The Design Business Show

Shayla Boyd-Gill (Maryland, US) juggles being an entrepreneur with being a wife of 24 years and mom of six homeschooled children. She went from bankruptcy to a multiple six-figure business. Now Shayla is a Family Freedom and Affluence Mentor and creator of the Luxe Your BusinessTM Sales System and a sales strategist who shows women entrepreneurs how to have it all – family, freedom, and affluence...

Hunter Niland Welling is a professional organizer turned luxury marketing expert and the founder of The AgenShe . For the past 6 years, she's created exceptional marketing strategies for high-end service providers who want to scale without losing their "special touch." Her private coaching and membership community help you turn the business you have into the business you want. A cat mom + plant mo...

Adrian is the Creative Director of Dragonfruit Media Dragonfruit Media's mission statement is to make the absolute best content in the world to make the world a better place He worked with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic for 2 years and lived in Botswana for 6 months. He loves theater & acting, especially musicals. He loves basketball & he's a Blazers fan. His favorite books are Setting...

Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO (chief financial officer) who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending 10+ years in the boardroom as a corporate finance officer, Danielle is now in her sweet spot as the co-owner of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps bu...

Shar Biggers is the creative director and founder of Provoke Design , a branding studio. A native of Atlanta, by way of St. Louis, she holds an MBA in business management and is a graduate of Miami Ad School's Portfolio Center of Design. In her extensive experience, she has worked with Fortune 500 companies, led design for Amazon rebrands like Amazon Fashion and Amazon Diversity, and helped more t...

Hey friends! Melissa here. If you're new here or if you've been listening for a while, as always, I'm grateful you're here.  It's been a minute since I've done a solo episode and this time of year a lot of people are taking time off, getting ready for the new year, and may not even know what day it is, so I thought it would be fun to do something different. Speaking of different - I'm curious…. Wh...

Craig Cannings is the co-founder of Freelance University with his wife, Kelly. Craig has had the privilege of helping over 20,000 students in 75 countries realize their dreams of launching a portable, freelance business (and lifestyle). He has enjoyed the great freedom of working from home and traveling abroad while raising 5 wonderful daughters.     Here's what we covered on the episode: The Laun...

Amisha Shrimanker is a conversion copywriter and founder of The Copy Crew - a boutique copywriting agency. She specializes in writing launch copy for digital course creators, coaches, experts, and membership site launchers. Amisha is also known as the person who *gives a damn* about her clients' digital launches. Sometimes even more than they do. She's the creator of The ROI Sales Page , The CEO E...

Nora Zimerman is a Designer and Creative Director offering Soul Branding and Website Design. She creates branded website experiences that capture the true essence of a business whilst honouring their Soul's Mission. She has a talent for fully reflecting the Soul of a business onto the online space. Her clients are Teachers, Leadership coaches, Multidimensional Healers, Lightworkers and organisatio...

Anne is a product leader, a startup advisor, and subject matter expert in AI, blockchain, tech ethics and inclusivity. She is the owner of Griffin Product & Growth, a product consulting and advising firm. Her workshop Human First, Product Second teaches organizations and professionals how to think about building more human, inclusive, and ethical tech products. She has lectured at prestigious univ...

Lauren Schwartz from California is a thought leader in creating profitable creative strategies for e-commerce brands. Design professional with over 15 years of experience. Over the last 8 years working in digital marketing. Lauren's passions lie in creating top-performing ad creatives. She has personally led the creative strategy for top brands such as Love Wellness, APL, Colourpop, Our Place, and...

Quiana is the founder of The Write Choice , a launch copywriting agency where they help coaches & service providers who sell high ticket offers launch and rebrand with authentic conversion copy. When she initially launched her writing business, she simply wanted to quit her teaching job and work from home while homeschooling her daughter. But, she quickly discovered that she didn't just enjoy writ...

Erika showed early entrepreneurial skills when she let her brother throw a pie in her face for $5, she wheeled and dealed her way through high-school, earned degrees in Apparel Design and Women Studies (with an emphasis on China Studies), spent 9 years swinging around a dancer pole, went on to co-create a multi-eight-figure dollar commercial real estate investment company (of which she's still a p...

Sonaya Williams (pronounced: so-ni-yah), founder of The CEO Partner®, a systems-driven, profits-obsessed, Digital Implementation agency that helps smart CEOs grow their business and meet their goals. Sonaya started her Digital Implementation Agency in November of 2011 while still working full-time as a Senior Financial Systems Analyst at TD Ameritrade. Since then, she has built a multi six-figure...

Angela Henderson is an international award winning business coach for women, international keynote speaker and podcaster who helps women in business get all the pieces in place to have consistent 5 figure months and then onto 6/7 figure years without burning out in the process. Here's what we covered on the episode: Angela's Start to Multiple Streams of Revenue    How Angela and I connected and ha...

Dr. Nadia holds a doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership and is passionate about helping women become more authentic, confident leaders who take charge of their careers. She is a sales strategist, consultant, trainer, and founder of The Doyenne Agency . A sales agency that works with business owners, companies, and corporations to multiply revenue and awaken the consistent closer within your...

Ellen is a corporate escapee turned 6-figure social media strategist and coach. In 2019, Ellen started a side hustle helping local businesses run their Instagram pages. $30k and 10 months later, Ellen quit her job as a journalist to launch her own business, Dishing Up Digital. Now 25-years-old, Ellen has worked with almost 100 different businesses and individuals from across the world teaching the...

N.Chloé Nwangwu is a brand scientist, digital diplomacy advisor, and behavioral strategist. Most recently, she advised the first refugee delegation to the UN. Here's what we covered on the episode: Chloé's Start in Tech & Design   How Chloé and I connected through Hunter Niland Welling Chloé shares that building her own computer at 8-years-old started her relationship with tech and that design ent...

Over the last decade, Kelsey has helped hundreds of online business owners like you build their brands and online presences as the Founder and Creative Director of Pinegate Road - personal branding and web design agency. She has her MFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and is a life and business coach. In 2016, she successfully made the transition from working in Corp...

Nita Scruggs is a Brand and Marketing Strategist who partners with CEOs, executives, and solopreneurs to grow their personal and professional brands. With 7 years of experience in design and marketing for established brands and startups, Nita knows what truly drives conversions and sold-out launches. Nita has landed coverage in print, acquired in-person business presentations, and has solidified h...

Eternally committed and passionate about dreamers who aren't afraid to become doers, Katell believes in strategically developing and designing purpose-infused brands and websites epiphanies. As a French expat, freshly landed in the U.S., she launched in 2014 her own business dream, Reverielane , a creative studio specializing in developing brand epiphanies through design - delivering a compelling...

Tina Forsyth works with visionaries and business leaders to align their business with their calling, and to help them hire and lead top performers to take their business to the next level. For over twenty years, she has worked with 6 and 7 figure business owners to shift them out of burnout so they can shine. Tina is a pioneer in the world of online business, having founded and built the organizat...

Suzzanne Gamboa is the Co-Founder & Creative Director at Siembra Studios , a studio for changemakers and social impact brands. She helps small business owners build sustainable brands focusing on leadership, community & planet preservation. Prior to becoming a business owner, Suzzanne worked in the government and nonprofit sector. She focused on environmental and sustainability education in commun...

Lisa Princic is a trained business strategist and the host of the Scaling Deep Podcast. Lisa's clients turn to her for help with business growth when they are worn out from chasing the next mass marketing trick, but know they need to go beyond word of mouth. She is a results-oriented, deep thinker who has an innate instinct for "seeing" the value of a business and turning that into a pipeline of i...

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has been a guest on the podcast and to everyone who listens or reads the show notes. I am shocked that we have 150 episodes. I started this podcast because I felt like I didn't have a voice as a designer and wanted to share other's stories and experiences, no matter their expertise. And we do just that! But I wouldn't be here without you, so thank...