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- What is your name?
- Carolyn Pierce-Dyer
- Are you currently heading a woman-owned business?
- Yes
- If you are in business, what is the name of your business?
- Refined Design Interiors, Llc.
- Where did you get your idea for your business or the business you'd like to start?
- More than twenty years ago, I quit my outside sales job to stay home with my two little boys but found myself a less than perfect stay at home mom. I started hanging wallpaper with a friend as a part time job and customers kept asking me for advice and then taking it with joyful results. I realized that I had a passion for interior design that people understood and appreciated so I started my own firm.
- Where is (will) your business located? (City and State)
- Sammamish, WA
- If you already have a website, what is the address for your business?
- http://www.refineddesign.biz
- How long have you been in business? (Or when do you plan to open?)
- The business started in May of 1989
- How many employees do you have, if any?
- 1-5
- What is your annual revenue?
- $100K-$250K
- Describe your product or service, or the product you plan to introduce to the market.
- Full service interior design firm, from color consultations to space planning to everything that goes into a home.
- How did you (or plan to) fund your business startup?
- personal savings
- What was (is) the biggest hurdle in getting your business off the ground?
- The economic downturn in the late 1980's kept a lot of potential clients from enlisting the help of a designer and the fact that most design firms become successful by referral clientele.
- What would you advise other women interested in starting a similar business?
- Make sure you can take care of yourself financially while you build the business, it can take a couple of years.
- What has been your biggest mistake?
- Taking on clients dthat raised "red flags" in my mind on the initial consultation.
- What has been your smartest move?
- Learning to recognize that not every potential client is right for me or my business.
- Are you willing to answer questions from other women business owners about your business?
- Yes
- What is your email address?
- president@refineddesign.biz
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