea Liebross.

Note: For those of you who don’t want to sit through the entire 42 min interview, I am including a video & transcript for each individual question below…so you can pick & choose individual questions.

Q1: Why should an interior design business owner hire a business coach?

Q2 : Newbie vs Experienced Interior Designers - Who Needs Interior Design Business Coaching MORE?

Q3 : Are Interior Design Businesses Unique?

Q4 : Can a Business Coach Help an Interior Designer Scale Their Business?

Q5 : Interior Design Business Coach vs Mastermind Group vs Mentor

Q6 : What about Interior Designers who transition to Business Coaching?

Q7 : Corporate Business Coaches vs Solo Biz Coaches - which is best for Interior Designers?

Q8 : Hybrid Business Coaches for Interior Designers???

Q9 : How to Create a Plan for a Successful Interior Design Business

Q10 : What Makes an Excellent Business Coach?

Q11 : Big-Name Business Coaches vs No-Name Business Coaches

Q12 : Should Your Interior Design Business Coach Be Local?

Q13 : How to Find YOUR Interior Design Business Coach

Q14 : Let's Talk Money

Q15 : What kind of Return on Investment (ROI) can you expect by hiring an Interior Design Business Coach?

Q16 : Interior Design Business Coaching - Andrea Liebross - Final Thoughts

Alright…there’s our first Q&A interview on interior design business coaching. I hope it helps.

I also want to thank Andrea Liebross for putting up with my first interview awfulness. I promise to get better.

If you want to contact Andrea to inquire about her coaching services or just ask her a question, you can reach her at her website.