123. When Your Successful Design Business Stops Feeling Successful

Send Katie a Text Message!!

What happens when you build the interior design business you spent years dreaming about—and realize you don't really enjoy running it anymore?

In this episode, I'm talking about a stage of business ownership that doesn't get nearly enough attention: when your business looks incredibly successful from the outside but no longer feels successful to you. You have the projects, revenue, team, and recognition you wanted, yet you're still carrying every major decision, checking email on vacation, and wondering why growth hasn't created the freedom you expected.

This doesn't necessarily mean you don't love design anymore. You may simply have outgrown your current role inside the business.

In This Episode

•  Why revenue growth doesn't automatically create more freedom 
•  How to tell when you've scaled activity without scaling autonomy 
•  Why your greatest strengths can eventually create owner dependency 
•  How to separate business success from personal satisfaction 
•  Auditing the role you currently play inside your design firm 
•  Deciding what responsibilities should still belong to you two years from now 
•  Why growing businesses need a "stop doing" strategy 
•  How to test whether your company can operate without you 
•  Redefining what success means in your next stage of business 

You don't have to tear down the successful interior design firm you've built just because the current version no longer works for you. Sometimes the next stage of growth isn't about making your business bigger. It's about making it better to own.

If you know something needs to change but you're too close to the business to see exactly what that should be, book a complimentary Problem-Solving Call with me at FixMyDesignBiz.com.

Connect with Katie

LinkedIn

Business Strategy Sessions for Interior Designers

Free Resources for scaling your interior design firm

Website