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Published — 27 June 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design
Published — 8 April 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Investment Guide: do you have one for your design business?

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Marketing doesn’t have to be manual work, and it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. You can invest in a better process and get started today with the Investment Guide Toolkit. Download here: https://thirtybyforty.com/guide
#architect #interiordesigner #marketing
Published — 24 February 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design
Published — 21 February 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design

How to Find New (+ Better) Design Clients

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Are you tired of working with difficult clients and accepting projects that don't align with your vision? Instead of asking, "How do I find better clients?" Try this: "How do I become the obvious choice for my ideal client?" I made this new course specifically for design pros to help them find new + better design clients. In it you'll learn all the things they didn't teach us in design school. Lessons I've learned (the hard way) over the years running my practice, 30X40 Design Workshop. Presented via video lessons, the case studies, PDF guides, templates, tools and resources will walk you through it, step-by-step. Everything has been field-tested, hand-crafted and beautifully curated.

00:00 How do I find better design clients?
00:22 Asking the wrong question
00:38 Better Clients bring better projects
00:59 New Course Offering: How to find new & better clients
01:27 Course details & templates included

See all the assets and everything included here: https://thirtybyforty.com/how-to-find-new-clients
#architecture #interior designer #business
Published — 25 January 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Less Hustle, More Kaizen

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Download the toolkit for dozens of resources you can use to kaizen your workflow today:
https://thirtybyforty.com/toolkit

Small improvements made each day compound to yield massive results by year's end.
Published — 10 January 2024 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Blueprint style sketch in Procreate

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Download the Blueprint Style Canvas +: Brushes: https://thirtybyforty.com/procreate-pack
I use the custom white Prismacolor pencil on the custom blueprint canvas for quick coordination and design sketches. I typically export the JPG, email or text it to my cabinet maker and we can jump on a call to work though questions and design it in real-time.
Published — 15 December 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Time for a Change? Here's how I knew...

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When the pain of inaction exceeds the pain of change, choosing change will become the obvious choice. Planning and dreaming are important, but ultimately, action is what brings about real change.
Published — 12 December 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Mistakes We Made Running Our Business (10 years of lessons)

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Starting a business has been life-changing for our family but it hasn't been without challenges. In this video my wife, Laura, joins me for an honest discussion of the personal and financial struggles we've faced running 30X40 Design Workshop over the past 10 years.
Although Laura doesn’t work for 30X40, the decision to start this business 10 years ago had profound personal and financial implications for both of us. I couldn’t have done this without her support and buy-in.
This is a candid, wide-ranging discussion of three phases of business growth and the countless lessons learned along the way. #architect #business #interiordesigner

Access all the bonus resources here:
https://thirtybyforty.com/blog/ten-years-of-making

▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
00:54 Getting Ready to Get Ready
02:10 A Painful Moment
03:25 Minimum Viable Income
04:25 Side Hustle to Solopreneur
05:08 Fear Setting
06:03 No Paycheck Anymore
07:40 Undervaluing my Services
08:06 Experiments (Things I Tried)
09:44 Lumpy Income + Cash buffer
10:31 Social Isolation
11:40 Challenges of Working from Home
14:00 Imposter Syndrome + My Cat
15:05 Phase Two - Entrepreneurship
17:40 Scarcity mindset
18:45 More Work = More Liability
20:05 Choosing Better Clients
21:20 Saying, “No” (and when to do it)
22:33 CEO vs. Worker Bee
23:40 Is this all there is? Again?
25:42 Owning Successes + Failures
27:07 Financial Risk + Reward

https://thirtybyforty.com/blog/ten-years-of-making
Published — 19 November 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

Lessons learned: first 10 years in business

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These are a few of the lessons learned from my first 10 years in business. With hindsight, it's easy to connect the dots and see three major phases. An excerpt from an interview with Mark LePage on the Entrearchitect podcast. https://entrearchitect.com/30x40
#designbusiness #lifeofanarchitect #architectlife
Published — 29 October 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

What I drew vs. what they built

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Can you spot all the differences between what I drew and what was built? There's one more that I didn't mention in the video see this link: https://thirtybyforty.com/drawn-vs-built

Clear drawings matter, download my template here: https://thirtybyforty.com/autocad-bundle
Published — 27 October 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

The Key to Better Drawings?

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Use more contrast. Red annotations are clear, hatches add depth, varying line weight/type delineates what's important.
Download my template: https://thirtybyforty.com/autocad-bundle
Published — 27 September 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design

300,000 miles.

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If you're a design professional tired of working for others and ready for a change, the A+E Course is your guide, your shortcut + your MBA: https://thirtybyforty.com/a-e-course
Published — 20 September 2023 ⏭ 30X40 Design
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