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The DetailsBootstrapped to Booked and Busy with Courtney Otte, Owner of The Modern Hive || Ep 02Join Tara Miller as she welcomes Courtney Otte, owner of The Modern Hive, a luxury comprehensive interior design firm, for a deep dive into designing not just beautiful spaces, but a thriving business. Courtney brings years of experience and a wealth of knowledge to this engaging conversation, offering actionable insights for entrepreneurs in any industry. Courtney's experience with building a sustainable business through trials, tribulations and more provides a relatable narrative for anyone looking to do the same. Listeners will discover: The importance of early work experiences: How her upbringing in a small-business...2025-02-271h 15
Scooping SanityHiding in the WhiteActor, ally, and accomplice? What do these terms mean and can they help us understand the roles white people (or, more accurately, people racialized as white) could and should play in disrupting systems of oppression and privilege? Naturally, the discussion veers into a lot of other terrain but Jørn does a pretty good job of keeping us on track and we have a few solid film recommendations to share.
Chapters:
Brain Freeze, 0:00 - 13:30 — Socio-political mindlock is endemic in the United States. What made our gray matter even grayer this week? Affordability is bad???
In...2024-02-141h 27
Business of Design ® | Interior Designers, Decorators, Architects & LandscapersEP 190 | Learning the Hard Way with Courtney OtteBeing new to the industry and starting a design business at a young age will definitely teach you some hard lessons, and as design professionals, I’m sure we’ve all made a silly mistake or two. Hopefully we can all learn from these lessons and each other’s mistakes so we don’t have to go through the pain of repeating them.
In this episode we learn:
- Design professionals hesitate to go into business because they think they need to take another class, but you’ll learn more working on actual projects
- Do not be afraid of failure, w...2020-10-0624 min