087: Consistency in Business WITH VERONICA SOLOMON

On the podcast, today is Veronica Solomon of Casa Vilora Interiors out of Katy, Texas. Veronica is a designer, design mentor, blogger, speaker, and micro-influencer. Veronica and I first met on Facebook in her designer group. Then we met in real life at High Point Market in the spring of 2019 where we shared together about building a business and looking for a new hire. Veronica is the real deal. She has a heart to help, and does it in a very straight forward and grace-filled way. In that, she speaks my language. In our conversation today, Veronica shares her journey to profitability – and it is not a straight line, by any means. It is inspirational and actionable. I hope you enjoy the conversation and take away a new idea or even just grace for your own business journey. 

Topics Mentioned:

• Failure 
• Growth 
• Consistency 
• Identity 

Key Thoughts:

• I never really thought I wanted to run a business. - Veronica (07:16)

• I remember the first drapery panels I made were $25 because I didn't know how to charge for them. - Michele (09:20)

• And the point of the matter is you can make a good living, no matter which part of the industry or the home owners, whatever demographics you serve. - Michele (15:14)

• I've never looked at my business and thought I'm going to give this up. - Veronica (23:56)

• You don't always know what the big picture is going to be. - Veronica (29:41)

• Obviously, money has to come into play at some point. And we're not doing this because it's just, you know, this hobby of ours, and we just want to do it for free. - Veronica (34:13)

• You know, that teachable spirit is huge. That's a really big deal. - Michele (37:35)

• I think we are in such a time in history of instant gratification, that it can be very easy to let it feed into our mindsets that we tried it, it didn't work, go try something else. It doesn't work. - Michele (41:05)

• I've learned a long time ago that you kind of have to take the good with the bad. - Veronica (50:48)

Contact Michele

• Email: [email protected]

• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting

• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

Contact Veronica

• Website: https://www.veronicasolomon.com 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casavilora/ 

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casavilorainteriors  

References and Resources:

• 212 Extra Degree by Mac Anderson and Sam Parker

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

• The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today