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What I’d Fix First If I Took Over Your Interior Design Business Today

What I’d Fix First If I Took Over Your Interior Design Business Today

Feeling stuck in your design business even though you’re busy? Discover what to fix first to scale y ...more

Podcast

May 13, 20261 min read

Lessons from High Point Market: How Interior Designers Actually Attract Better Clients

Lessons from High Point Market: How Interior Designers Actually Attract Better Clients

Interior designers: if your client pipeline feels inconsistent, this High Point Market insight revea ...more

Podcast

May 06, 20262 min read

Scaling an Interior Design Business Takes More Than Bigger Goals

Scaling an Interior Design Business Takes More Than Bigger Goals

Interior designers: if your business growth feels stressful instead of freeing, discover the real reason and how to scale sustainably. ...more

Podcast

April 29, 20262 min read

The Smarter Way Interior Designers Increase Profit (Without More Clients or Higher Prices)

The Smarter Way Interior Designers Increase Profit (Without More Clients or Higher Prices)

Discover why raising your prices isn’t the only way to increase profit. In this episode, Katie sits down with Heather McManus to explore smarter sourcing, better margins, and how designers can build m... ...more

Podcast

April 22, 20263 min read

The Hiring Mistake Keeping Interior Designers Overworked

The Hiring Mistake Keeping Interior Designers Overworked

Hiring an assistant designer isn’t always the solution. Learn the real reason interior designers stay overworked and what to fix to get your time back. ...more

Podcast

April 15, 20262 min read

Why You Don’t Have a Million-Dollar Interior Design Business Yet

Why You Don’t Have a Million-Dollar Interior Design Business Yet

Struggling to scale your interior design business? Discover the real reason you’re stuck and what’s holding you back from reaching a million-dollar design firm. ...more

Podcast

April 08, 20261 min read

Business Coach for Interior Designers: Katie Decker-Erickson

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What I’d Fix First If I Took Over Your Interior Design Business Today

What I’d Fix First If I Took Over Your Interior Design Business Today

Feeling stuck in your design business even though you’re busy? Discover what to fix first to scale y ...more

Podcast

May 13, 20261 min read

Lessons from High Point Market: How Interior Designers Actually Attract Better Clients

Lessons from High Point Market: How Interior Designers Actually Attract Better Clients

Interior designers: if your client pipeline feels inconsistent, this High Point Market insight revea ...more

Podcast

May 06, 20262 min read

Scaling an Interior Design Business Takes More Than Bigger Goals

Scaling an Interior Design Business Takes More Than Bigger Goals

Interior designers: if your business growth feels stressful instead of freeing, discover the real reason and how to scale sustainably. ...more

Podcast

April 29, 20262 min read

The Smarter Way Interior Designers Increase Profit (Without More Clients or Higher Prices)

The Smarter Way Interior Designers Increase Profit (Without More Clients or Higher Prices)

Discover why raising your prices isn’t the only way to increase profit. In this episode, Katie sits down with Heather McManus to explore smarter sourcing, better margins, and how designers can build m... ...more

Podcast

April 22, 20263 min read

The Hiring Mistake Keeping Interior Designers Overworked

The Hiring Mistake Keeping Interior Designers Overworked

Hiring an assistant designer isn’t always the solution. Learn the real reason interior designers stay overworked and what to fix to get your time back. ...more

Podcast

April 15, 20262 min read

Why You Don’t Have a Million-Dollar Interior Design Business Yet

Why You Don’t Have a Million-Dollar Interior Design Business Yet

Struggling to scale your interior design business? Discover the real reason you’re stuck and what’s holding you back from reaching a million-dollar design firm. ...more

Podcast

April 08, 20261 min read

Why Being Busy Isn’t Growing Your Interior Design Business

Why Being Busy Isn’t Growing Your Interior Design Business

Feel busy but not growing your interior design business? Learn why constant work isn’t scaling your business—and what actually creates profit, freedom, and growth. ...more

Podcast

April 01, 20263 min read

Why Your Interior Design Projects Keep Going Over Budget

Why Your Interior Design Projects Keep Going Over Budget

Why interior design projects go over budget and how to fix it. Learn how better processes, not pricing, create profitable and stress-free projects. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

March 25, 20263 min read

Why Interior Design Clients Keep Changing Their Minds (And How to Fix It)

Why Interior Design Clients Keep Changing Their Minds (And How to Fix It)

Why interior design clients keep changing their mind—and how to fix it. Learn the process mistakes that cause endless revisions and how to prevent them. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

March 18, 20263 min read

Scaling an Interior Design Business Beyond Referrals

Scaling an Interior Design Business Beyond Referrals

Are referrals the only source of clients for your interior design business? Discover why referral-only growth creates feast-or-famine cycles and how to scale ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

March 11, 20262 min read

100 Episodes Later: The Real Reason Interior Designers Feel Stuck

100 Episodes Later: The Real Reason Interior Designers Feel Stuck

After 100 episodes, Katie Decker-Erickson shares the biggest patterns she sees in interior design businesses—and why structure, not talent, determines sustainable growth. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

March 04, 20262 min read

Why High Demand Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready to Scale Your Interior Design Business

Why High Demand Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready to Scale Your Interior Design Business

Booked out but exhausted? Learn why high demand doesn’t mean you’re ready to scale your interior design business—and what true scalability requires. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

February 25, 20262 min read

Signs You’ve Outgrown DIY Business Advice as an Interior Designer

Signs You’ve Outgrown DIY Business Advice as an Interior Designer

Running a six-figure interior design firm? Learn the signs you’ve outgrown DIY business advice and what it really takes to scale sustainably. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

February 18, 20262 min read

Why Raising Your Rates Didn’t Give You More Freedom (And What Actually Will)

Why Raising Your Rates Didn’t Give You More Freedom (And What Actually Will)

You raised your interior design rates but you’re still exhausted. In this episode, Katie Decker-Erickson explains why higher pricing alone doesn’t create freedom—and what actually builds a sustainable... ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

February 11, 20262 min read

Why Your Team Keeps Asking You the Same Questions (And How to Fix It as a Leader)

Why Your Team Keeps Asking You the Same Questions (And How to Fix It as a Leader)

Why your team keeps asking the same questions—and why it’s not a communication problem. Learn the leadership shift growing design firms need. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

February 04, 20262 min read

Why Your Interior Design Business Feels Heavier as It Grows (Even With More Revenue)

Why Your Interior Design Business Feels Heavier as It Grows (Even With More Revenue)

More revenue shouldn’t mean more stress. Discover why interior designers hit a wall after profitability and how to grow sustainably. ...more

Podcast ,Entrepreneurship

January 28, 20262 min read

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