457: Dane Austin: Confidence & Clarity Come From Experience

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Business, Arts, Design

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Welcome! Today, Dane Austin, of Dane Austin Design, joins us on the show. Dane founded his award-winning, full-service interior design firm, which specializes in luxury residential interiors throughout New England and North America, in 2009. Dane has a signature design process, which he calls the Dane Austin Design. He created this highly-organized process because he truly understands the value in building profit centers around creating packages. This customer-driven plan delivers custom solutions for full-service, turnkey projects and Dane uses the packages feature from Mydoma Studio to explain, quantify, and smoothly sell his services to his clients. Listen in, to hear what Dane has to share on the show today. Dane is the artist, interior design his medium, and the client his muse. Today, we have a conversation with him about finding yourself, both as an individual and as a business person. He talks to us about how he found his Fred Berns 'only', about the significance of the ladybugs on his website, and about finding your voice within your career journey. Dane is a delightful, warm, and generous person, so tune in today, and enjoy this opportunity to get to know him! Show Highlights: It takes time to figure out who you really are. It's important to dress the part. Your attitude is the most crucial thing. A lot goes into making your way to the top in the design industry. The human connection matters the most in the end. Helping each other be better and grow. Dane discusses his approach to his work. Bold and daring use of color really works for Dane. Identifying a thread through all his projects. Marketing yourself in a way that will attract the people you'd really like to be working with. Investing in really good images is very important. Finding the right element to create the wow factor. Delivering beyond the level of the client's imagination. Previous shows mentioned in this episode: Nicole Heymer - Curio Electro #125 and #317 Nate Berkus - #433 Links: Dane Austin Design Email: Dane Austin Design Facebook: Dane Austin Design Instagram: A Colorfull Life Twitter: Dane Austin Design Ask me anything” coaching Strategy Session

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0:00.0	Hey, I want to give a shout out to my friend Susan Winterstein. You may know Susan from her two
0:05.5	podcast appearances here, episodes 164 and 717. In these episodes, Susan told us about her charity
0:13.7	that she founded Savvy Giving by Design. Now she has introduced the Savvy Giving Design Coalition.
0:21.1	The mission of both of these is to bring comfort and hope to families by transforming
0:26.6	kids' rooms into healing sanctuaries.
0:30.0	Previously, in order to help Savvy Giving by Design, you could open a chapter in your
0:34.9	own area and then design spaces for children in your area that are in need.
0:40.0	Now with the Savvy Giving Design Coalition, you can contribute and impact the lives of these children
0:45.5	without taking on the beginning of an entirely new chapter.
0:49.9	Savvy Giving Design Coalition operates through the collective efforts of you, the designer, as well as sponsors and volunteers.
0:58.6	This organization is making a real difference in these children's lives, and you can help now in whichever way feels right for you.
1:06.3	I encourage you to listen to Susan's two episodes to learn more and then visit their website at
1:12.2	Savvygivingbydesign.org forward slash design coalition. We'll also put that in the show notes. Welcome to a well-designed business.
1:34.9	My name is Luann Nygaara, and I'm so glad you found this podcast.
1:38.7	Together with my husband Vince and our partner Bill, we have grown our company Window Works from the ground up.
1:44.7	So I know and I understand the challenges you face in running your interior design business.
1:50.7	I also know that your talent alone isn't enough to ensure your success.
1:55.8	So on this podcast, we talk about strategies and practical steps to help you grow your business.
2:02.3	But make no mistake about it, we have our share of fun here, too, mix in with those
2:06.8	aha moments that I love so much.
2:09.4	This isn't fluff.
2:10.4	Nobody has time for that.
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