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1211: Camia Brown: Keeping a Business Alive Through the Hardest Season of Your Life

July 21, 2026

Today with Camia Brown: In the space of about a year and a half, Camia Brown lost her grandmother, lost her mother, lost a contractor she relied on for most of her projects to suicide, and went through the end of a relationship she thought was headed toward marriage. At the time, she had 15 active projects running, an office, and a team of four. This wasn't a business on the back burner. It was live, growing, and it didn't pause for any of what she was carrying. Camia Brown built Camia Brow...

1210: What Would Lu Do: The Discount Lie

July 17, 2026

Today With LuAnn Nigara: Somewhere on a coaching call this week, a designer told LuAnn the same story she hears constantly: her client is insisting on seeing the invoice, certain she's entitled to know what that ten thousand dollar sofa actually cost. It feels reasonable in the moment. It isn't, and in this episode LuAnn walks through exactly why, using the same standard your clients already apply to a restaurant, and to a national retailer like Restoration Hardware, without ever questioning...

1209: Jude Charles: The Reason Clients Choose One Interior Designer Over Another

July 14, 2026

Today with Jude Charles: My guest today has interviewed over one hundred homeowners after they hired an interior designer, and he asks every single one of them the same two questions. Why did you choose this designer? And what would your life look like if you hadn't? Jude Charles is back on A Well-Designed Business for his fifth appearance, and this time we get into what he has learned after three years fully immersed in the interior design industry. He has produced more than twenty docuser...