Course Description: This seminar is geared specifically to interior design students and designers who are considering opening their own design firms. Participants will get inside information that is not taught in school. Fifty professional interior designers were asked to share their secrets to creating a successful business and what they would have liked to have known before opening their doors.

Participants will gain a working knowledge of business principals and how to self promote. They will learn how a strong emphasis on listening to their clients can help designer deal with the psychological side of design. Above all, this seminar will show how good basic business decisions can be crucial to running a company. Even the most innovative enterprise can be ruined without common sense planning.

CEU: 0.1 Course #7277

Length of Seminar: 1 hour

Instructor: Randall Whitehead

Text: No text required.

Fee: For fee information, contact Anita Synovec at 415-626-1277 or anita@randallwhitehead.com.

Facilities: A room that can be darkened to show slides.

Equipment: Power Point Projection - LCD projector (3,500 lumens), laptop compatible w/LCD projector, infrared remote pointer, screen, lavaliere microphone for groups larger than 40 people.