The Best Interior Design Business Podcasts
Interior Design Business Podcasts - Episode 95
If you’re looking to improve your interior design business & carve out some time for your “real life”, today’s collection of interior design podcasts is going to help.
We’ve got episodes from Dennis Scully, LuAnn Nigara & Anastasia Casey featuring guests Fred Nicolaus, Colin King, Casey Gromer & Amber Lewis.
Here’s hoping you learn a little something to help grow & improve your biz.
Business of Home Podcast - Dennis Scully - Wunderkind stylist Colin King, RH's wild earnings call and more - 46 min
A Well-Designed Business - LuAnn Nigara - Power Talk Friday: Casey Gromer: Do You Need a Fractional Integrator? - 1 hr 5 min
The Interior Collective - Anastasia Casey - Amber Lewis: Growing Pains + Industry Stardom - 59 min
Business of Home Podcast - Wunderkind stylist Colin King, RH's wild earnings call and more - 46 min
On the debut episode of The Thursday Show, BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus joins host Dennis Scully to discuss the biggest news in the design industry, from the return of the New York Kips Bay Decorator Show House to RH’s wild earnings call. Later, wunderkind stylist Colin King talks about working with Athena Calderone and Roman & Williams, his new book Arranging Things, and whether he's over white boucle (spoiler alert: he is).
You can check out this podcast episode here:
A Well-Designed Business - Power Talk Friday: Casey Gromer: Do You Need a Fractional Integrator? - 1 hr 5 min
In today’s episode, host LuAnn Nigara chats with Casey Gromer, of C-Suite Boutique. Casey and her team currently serve women entrepreneurs as Fractional Integrators. Under their leadership, clients have scaled their businesses while working less and spending more time doing things they love. Casey tells us all about what a Fractional Integrator is, in addition to a COO, DOO, and OBM, and how these roles may benefit your design business.
Pick It Apart
[2:00] Casey explains when it is time to hire an executive assistant.
[10:46] What is a director of operations?
[18:38] Casey shares what we should be on the lookout for when incorporating these roles into our business.
[31:50] What should we be looking for when hiring an integrator or fractional integrator?
[36:52] Strategies to develop accountability within your team.
[47:55] Casey tells us what she thinks is important to look for in an ideal candidate while hiring.
LuAnn Nigara and Casey Gromer's Ah-Ha Moments
“There’s a lot of confusion around who we need in our business at any given time.” - Casey Gromer
“Each of us has our skill set and sometimes it’s hard to recognize that someone else’s skillset is completely opposite, but we know that you have to hire people who aren’t duplicates of you.” - LuAnn Nigara
“More important than revenue levels are the number of people you have. So, the more people you have doing things for your business the more value you will get from an integrator.” - Casey Gromer
You can check out this podcast episode here:
The Interior Collective - Amber Lewis: Growing Pains + Industry Stardom - 59 min
Noteworthy success is always the goal for an interior design business. But when a studio expands into a full blown lifestyle brand, the lines can blur when it comes to corporate structure. With an ever-changing industry and internal roles evolving to fill gaps that come with growing pains, managing who does what in each department can prove complicated.
In today’s episode Anastasia Casey chats with Amber Lewis of Amber Interiors as she walks us through her studio’s structure after spending a decade as a top designer. A & A chatt all about repeat book deals, product licensing, and what comes next for an interior designer of her caliber.
In this episode, Amber and Anastasia discuss:
How to run two separate, successful business entities
Who you should hire first
Employee structure within an interior design studio
How to stay involved as your studio grows
How to grow your business without investors
What to look for in a brick and mortar storefront
2 key tips for writing a book
How to expand beyond your signature style
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