EP 268 | Financial Metrics for Interior Designers with Larry Goldberg

April 12, 2022

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Are you making business decisions based on facts—or just gut instinct?

In this repeat episode, originally aired April 20, 2021, Kimberley Seldon is joined by BOD™ CFO Larry Goldberg to discuss why tracking financial metrics is essential for running a profitable, scalable interior design business.

The numbers in your business tell a story. When you understand what to measure and how to interpret it, you can make smarter decisions, improve profitability, and identify problems before they become costly.

If you want more control over your business performance, this episode will help you understand the power of analytics and accountability.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why measurable data leads to better business management
• How financial metrics help interior designers make smarter decisions
• Why every business has its own key performance indicators
• How tracking numbers consistently improves long-term profitability
• The connection between analytics, accountability, and growth
• Why procrastination keeps business owners stuck in the past

 

Design Intervention

If you can measure it, you can manage it.

About Larry Goldberb

Larry Goldberg is CFO for Business of Design® and started working with Kimberley and the BOD team in early 2021.

Larry is a CPA and spent my career working as the key financial person in a very wide variety of businesses, including new start-ups, established but very high growth companies, family enterprises, public and private companies and so on. Those businesses have been in many different industries, including software, energy storage, organic food, financial services and now… design.

Mr. Goldberg is a seasoned, operationally focused, financial executive with a very diverse experience set including private and public equity financings, debt financing, banking relationships, public markets and regulatory affairs, and board/audit committee membership.

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Legal Disclosure | This podcast is for educational purposes only and provides general business advice for interior designers and design professionals. It is not intended as individual legal, accounting, or professional guidance. Kimberley Seldon and Business of Design® make no guarantees regarding accuracy and are not liable for how information is used. Strategies shared may not apply to every situation—listeners should seek qualified legal, financial, or professional advice before making business decisions. References and resources mentioned may change over time.

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