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#49 | Renovate your Business with Cerissa McKinnis

48 min • 8 juni 2023

Have you had doors close for you that you can later look back on and realize it was pushing you into a new place, a better place?

Today I am joined my Crerissa McKinnis, an interior designer from San Antonio Texas, and a member of the Interior Designers Business Blueprint program.

After attempting career paths toward being a doctor. And then a lawyer, she had what she calls a “god moment” and she knew that design was her calling.

She shares how she had many door close on her over the years - but her persistence has paid off. Today she runs a thriving interior design business she is proud of.

Here’s a glance at the episode:

[5:50] Cerissa shares her story about getting started (at the young age of 16) when her parents were building their dream house.

[10:20] Cerissa and I discuss her educational and career path towards interior design ranging from wanting to be a doctor to a lawyer and settling on interior design.

[17:40] We discuss how Cerissa got started in a retail environment and how she sorted out what she enjoyed, what she didn’t enjoy and what her next steps should be.

[24:20} We jump into Cerissa’s move back into interior design through a family renovation and how she began advocating for clients moving forward.

[29:20] We discuss making the move from a full time job into your own business including the time and commitment it takes to build a “side-hustle” into a full time business.

[30:25} I ask Cerissa to explain how she is a dream caster for her clients and how she applies that to her clients to help them manifest their dreams inside their homes

[33:00] Cerissa shares what she would have done sooner or what she would have done differently when taking your business to the next level. We discuss where to invest, what was most helpful and what key components you should nail down as you grow.

[40:00] We discuss how important really knowing and speaking to your ideal client is and how it’s necessary to revisit this as you grow to ensure you work with exactly who you are looking to work with!

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