Hey there, it's Rebecca. Before we dive in today's
episode, I have something exciting to share.
If you've been dreaming about starting your own interior
design business, but you're feeling stuck on what to do
first, how to set things up legally, or even how to find
your first clients, this is your sign.
Doors are now open for my Launch Your Business Boot Camp, an 8
week step by step program designed to help you build a
profitable design business from the ground up.
You'll learn everything from clarifying your brand and
setting up your systems, to getting your contracts and
finances in order so you can start your business with
confidence and direction. I'll be walking alongside you
the whole way, mentoring you through each step so you're
never left wondering what to do next.
And the best part? You'll be part of a community of
other designers doing it right alongside you.
So if you're ready to stop dreaming and finally launch your
design business the right way, go sign up now at our Ward
design.com. You'll also find the link in the
show notes. All right, let's get into
today's episode. You're now listening to Design
Curious, a place where you, creative one, are here to learn
about what it really is like to be an interior designer.
And I'm your host and mentor, Rebecca Ward.
If you're worried about how to succeed in a creative career, if
you're ready to learn your next steps to become an interior
designer, and if you want the satisfaction of doing something
you love every day, you are in the right place.
Grab a coffee, a notebook, and let's dig into today's episode.
Hello, and welcome to episode 169 of Design Curious Podcast.
I'm your host and mentor of Rebecca Ward.
Today on the podcast, I'm answering some FAQs about launch
your business boot camp. We are getting started in
January, the 1st week. You can get in there now and get
your business launched in 2026. So I'm going to answer those
FAQs for you. Let's start out first by
answering the question, who is the boot camp for?
This is not for everybody. The ideal participant would be a
designer who's ready to go from having a hobby or a side hustle
into having a professional business and doing it
legitimately and starting to make profit.
It might not be the best fit for people who have just recently
graduated and don't have any working experience perhaps or
even the confidence to start going out on your own and own
your own business. So if you've just done the
traditional round, gone through college and you just graduated,
then I would recommend working for someone else for a little
while before starting your business.
But this could be also good for career changers.
People have been in the other industries for a while and are
now ready to just take charge and take their passion to the
next level. Also for designers who are stuck
in the setup limbo. So maybe you've been dabbling
with it for a long time and you kind of are charging people, you
kind of have a process, but you don't really have the full
thing. And so this is going to take you
through all of it. What you've been dreaming of
having clients, having portfolio and predictable income, this is
going to set you up the right way.
So like I said, it's not for beginners necessarily, but
especially for those who are needing to formalize and launch
a relaunch with structure. So whenever you see a successful
business, someone once made a courageous decision.
That is a quote from Peter Drucker.
So I think that is the key here is that it's a courageous
decision that you are making for yourself and you have to decide.
And especially this time of year, there's a lot of
reflection and you have to decide what do you want next
year to look like? Am I really willing to take that
courageous leap and start my business?
And the best way to do it is with someone holding your hand,
right, only being with you. OK, so the next FAQ is kind of
what we'll actually learn and accomplish.
Well, the last solo episode I did, I talked a lot about what
we are doing each six weeks. So we just a quick recap.
Week 1, we're doing our mission, our core values, our business
vision. Week 2, we're planning and doing
project management, learning how to set that all up.
Week 3, we're doing our legal set up with our contracts and
our accounting systems. Week 4, we're looking at
branding, website, social media presence and getting that all
set up and ready to run for you in automations and everything.
Week 5 we're talking about pricing, finances, getting your
system set up and then week 6 marketing, launching and client
acquisition that's getting you going and getting your first
client or first official client under this structured relaunch.
So by the end you're legally set up, you're branded, you're
priced, you're ready for clients with a road map to keep going.
So that's just the beginning of the year.
Then you have all year to be making a profit and by the
following year, 2027, you won't believe what you've accomplished
in such a short time. So this boot camp fast tracks
what most designers will take two years or more to learn
through trial and error. I've set it up for you so you're
not learning through trial and error, you're just learning to
do it correctly. OK, so another FAQ, how is the
course delivered? Well, it is a six weeks of it is
a live group coaching session that we'll do on Tuesdays at
noon Pacific and it will be recorded.
So in case you can't attend, you'll have the learning there.
But you're going to want to really try to attend those
workshops because you will have the opportunity to ask questions
as well and get feedback from the group as well as myself on
what you had been working the last week and any questions
about going forward with next week's homework.
So yeah, we had those live sessions there.
And then you have the private community within the platform
just for you guys who are going through the boot camp at this
session, so you can talk with each other and compare notes and
really get a support for each other as you're setting up
feedback on branding and things like that.
Your assignments are all laid up there.
So it is in the Mighty Networks platform.
It's the same platform that I use for my design mentor.
So that's how you also Get full access to my design mentor
program with all those 12 learning modules.
You can take it anytime throughout the year or
simultaneously if you have nothing else going on.
So yeah, Mighty Networks platform is kind of like
Facebook group plus Thinkific, kind of a course module
platform, but it's all combined and it's fairly intuitive.
Yeah, you can have a community within there.
You can DM me personal questions.
So there's a lot of great opportunity within that
platform. And assignments will be revealed
weekly. So each week you're not
overwhelmed with future assignments, you're just dealing
with what you are working on this week and what you had last
week. There's an optional bonus
session at the end for me to review, give you feedback
additionally if you need it. And it is designed to fit a busy
schedule with clarity and accountability and momentum.
So I've structured it so that you can get this done in your
off hours if needed, and it does keep you on track.
Thus, you're going to have to probably do a little bit of work
every day on it if you want to stay on task.
And so you have to be prepared for that for those first two
months of the year. Often times people coming out of
the hallways, though, have a lot of momentum.
So it's a perfect time to get started.
OK. Another question is, what if I'm
not ready? Or what if I'm too busy?
I mean, I get it, you're juggling work and family and
maybe you're still in school or something.
But there's never going to be a perfect time to take intentional
action. And you're going to save
yourself months of wasted time. Guessing 20% of business fail in
the first year and 82% failed due to cash flow problems
because they lacked structure. So if you're thinking at all
about starting your interior design business, then you need
to be in this boot camp just to help you avoid failure and to
promote profit. So you don't have to be perfect
to start. You just need a plan and you
need someone there to hold your hand, which is going to be me.
It's something that I love to do and I'm going to be there for
you. Another question is how is this
program different from others in the industry?
Well, it's very action based. So you're not just fed
instructions to implement on your own.
This is action that I'm holding you accountable.
Each week I'm going to ask you if you've done anything.
We can pivot. We can adjust anything as needed
as we're going along if we need to adapt it to what you're
specifically trying to accomplish.
And so that had the flexibility in there for whoever's taking
the course at the time. And it's created by me, who's a
working designer. I've been there.
I'm giving you systems and structure that I use every day
in my own business, that it makes it profitable.
Also, it's different from other programs.
And that you're getting as a bonus, my design mentor for a
full year. So your support continues even
after the initial two months that I'm still there along with
you as you're going throughout the year, we can do check
insurance one-on-one just like you would in my design mentor.
And so you have support that continues throughout the year.
And like I said, proven templates, contract systems,
real practice coming from me that I'm handing off to you.
So it's a guided launch experience, which I think is
different than a lot of the options that are out there.
Another question is, was it cost and it's 1795, totally worth the
price because it's less than a cost of like a college class or
a single design mistake that you might make.
It's a worthwhile investment. Often times design mistakes can
cost you thousands of dollars. And so this is definitely worth
investing upfront so you avoid the mistakes on the back end.
You're building a business that will generate income for years.
You're going to make back this investment within the first
year, likely maybe 2 years. But I don't see why you wouldn't
be able to make it within the first six months.
OK, so then now you might be asking, well, how do I join and
when do we start? So you can join right now, doors
are open. We aren't meeting until January,
but you can sign up for it now and there's a little bit of pre
work that I have you do. Just some food for thought so
that you come ready to work that first week of January.
So I'm going to put the link in the show notes for you to sign
up and get in the doors. We start in two weeks and doors
will be closing at the end of December because I just want to
let you know we got to start and we can't just join the halfway
through. So we got a couple weeks to get
in there and get established and get your new life started today.
I can't wait to see you in there.
So if there was a question that I didn't answer for you, go
ahead and message me or e-mail me and let me know.
What is holding you back from investing in yourself?
In six weeks, you're going to have a real business and a year
of mentorship to keep you going. I don't see anything that should
hold you back from investing in yourself, and it's just the best
use of money and time if you're getting started in your career
and in your business for interior design.
All right, that's all I have for you this week.
Next week we're going to have another great episode, an
interview for you, very special 1.
And so you're going to want to stick around for that.
Until then, stay creative. Thanks for listening.
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