54: A Conversation with Asha Chaudhary of Jaipur Living
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07/23/21 • 49 min
On this week's episode we're excited to sit down with Asha Chaudhary, the CEO of Jaipur Living. Jaipur Living is one of our favorite rug and textile vendors to work with. Asha shares what it's like to run a business with her family and how they like to collaborate with textile artisans globally.
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This episode is sponsored by Jaipur Living. Visit JaipurLiving.com/HYD to set up your account today.
We appreciate the family-owned attention Jaipur Living gives to their products and their customer experience.
Asha and her sisters are all helping their company build on their father's vision that started in India.
It was fascinating to hear about how the relationships with the artisans helps create a unique and beautiful textile and we love sharing that story with our clients.
Asha is on the steering committee for the Nest organization, a non-profit supporting the responsible growth of the artisan and maker economy.
The Jaipur Rugs Foundation is helping to uplift the artisan communities throughout India.
We talk about Jaipur's partnership with designers at Verde Home to create a unique collection based on what designer's are looking for.
And you know we enjoyed hearing about the supply chain impacts on their business so we can help our clients understand what's happening globally and build the right expectations into our business.
Asha also shares with us how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their families, artisans, and their business. It was a good reminder for us to consider the impact that individual people are having on the goods we bring into our clients' homes.
There are lots of great customization options in the work with Jaipur Living which is exciting as a designer to think about how we can create our own bespoke pieces for clients.
Asha shared how she has been investing in her own professional development recently through the StrengthsFinder book and online StrengthsFinder assessment.
On this week's episode we're excited to sit down with Asha Chaudhary, the CEO of Jaipur Living. Jaipur Living is one of our favorite rug and textile vendors to work with. Asha shares what it's like to run a business with her family and how they like to collaborate with textile artisans globally.
Questions/comments? Email us at [email protected]
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Stuff they mentioned:
This episode is sponsored by Jaipur Living. Visit JaipurLiving.com/HYD to set up your account today.
We appreciate the family-owned attention Jaipur Living gives to their products and their customer experience.
Asha and her sisters are all helping their company build on their father's vision that started in India.
It was fascinating to hear about how the relationships with the artisans helps create a unique and beautiful textile and we love sharing that story with our clients.
Asha is on the steering committee for the Nest organization, a non-profit supporting the responsible growth of the artisan and maker economy.
The Jaipur Rugs Foundation is helping to uplift the artisan communities throughout India.
We talk about Jaipur's partnership with designers at Verde Home to create a unique collection based on what designer's are looking for.
And you know we enjoyed hearing about the supply chain impacts on their business so we can help our clients understand what's happening globally and build the right expectations into our business.
Asha also shares with us how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their families, artisans, and their business. It was a good reminder for us to consider the impact that individual people are having on the goods we bring into our clients' homes.
There are lots of great customization options in the work with Jaipur Living which is exciting as a designer to think about how we can create our own bespoke pieces for clients.
Asha shared how she has been investing in her own professional development recently through the StrengthsFinder book and online StrengthsFinder assessment.
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53: Vendor Bender Series - Design Assisted
This is the first episode of our new Vendor Bender series where we'll welcoming industry experts onto the show. We want to help designers run their businesses better, and we're starting of with Dalia Soles of Design Assisted. Dalia's company helps designers increase their efficiency through outsourced project management, design assistance, and procurement.
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Dalia's background in both commercial and residential projects in Palm Beach, CA helped her identify a gap in the design industry that lead to the launch of her company, Design Assisted.
Find Dalia online, on Instagram, and on Facebook
Dalia cut her teeth in the design industry working for Kemble Design in Florida
We love her spirit of figuring things out and being courageous to jump into a new career path and industry.
Dalia talks about thriving in environments where she can lift others up, and how her role as a Design Assistant can sometimes involve being a therapist for her designers.
We talked more about outsourcing in Episode 40
Dalia shares how she uses Trello and Asana to help her clients projects move smoothly
Bringing on a design assistant can help increase revenue through time billing and increase the designer's productivity
Dalia shares her love of Google Slides to help organize information and acts as brain dump for our full minds
We also talk about our various experiences with Enneagram and how our types effect our work and personal lives.
Dalia has recommended Willow & Jax to some of her clients as a resource to help define their processes.
She also talked about her mental health journey working with adult ADHD after discovering Chalene Johnson on Tik Tok
She's currently inspired by the dynamic work of Cameron Ruppert Interiors
Next Episode
55: Process Party Part 8 - Setting Budgets
In Part 8 of our Process Party series we're breaking down how we set budget expectations with our clients. Whether it's furnishing our remodeling projects, we have to set proper expectations early. Because money isn't just part of the conversation - it is the conversation! Head to our show notes for details on how to download our free HYDC Client Budgeting Guide.
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We're continuing our Summer Skip Schedule to publish new episodes every other week
We would love to take a Summer sourcing trip to France or Morocco
Rebecca is worried about everything she needs to accomplish before her Hawaiian vacation
Shaun's vacation plans for Provincetown, MA didn't come together, stay tuned for other vacation plans.
Shaun's loving Carolina Irving's Almaty Velvet fabric
We want to be good stewards of our clients' money and where it makes sense for their budgets to be spent
Listen back to Episode 44 Process Party: Furniture Education when we started these budget conversations
In our interview with Jacob Medina in Episode 26, he talked about using a Good/Better/Best model with clients to establish budget expectations.
We need to move past our own money stories and emotional hangups to be the best advocates for our clients
Shaun has found it helpful to use the National Home Remodeling Guide to help clients understand costs of remodeling or construction projects
These honest conversations help establish our credibility as trusted advisors for our clients
Shaun also implemented a minimum furnishing and accessory budget along with construction projects as a way to create a more sustainable business.
Head to our Resources Page to download the free PDF of our Client Budgeting Guide.
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