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Hothouse Week Two - Let's Grow Together!

Jan 12, 2025
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🌟 Hothouse Launched!

This week has been a momentous milestone: after months of planning, Hothouse is now live! Our Facebook group has taken off nicely as members set their first goals for January.

What is Hothouse?

It’s an interior design business accelerator, designed to help you grow your business faster through collaboration, intentional action, and goal-setting. Each month, we’ll focus on strengthening a key area of professional performance, and together, we’ll track progress toward meaningful results.

Join Us! It’s Free:

👉 Click here to join Hothouse on Facebook.

Or search ‘Hothouse - Excellence in Interior Design Business’ on Facebook.

Know someone who would benefit? Please share this newsletter with them - everyone’s welcome!


📅 Coming Up – Live Events

🎥 Tuesday 14th January, 6 PM (UK Time)

New Designers Meeting

This session is perfect for designers in the first year or two of practice, but everyone is welcome. As we’re a small group, this month’s meeting will take place on Zoom, offering plenty of opportunity for discussion:

Click to Join Meeting

Meeting ID: 889 6112 4145

Passcode: 249742

⚡️I will also past the Zoom link in the Facebook group⚡️ 

 

🗓 Friday 31st January, 9:15 AM

Bootcampers’ Board Meeting

This monthly session is exclusive to Recipe for Success Bootcamp graduates. We’ll discuss recent progress, set new goals, and collaborate on key challenges. Bootcampers - if you’d like to add items to the agenda, let me know via our WhatsApp group.

(Link will be shared privately with Bootcampers.)


🔧 Useful Resources

🎬 Video: Integrating AI Into Your Interior Design Practice

Dropping next week! This 30-minute video (complete with an exercise sheet and example prompts), will walk you through practical ways to incorporate AI into your business.

From time management to business planning, AI can help you work smarter, not harder. The link to the video will be shared in the Facebook group in the middle of the coming week - don’t miss it!


🖋 Journaling: My Week 2 Progress

I have just uploaded my Week 2 journal entry to the group. Honestly, this practice promises to be a game-changer, it keeps my focus sharp and prevents me from drifting for weeks at a time.

It feels raw, and I often wonder how it looks from the outside (my starting numbers are very low) but it’s incredibly powerful for keeping my goals on track, and I have faith that the numbers will grow throughout the year. I highly recommend you try it, and if you do, please feel free to share to the group. 


✨ Final Thought

At Hothouse, we’re all about creating disciplined, focused progress. We follow nine key principles to help us stay consistent and motivated:

 


🤝 Let’s Grow the Group Together!

Everything’s better with a buddy, and Hothouse is no different. If you know an interior designer who’d love to be part of a free year of business coaching, share this newsletter or invite them to join the Facebook group!

2025 is full of potential—let’s make it extraordinary.

See you in Hothouse :-)

Julia

Founder, Hothouse

 

P.S. Have you joined the Facebook group yet? 👉 Click here to join and start connecting with your fellow designers!

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