Hot Young Designers Club | Interior Design Business Podcast

This week the Hot Young Designers are bringing back a listener-favorite episode: Just Stop for Part Deux, The Sequel. Listeners might remember Shaun's controversial stance on fake plants from the original Just Stop. They're back with a fresh batch of hot topics, new thoughts on design trends, and full glasses of rosé. Shaun has some things to say about voting, software programs, and stacked stone....

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Kachet Jackson-Henderson who you may recognize from her lifestyle blog The Kachet Life. Kachet shares how her broad background in marketing and advertising has helped her sustain a successful business in content creation and business coaching. She talks about discovering your own special sauce and how to use it to sell our services. Kachet offers her advic...

This week the Hot Young Designers dive into Meeting 3 of Hot Young Book Club with Chapters 5 & 6 of Gay Hendricks' book The Big Leap. Spoiler Alert: if you haven't already listened to the first two meetings, it's a good idea to head back to catch up. Rebecca and Shaun welcome Claire Jones of Etch & Ivy Design to join in the discussion. Join them in two weeks to talk about the final chapter...

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Maegan Blau of Blue Copper Designs. Maegan talks with them about how she experiments with her design business model to make it work for her. She also shares her home renovation experience to accommodate her abilities and how it lead her to a new career in interior design. Maegan helped Rebecca and Shaun break down some of the differences between adaptive a...

This week the Hot Young Designers are continuing their Process Party series and tackling proposals. Converting leads to new client projects is all about how we sell our value to clients. Rebecca takes us through the systems she uses to automate proposals, contracts, and collecting retainers. Shaun shares how he's using proposals now and how he wants to get better. Grab a pen and paper for this epi...

The Hot Young Designers dive into Chapter 3 & 4 of Gay Hendricks' book The Big Leap in Meeting 2 of the Hot Young Book Club. Rebecca and Shaun welcome Claire Jones of Etch & Ivy Design to join in the discussion and explore vulnerable impacts that fears have on their personal and business growth. If you're reading along, in two weeks they'll be sharing their reactions to Chapters 5 & 6....

This week the Hot Young Designers are talking about how to develop an online community within the design industry. They're bringing you this episode as part of a Trade Talk hosted on Instagram Live by Jaipur Living. Rebecca shares how the One Room Challenge brought her together with other designers. Shaun reveals how he uses the signature Crha Slide and voice messages into DMs. Now's the time to c...

This week the Hot Young Designers are breaking up... with all the things they don't want to do anymore. They discussed how as business owners just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do something. It's all about when to start delegating, referring, and sometimes breaking up with the wrong clients and projects. This is a powerful episode about releasing yourself from what's holdin...

The Hot Young Designers dive into the first two chapters of Gay Hendricks' book The Big Leap in Meeting 1 of the Hot Young Book Club. Rebecca and Shaun welcome Claire Jones of Etch & Ivy Design to join in the discussion and explore vulnerable impacts that fears have on their personal and business growth. If you're reading along, in two weeks they'll be sharing their reactions to Chapters 3 &am...

The Hot Young Designers sit down with Clara Jung of Banner Day Interiors to chat about her transition from her first career as an attorney into her successful design business. They also learned how Clara defined her own success as a creative despite growing up with traditional career expectations. She shares how she takes bold risks in her projects, but is cautiously optimistic with financial deci...

This week the Hot Young Designers are talking about how they set boundaries in their businesses. Shaun is a big fan of using tools and handouts with clients as a pre-emptive strike, and Rebecca loves using automated scheduling techniques. They're breaking down how to keep your sanity, avoid resentment, and how to protect your time. Because no one needs to be answering client texts at 9 o'clock at...

We'd love it if you would join us for our very first Hot Young Book Club! Like all of you, we always want to learn, grow, and challenge ourselves. We're introducing bonus episodes as we discuss our first book, The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. The Big Leap explores the emotions that prevent us from achieving our goals and reaching new levels. We're going to explore how these concepts are affecting ou...

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome attorney Ashlee Hightower, of Contracts For Creatives, to have a conversation about how our contracts can help protect us (and our clients too). Ashlee offers guidance about how to use our contracts to prepare for the worst and help us achieve our best results from tough scenarios! She shares her own journey with us from corporate practice into creative fi...

In their sauciest (and maybe most controversial) episode yet the Hot Young Designers are asking for some things to... Just Stop! They dig into pet peeves, #firstworldproblems, and professional courtesies. Questions/comments? Email us at hotyoungdesignersclub@gmail.com Follow Rebecca Instagram + Website Follow Shaun Instagram + Website Stuff they mentioned Shaun was inspired by Damon Wayans' + Davi...

On this episode the Hot Young Designers are getting the party moving with the second installment of their Process Party series. They're focusing on client consultations with how they set the tone, how they get paid, and how they add value for their clients. Questions/comments? Email us at hotyoungdesignersclub@gmail.com Follow Rebecca Instagram + Website Follow Shaun Instagram + Website Stuff they...

During this Bonus Episode Rebecca and Shaun have a candid conversation about how their intention to create a unique and diverse community was not being reflected in their actions. Sign up for our newsletter at hotyoungdesignersclub.com so we can bring you exclusive content and tips. Questions/comments? Email us at hotyoungdesignersclub@gmail.com Follow Rebecca Instagram + Website Follow Shaun Inst...

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Anastasia Casey of IDCO and The Identité Collective to have a candid conversation about how our social media strategies can help attract more of our future clients and not other designers. Anastasia offers guidance about where to find our dream clients and how to speak to them through all of our platforms. She shares with us the moment she knew it was time...

On this episode the Hot Young Designers are DJing their first Process Party: Client Intake. They're spinning down how they each create a consistent client experience from an initial inquiry to scheduling the in-person consultation. Nothing is off limits from intake form questions to automation steps to integrating their calendars. They even share their experiences generating revenue from stand-alo...

This week the Hot Young Designers sit down for a conversation with their special guest, interior designer Lindsey Borchard. Lindsey talks about running her company, Lindsey Brooke Design, and how taking prudent risks helped her overcome her fears. She also offers ways to maintain creative bandwidth, how she found her design tribe, and why she partnered with the Identite Collective to launch Design...

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome their first guest to the show, interior designer Ginny Macdonald. Ginny shares how she developed her new collection with Lulu & Georgia, the power of collaboration over competition, and why we should let our crazy show. Rebecca and Shaun dive into how Ginny handles delegation and creates a work/life balance with her business. You definitely don't want...

On this episode the Hot Young Designers are focusing on self-care by sharing 3 ways they're caring for themselves during quarantine (hint: its not all about mani/pedis). They share how they handle expectations from family and clients and how they manage their daily lives with boundaries and balance. At the end of the episode they challenge themselves to take on one new self-care challenge for the...

On this episode we’re helping you prep for your next professional photoshoot. We talk about what's in our photoshoot day toolkits, how to style shots, and how to collaborate with your photographer. Whether you've worked with a professional photographer before, or you're planning your first shoot, there are some awesome take-aways in this episode. And just for funsies we play Who Would Yo...

This week the Hot Young Designers talk about the importance of branding even if you're a small, solopreneur business. They discuss what a brand is and what it isn't, ideas for defining your niche, and how to create a brand toolkit. Its not necessary to invest big money and most of their suggestions can be accomplished spending zero dollars. Questions/comments? Email us at hotyoungdesignersclu...

The HYDs (Hot Young Designers) talk about what the One Room Challenge is, and the benefits we've experienced. Friendship (its how they met!), accountability, increased engagement, press opportunities, building a sense of community with design enthusiasts, and even sponsored product just to name a few. This week they even answer their first listener submitted interior design agony business question...

Shaun and Rebecca get into the backstory of the podcast and why they started this in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. They chat about who they are, their personality types, how they met, and their winding career paths to become designers. Questions/comments? Email us at hotyoungdesignersclub@gmail.com Personality tests Road Back to You An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Enneagram Test (ther...