Happy Independence Day and 250th Anniversary of the United States! You’re likely celebrating the long weekend with friends and family, and we hope you enjoy the fireworks, or have escaped into the wilderness to avoid them.
Moving into July, we have a lot of exciting things happening at Pearl Collective.
Firstly, the Creative Genius Podcast has returned! Listen to our first two episodes in which Gail Doby interviews Mel Bean and Lisa Kahn about their business and personal experiences. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to catch future episodes as soon as they come out, every Tuesday morning!
Business Breakthrough Live is happening on July 26-27. If you’re an interior design business owner looking to break the $1M annual revenue mark, this two-day event in Denver, CO may be just what you need. Learn more and see if you’re eligible before slots are filled!
If coming to Denver is too much right now, we understand. That’s why you can attend our upcoming Mastery Lesson, Financials For Creatives, this week on the 7th. If your balance sheet and net profit still make you scratch your head, then this online event is for you. You’ll learn all about the things they didn’t teach you in design school, and walk away with the financial skills to make your business succeed.
Are you running your design business, or is it running you?
Mel Bean of Mel Bean Interiors joins Gail Doby to discuss why she considers her firm’s flexible, hybrid structure a “feminist act” that protects her team’s personal lives without sacrificing high-end revenue. Mel candidly opens up about her initial fears over the time and financial investments of business coaching, and why trading raw data with design peers transformed her perspective entirely.
Tune in to find out how she broke through the challenges of the industry.
Lisa Kahn of Lisa Kahn Designs joins Gail Doby on the latest episode of the Creative Genius Podcast to tell an incredible story about a severe cash crunch that she completely reversed by writing 50 unexpected “love letters” to mentors and colleagues—resulting in $3 million in project bookings in under 60 days without asking for a single piece of business. Lisa and Gail also share an incredibly raw conversation about addressing childhood shadows, surviving domestic violence, and how spaces can act as true mechanisms for spiritual healing.
Listen now to this paradigm-shifting episode!
Stop Hiring Helpers, Start Hiring Levers
If your time is completely maxed out, hiring a task-bound assistant or intern might seem like the right move, but it often creates a bottleneck that consumes even more of your valuable mental bandwidth. To truly scale your interior design firm, you must transition from hiring “helpers” to empowering proactive “levers”—expert team members who take total ownership of outcomes and multiply your productivity. Check out our latest article to learn how to build a team infrastructure that thrives independently of your daily presence.
What to Do After the Final Reveal
The final reveal shouldn’t be treated as the finish line for an interior design project; it is actually the beginning of a premium 100-day revenue window. Instead of walking away to handle the next project’s logistical emergencies, a strategic CEO maximizes revenue yield by taking advantage of secondary sales opportunities. Read our latest article to learn how to empower your team to run a flawless post-reveal sequence that transitions your firm into a high-yield lifetime asset.
If you’re an interior designer, chances are you’ve focused on your beautiful designs, your expert team, and your roster of clients, but not so much on reading your financial statements… If that sounds like you, you won’t want to miss our live online event, Financials For Creatives, where we’ll teach you how to master your numbers in a way that your creative mind will latch onto instantly.
If you feel like your business has reached a ceiling that you can’t push past, but you want to take your growth to the next level, Business Breakthrough Live is for you. Join Pearl Collective’s team for an intimate, two-day experience in Denver, Colorado to get access to personalized coaching to increase profitability, strengthen leadership, create a more predictable pipeline, and build a business that supports the life you’re working so hard to create. It’s limited to just 15 founders, so apply now by clicking on the button below.
Tennille Wood, Founder and Principal Designer at Beautiful Habitat Interior Design, recently showcased her newly redesigned home in the latest Colorado Homes & Lifestyles newsletter.
With nearly twenty years of experience designing homes across Colorado, Wood has built a reputation for her strong eye for color, pattern, and uncovering often-overlooked design opportunities.
One of Wood’s signature personal mottos is that “life is too short for solid fabrics.” She leans heavily into patterns, using them to inject an energy and personality into spaces that solids simply cannot replicate.
Photo Credit: Steve Brenner. Tennille selected a strong black and white pattern in the living room that accentuates the room’s curved architecture.
Check out the article, A Neo-Tudor 1990s Home in Westminster Goes Glam, for more details on Tennille’s fabulous Colorado home.
Photo Credit: Steve Brenner. Tennille feels that texture is almost as important as color and pattern in creating a home that feels rich and inviting.