What happens when you’ve spent more than 30 years building one of the most recognizable careers in the wedding industry, and you’re ready for what’s next?
In this episode of Bridal Club™, Andrea Cole sits down with Todd Fiscus, Founder and Creative Director of Todd Events, for a candid conversation about three decades in weddings, building businesses, pushing the industry forward, and why he’s “sunsetting”, not retiring.
Todd’s career in weddings began almost by accident. In 1996, after the woman in charge of weddings at the hotel where he worked quit, Todd was handed a stack of inquiries and told to start making calls. With an annual sales goal of roughly $400,000, he went on to sell $1.2 million in just nine months.
That unexpected beginning became a career centered around one philosophy: his job isn’t to make an event look like him, it’s to capture the spirit of the people he’s designing it for.
Together, they discuss:
How Todd unexpectedly found his way into the wedding industry and built a career spanning more than 30 years
Why knowing your “golden egg” matters when growing a business
What wedding professionals need to understand about building a business that can eventually operate without them
Why Todd describes his next chapter as “sunsetting” and moving from doer to founder
What couples should really understand about wedding budgets, guest count, flowers, and the true cost of creating an event
How storytelling and personal details can create a more meaningful wedding than simply recreating something from Pinterest
What Todd learned from designing for clients including Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
Why he challenges the next generation of wedding professionals to do it better than he did
What’s next for Todd, including his upcoming coffee-table book, Love Letters, celebrating 30 years of events and memories
Todd also opens up about legacy, mentorship, and why sharing what he’s learned matters more to him at this stage of his career. As he begins stepping away from the day-to-day execution of events, his focus is shifting toward helping the next generation grow, creating new projects, and preserving the stories behind a career he’s spent decades building.
Whether you’re planning a wedding, building a career in the wedding industry, or navigating what comes next after years of growing a business, this conversation is a reminder that success isn’t only about what you build—it’s also about what you leave behind.
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