Hot Young Designers Club | Interior Design Business Podcast

This week the Hot Young Designers roll through their list of red flags for projects and clients. Chances are that you've heard some of them before: "I just need a few pieces", "I really have an eye for design", or "I have a few edits for your contract". You might have been fooled once, but now that you've learned the signs you can learn how to educate, inform, and recognize the right clients and projects.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Is Rebecca getting a lay-down laptop stand?

Don't be distracted by project budgets or how cool clients seem

Rely on your instincts and learn to listen to them

Avoid clients who want to live their designer fantasy and not give control over to you

Beware of litigation happy attorneys

Does anyone really just need a few pieces?

Don't change your contract to benefit clients unless there's something in it for you too

Watch out for unrealistic timelines even after educating clients

Why didn't things work out with their last designer?

How do your clients make decisions?

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Eneia White to the show. Eneia got her start working for large national luxury firms before establishing her own company, Eneia White Interiors, in New York City 3 years ago. Eneia shares how she knew it was time to hire her first employee, and you'll love her life size design work for clients and the tiny dollhouse rooms that landed her on TV.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Check out the new and improved HYDC Website

And we just launched HYDC Coaching Sessions!

Framing Britney Spears Documentary on Hulu

Jessica at House In Habit has a great set of Britney IG Highlights

Check out Shaun's RuPaul Radio Station on Pandora

Follow Eneia on Instagram and visit the Eneia White Interiors website

Eneia's career started with firms like Björn Björnsson and Ovadia Design Group

Working for Delta Airlines wasn't like The Flight Attendant on HBO

Fellow designer Nicole White encouraged Eneia to hire an employee

You'll love Eneia's House Beautiful Doll House Video

Eneia talked about Zoe Feldman's recent interview

And living on the sets from All American on Netflix

Eneia attended the My Doma webinar series

Currently coveting the Waterworks Architectonics 3x6 Handmade Tile in Bronze Glossy

This week the Hot Young Designers are channeling Sheryl Crow and sharing their favorite mistakes. They've both been in business for 3 years and saying they've learned a few things is an understatement. They want to help you avoid the bookkeeping, project management, and potential client pitfalls they experienced. Here's a big one - always get a retainer!

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Stuff they mentioned:

Rebecca's Candle Care Kit

Shaun's agave watch saga is coming to an end

Shaun likes the Poldark series on Amazon Prime

Devol Kitchens

Episode 3 Does Your Brand Suck?

Episode 4 Photoshoot Tips & Tricks

Run Studio Run book

This week the Hot Young Designers are taking you to market because if you've never been, you're missing out. They're sharing their market planning advice, survival techniques, and the most important part - what to wear. They even share their top questions for trade vendors. You might just catch them at Vegas and HighPoint this year!

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Stuff they mentioned:

Shaun's watching Rupaul's Drag Race Season 13 and Season 2 UK

Rebecca's power outage isn't as bad as Orlando Soria's adventure

Rebecca's new desk

We loved meeting Ginny MacDonald at Las Vegas Market

We're planning to be at High Point Market in Fall 2021

This week the Hot Young Designers welcome Braden Drake - your new GBF and a licensed attorney and tax professional. If you're thinking this is going to be boring, trust that it's anything but! Braden educates creative business owners with his courses, mastermind groups, and his podcast - Unfuck Your Biz. On this episode he's talking about taxes, business entities, cash flow, and his Birkenstock collection.

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Stuff they mention

Braden's Book: UnFuck Your Biz

Listen to Braden's Podcast

Follow Braden on Instagram

Braden likes using the Qapital savings account Use Code: ub4333yd

Braden's new Birkenstock Rotterdam or Kyoto

Join his Facebook group

This week the Hot Young Designers share their best productivity hacks. They're focused on staying efficient and productive as their workload gets busier. They offer up everything from accountability tactics, to task management, and using forced obligations.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Pomodoro Technique

Rebecca's Inbox Process from The Sweet Setup

Things App

Asana

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

The Hatch Alarm

The Hot Young Designers are back with their first episode of 2021! They're stating their goals to let the universe know what they want from this year. And Rebecca and Shaun aren't taking no for an answer! It's time to talk about where their businesses (and the Podcast) are headed for 2021.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Rebecca loves the Good Notes app on her iPad for consultations.

Shaun's under-rug heating pad is an awesome radiant heat alternative

Planoly for Instagram planning

Rebecca switched to Studio Designer as an all-in-one tool that includes bookkeeping

Check out Episode 9 with Anastasia Casey of the Indentité Collection to get the actionable steps for Social Media growth and engagement

The Identité Collective's Instagram Editorial Calendar

In their last episode of 2020 the Hot Young Designers take a moment to reflect. Rebecca and Shaun look at their challenges and triumphs. They finally get a chance to interview each other to answer the Burning Questions. They hope you find inspiration to consider your own Fizzles and Sizzles of the year.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Shaun's project feature in Rue Mag

Getting clients to book directly with you with tools like Acuity

Using Asana for project management

New textiles from Jennifer Shorto that you might have been seeing

Dream living in the set of Home Again with Reese Witherspoon

Keeping in touch with Marco Polo app

Rebecca's getting organized with Studio Designer software

This week the Hot Young Designers are hosting a new Process Party, and you're invited! They're breaking down how to build revenue into your business model by working with trade vendors. This is the professional upgrade you need, because no one's retiring off of design fees alone. Rebecca and Shaun share their tips to help you find vendors, set up accounts, and help clients see the value in the process.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Shaun started The Selena series on Netflix

Listen to The Selena episode of the My Favorite Murder podcast

Rebecca is starting to use Studio Designer

The Daily Vaccine Episode

This week the Hot Young Designers revisit a fan-favorite: Just Stop for Part 3: The Stoppening. They share some listener submissions and open the flood gates on a few of our own. Like why we're burning their family photos, saying "no" to niches and answering the age old question: should they shiplap or bitchslap?

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Stuff they mentioned:

Rebecca's One Room Challenge Dining Room Reveal

Shaun's One Room Challenge Office Reveal

Raili CA shower niche

Four Hands

Golden Goose aged sneakers

Mud Jeans