Monday, November 24, 2014

How to Run a Great Design Business


How do we make our clients happy, get repeat business, and have them refer us to all of their friends? Finish your projects on time and on budget.

Obvious? Duh. Simple? Yes. Easy? Listen to today’s interview with Kimberley Seldon and learn why almost nobody does it and how YOU can.

Kimberley Seldon is the founder of Business of Design, an online venue for designers, decorators, stagers, and stylists to learn about the business side of their practice.

She also an accomplished personality both in the TV and publishing world, having hosted three television series, a regular role as a design expert in Cityline, she’s also the Design Editor for Chatelaine, and the Editor in Chief of Dabble Magazine


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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Creating A Business Plan For A New Architecture Firm


Today we talk with Scott Larrick, who won the recent Architecture Business Plan Competition about his plans for his new firm.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

80 The Early Days Of Starting A Sustainably Focused Architecture Firm


In this interview, you’ll hear from the winner of the recent Architect Business Plan competition, architect Scott Larrick. Scott is the founder of Eleven:59 Studio, and architecture firm based in Austin, Texas.

In this episode you’ll discover:

 

  1. How Scott Larrick built his firm in the early days.
  2. How he identified his target market.
  3. How he got his first projects.
  4. What business development strategies worked, and what didn’t work.

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