146 | How to Build Your Dream Design Team Without the Headache With Ronniesha Rivera

146 | How to Build Your Dream Design Team Without the Headache With Ronniesha Rivera

Have you ever wasted hours searching for the right help for your interior design business, only to feel frustrated and stuck? What if there was an easier way to find the right people who truly understand interior design?


In this episode, I chat with Ronniesha Rivera, an interior designer and founder of Vetted By Design—a free centralized platform for interior designers to connect with highly vetted professionals without stress.


Ronniesha shares her painful story of hiring the wrong bookkeeper early in her business, which cost her thousands of dollars. From that mistake came a brilliant idea: a one-stop, trusted place where interior designers can find reliable pros who understand the industry, like 3D renderers, bookkeepers, lawyers, virtual design assistants, social media managers, and more.


If you are starting your design business or growing your team, this episode will give you a smart solution to save time, avoid costly mistakes, and build a team you can trust.


🎧 Tune in now to learn how Vetted by Design can help you grow your business with less stress and more support.


Featured Guest:


⁠Ronniesha Rivera⁠ is the founder and CEO of ⁠Vetted By Design⁠ (VBD). He passion for VBD stems from her challenges as an interior designer. After years in the industry, she grew frustrated with endlessly searching through Facebook groups and Google just to find the right professionals to hire. She knew there had to be a better way—a centralized platform where designers could easily connect with vetted businesses that cater to our industry. And that’s exactly why Vetted By Design was created.


Ronniesha believes ⁠Vetted By Design⁠ can help any designer at any stage of their business.


Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode:


📌 Learn how to avoid costly hiring mistakes and build a reliable team

📌 Discover a free tool to find highly vetted professionals across various specialties faster, easier, and stress-free

📌 Grow and scale your interior design business more effectively


Check out the show notes >>> How to Build Your Dream Design Team Without the Headache


NEXT STEPS:

🎯 Join the My Design Mentor to kickstart a successful career in interior design!


Grab your freebies:

📌 Your Roadmap to a Career in Interior Design

🎨 3 Things I Wish I had known when I Started my Career


Connect With Me:

📧 Email: podcast@rwarddesign.com

🔆 Instagram: @rwarddesign

🌎 Website at rwarddesign.com


Thanks for listening! I hope this helps you discover if interior design is the career for you. See you next week...


Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction and Overview of Vetted by Design (VBD)

02:15 Ronniesha’s Journey into Interior Design

04:23 Hiring Mistakes and Painful Lessons

06:42 The Birth, Concept, and Mission of Vetted by Design

11:05 Categories and Coverage

12:41 The Vetting Process

16:20 How Designers Use the Platform and Pro Qualifications

22:13 Future Plans and Expansion

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