Summary A video background is a fun way to add movement to grab your visitor’s attention as soon as they enter onto your website, and the process to set it up is SO easy! Join me as I walk you through all the steps! For this walk through I’ll be using our best selling Showit […]

Summary As designers, we can get stuck in the day-to-day, task-oriented, things in our business and never zoom out and see the big picture. We don’t have the space to dream about our business and what we want things to look or feel like. As entrepreneurs, it’s easy to find tasks to fill our workdays […]

Summary Growing and running a business can feel like you’re always searching for the next great thing. We hit one of our goals and then immediately begin striving for that next goal, all while testing all of the tactics to see what sticks. When is it enough? What does it take to feel contentment in […]

Summary In this week’s episode, I wanted to be super transparent on our Q1 goals. Talk about the highs and lows, revenues, and expenses. We see a lot of income claims but may not get the full picture of someone’s business. What did they make and what did they spend? Did they meet, exceed, or […]

Summary I believe one of the best investments you can make in your business is a mentor. Have you ever been curious about getting a mentor for your business? Is there something that has been holding you back from reaching out or finding a mentor? In this week’s episode, I chat with designer Arlina Roman. […]

Summary Thinking about integrating employees into Quill & Co. was really daunting and one of the scariest things I did last year. I’ve had contractors in the past but in April 2021, I had hired a part-time designer to help me out with projects and 3 months later, brought her on full-time. Then in September, […]

Summary In today’s episode, I chat with Chaitra Radhakrishna who is the founder of Pinkpot Studio. A Shopify design studio for product-based businesses. After 3 years in business, she took an 18-month maternity leave. When she returned to her business in 2020, it forced her to take a hard look at her process, ideas around […]

Summary: As business owners, we have to be self-motivated. But what happens when we lose it? Being bored or getting too comfortable, burned out, or scared of the next level can hold you back from finding that motivation. There are no rules for motivation and everyone is motivated by different things. I think a key […]

Summary: Money is a taboo topic, especially for women. And I too have combating views on how to talk about it with my loved ones, audience, and my design clients. I have to remind myself, one of my biggest “WHY”s in running my business is to lift up woman and their work. I believe that […]