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A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

823: Power Talk Friday: Duke Renders: A Case Study For a Successful Business Plan

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Arts, Design, Business

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today With Fernando Duque: Welcome to A Well-Designed Business, it’s Power Talk Friday! Today’s episode is sponsored by Duke Renders. They are a 3D Render studio based in beautiful Tulum, Mexico, and specialize in Interior Design and Architectural photorealistic imaging.  Fernando Duque is here today to talk about how they have built Duke Renders in 2 years to over 100 employees and more than 500 interior design accounts. Make sure to grab your pen and paper! LuAnn Nigara and Fernando Duque's Ah-Ha Moments "We were very clear that we needed to get in place a good management team in order to get where we wanted to go." - Fernando Duque. "I think it was Tony Robbins who said that books are 10 or more years of an author's life compressed for 9.10 bucks." - Fernando Duque. "I've mentioned Tony Robbins before, I'm a big Tony fan, and I love when he says that the secret of living is giving, I really like that phrase." - Fernando Duque. "We are on a mission, we have a very clear mission of making this industry a better industry." - Fernando Duque. More About Fernando Duque: Born in Venezuela, MBA Babson College. Serial Entrepreneur, founded more than 5 companies. I cofounded Duke Renders with my brother Enrique in March 2020 in the middle of COVID 19, since then it has been a skyrocket growth with more than 100 team members today and no outside investment.  We are a 3D Render studio based in beautiful Tulum, Mexico. We specialize in Interior Design and Architectural photorealistic imaging.  We serve busy Interior Designers with 100% Accurate Photo-Realistic 3D Renderings of their Creative Designs.  We make You and Your Clients feel Proud, Confident and Empowered at Every Single Step of the Design Process.  I live in Tulum with my wife Mina, our newborn daughter Penelope and our doggy Lulu.  Fun Facts:  I love going to the beach at 5am and do it every day!  Traveled the world backpacking for 2.5 years  Loves cooking Moroccan Food for his Moroccan Wife Connect with Fernando Duque Website  Instagram  Facebook What’s new with LuAnn Nigara luannuniversity.com http://www.luannnigara.com/cob Get The Goodies! For checklists, resources, and extra goodies from A Well-Designed Business sign up for free here. To Get on LuAnn’s Email List, text the word designbiz to 444999! 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 Like Us: Facebook | Tweet Us: Twitter | Follow Us: Instagram | Listen Here: Podcast Other Shows Mentioned: #722: Power Talk Friday: Duke Renders: How to Incorporate 3D Renderings into Your Interior Design Business Other Resources Mentioned: Duke Renders A Big Thank You to Today's Sponsor: Thank you to Duke Renders for sponsoring this show!

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This episode is sponsored by Revelwoods. Revelwoods is your source for premium hardwood and resilient

0:06.7

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0:19.3

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0:28.2

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0:38.5

Visit revelwoods.com to get started.

0:52.9

Welcome to a well-designed business.

0:55.0

My name is Luann Nigara, and I'm so glad you found this podcast.

0:59.0

Together with my husband Vince and our partner Bill, we have grown our company Window Works from the ground up,

1:05.0

so I know and I understand the challenges you face in running your interior design business. I also know that your

1:12.7

talent alone isn't enough to ensure your success. So on this podcast, we talk about strategies and

1:19.8

practical steps to help you grow your business. But make no mistake about it, we have our share

1:25.0

of fun here too, mixed in with those aha moments that I love so

1:29.0

much. This isn't fluff. Nobody has time for that. Whether you are a new interior designer or a

1:35.1

season designer, I am here to help you create and to manage the kind of interior design firm

1:40.7

that you dream of. It's straight talk and it's action. Are you ready? Let's get started.

1:48.9

Hi, welcome to a well-designed business. Today's show is sponsored by Duke Renders. Duke Renders is a

1:54.5

3D rendering studio based in the beautiful Toulou, Mexico area, and they serve interior design

2:00.5

firms, you guys, with 100% accurate

2:04.0

photorealistic 3D renderings. The thing is that I originally interviewed Fernando Duque,

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