1170: BEST OF SHOW: Meryl Santopietro: How to Re-Invent, Re Vitalize Your Firm, Even After 20 Years

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Design, Business, Arts

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Today with Meryl Santopietro: Welcome to A Well-Designed Business®. Today, I’m thrilled to have Meryl Santopietro. She is going to be sharing with us about her career and her decision to move her business to Manhattan. Meryl’s business was based in Rhode Island until she moved her business to Manhattan. She also has the pleasure of working with her two daughters every day. More About Meryl Santopietro: SANTOPIETRO INTERIORS is a family design firm based in New York City and Rhode Island, that is highly sought after for their diverse, expertly executed style, careful attention to detail and unparalleled project management expertise on the grandest scale. This A.S.I.D. (American Society of Interior Designers) Award winning design firm specializes in residential and commercial interior design servicing the most prominent figures in the worlds of media, fashion and finance. The varied backgrounds and expertise of the firm’s members provide clients with an unprecedented, comprehensive approach to design and careful attention to detail. Meryl, the founder and creative director, brings to the team a fine arts background with degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and Rhode Island School of Design and more than 30 years experience spearheading all levels of design projects. Alessandra, senior designer, has an apparel design degree from Rhode Island School of Design and experience working for some of the most notable fashion houses, including Ralph Lauren. Joy, director of marketing and development, brings a legal background with a law degree from Suffolk University and concentration in Intellectual Property law. Together, their ability to listen to their clients and transform spaces into oasis, tailored to each individual and their lifestyle is what makes them so unique and so beloved by their clients. Connect with Meryl Santopietro: ⁠Website⁠ What’s new with LuAnn Nigara: ⁠luannuniversity.com⁠ ⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠ Get The Goodies! For checklists, resources, and extra goodies from A Well-Designed Business sign up for free ⁠here⁠. Purchase LuAnn’s Books Here: Book 1: ⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠ Book 2: ⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠ Pre-Order Book 3: ⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn’s ⁠Website⁠ LuAnn’s ⁠Blog⁠ ⁠Power Talk Friday⁠ Like Us: ⁠Facebook⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠Twitter⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠Instagram⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠Podcast⁠

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0:00.0	If you find yourself at your desk thinking, there is so much to do in my business and I don't
0:06.1	know where to start, this message might be for you. You're wondering, should you be working on
0:11.9	your finances? Should you be working on generating leads for your pipeline? Should you be
0:16.7	documenting your system so it's all not living in your head or should you be doing something else
0:22.1	altogether different understand something we're not lazy but sometimes everything feels important
0:29.6	and we end up doing nothing because we can't decide and that is exactly why i am hosting a live
0:37.0	zoom session on february 17th at 1 p.m. Eastern called
0:41.0	Lou University Pre-Rex for Success. In this hour together, I'm going to walk you through the core
0:48.3	areas of a well-run creative business. We're going to go through operations, finance, marketing, sales,
0:55.3	and leadership. And as we walk through these different areas, you're going to say, oh, am I up to
1:02.4	snuff here or do I have gaps? You're going to say, I feel pretty good here or no, no, that's
1:07.7	really a spot that I need to work on. And hopefully, when you leave this Zoom,
1:13.7	you'll have some idea of what your next smartest move should be. Likely, it might be that
1:21.2	there's a Luann University course to help you take that next step. Okay? If there is, great. If there isn't, yay you, you got some
1:30.8	clarity. You're on with your day. So I would love to invite you to come to this Zoom. You go to
1:36.8	Luannigara.com forward slash prerex, P-R-E-R-E-Q-S. The link will be in the show notes. And two attendees are going to win a free
1:49.1	five-week Lou University course, and every attendee that is there will get a special offer
1:56.0	available only to you because you were there with me for this time. So if you're tired of spinning,
2:02.8	overthinking, and wondering if you're working on the right thing, I'm hoping that this time
2:08.7	together will give you the ideas of where you need to put your time and attention. So go to
2:17.0	Luannigara.com forward slash pre-rex.
2:20.5	And I will see you on February 17, 26.
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