Turn your interior design business into a well-oiled machine.
The Designed to Scale® Method gives you the structure and systems to get your business out of your head, create a process you can repeat and hand off, and make better decisions about what comes next.
Your behind-the-scenes operations should feel as | as your design work.
That means:
Clear pricing you can defend
You know how to price your services and products, why that pricing makes sense for your business, and how to communicate your fees without second-guessing yourself every time you send a proposal.
A service structure that makes sense
You know what you offer, what’s included, what your boundaries are, and which projects are the best fit for your business.
A repeatable client process
Clients and your team know what happens next, what’s expected of them, and how the process will flow from inquiry through offboarding.
More authority in the client relationship
You make recommendations more confidently, manage revisions and scope more clearly, and spend less time reacting to client requests and more time proactively guiding them.
A business that doesn’t depend on you for every decision
Your processes become easier to repeat, delegate, and refine, so your team (or software) can handle more without everything coming back to you.
If you spend more time putting out fires than you do designing, it’s time for a change.
Maybe …
… you constantly second guess your pricing and process
… you say yes to projects you know aren’t a good fit just to fill the pipeline
… you treat every project like a one-off so nothing ever feels the same
… it has become the norm that clients take control, push boundaries, waffle in indecision, and expect unlimited access
… you have a team, but every decision still comes back to you because the process, standards, or expectations live in your head.
These can feel like a dozen separate problems,
but most of them are symptoms of the same thing:
Not having a clear operating and decision-making framework for the business.
The DESIGNED TO SCALE® METHOD gives you that framework.
The DTS Method connects the major operational decisions inside an interior design business so your services, pricing, sales process, client experience, boundaries, capacity, and delivery model work together to create a sustainable, structured, profitable business.
It’s based on years of private consulting work with interior design firms and has helped hundreds of designers to refine how they price, sell, structure, and deliver their services.
One framework. Two ways to implement it.
Every DTS Method client receives the same core curriculum, tools, resources, and implementation framework.
You choose how much private guidance you get while applying it to your business.
SELF-STUDY
Best for designers who want to implement independently
Lifetime access to our comprehensive, step-by-step curriculum
14 CEUs
Implementation activities and workbook
Templates, SOPs, calculators, and resources
Over-the-shoulder client meetings and demonstrations
Future updates to the DTS Method
No private consulting or individualized reviews are included.
PRIVATE CONSULTING
Best for established designers who want three months of private guidance as they apply the method to their business
Get everything in Self-Study, plus:
A personalized business audit
An individualized learning path
A 1:1 kickoff call with Katie
Four private business reviews
Ongoing private consulting with Katie and Gloria for three months
Private positioning session with Katie and Gloria
Here’s what you’ll implement inside The DTS Method:
A focused service structure
Define the services you offer, what’s included, and what the boundaries are, so every project follows a repeatable, efficient process, no matter what the scope is.
Profitable pricing
Know how to price your services and products based on scope, capacity, and profitability, instead of second-guessing your numbers or relying on vague advice to “charge your worth.”
A repeatable client experience
Create a clear process from inquiry through offboarding, so projects run more smoothly and fewer details slip through the cracks.
A stronger sales process
Lead discovery calls, consultations, and proposal meetings with more confidence, respond to objections, and protect your time without sounding scripted, pushy, or desperate.
Less owner dependency
Create clearer roles, responsibilities, processes, and standards so your team can fully take things off your plate without every decision, question, or issue coming back to you.
Better business decision-making
Use capacity, profitability, project fit, and pipeline information to make better decisions about what projects to take on, what to charge, and when your business has room to grow.
A look inside The Designed to Scale® Method curriculum:
The DTS Method is built from the work I’ve done with 100+ private consulting clients and the patterns I’ve seen across real interior design firms. I worked with an instructional designer and a tenured interior design professor to turn that experience into a clear framework you can apply to your own business.
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Start as you mean to go on.
Before you can charge more, streamline your workload, or say no to the wrong clients (while getting paid more by the right ones), you need a foundation that works for you. One that gives you clarity, direction, and control over your business.
Because if you don’t define what you want, everyone and anyone will be more than happy to define it for you.
The DTS Method starts with the most important work:
🔹 Clarify your North Star. No more winging it. No more just seeing where things go. You’ll define exactly what your interior design business should look like—the clients, the projects, what you spend your days doing.
🔹 Reverse-engineer your success. You’ll break your big goals down so you always know exactly what to focus on next.
🔹 Establish boundaries that protect your time, energy, and creativity. Without them, you’ll be answering client texts at 9 p.m., over-delivering on projects that don’t light you up, and working twice as hard for half the return.
🔹 Design your ideal workweek. Not a generic schedule. Not a routine that works for someone else. A structure designed around you so you can stay in control, get more done, and avoid burnout.
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The difference between a profitable design business and a stressful, underpaid one?
A thoughtful, high-value service menu that keeps you in your zone of genius.
No more guessing at pricing. No more offering everything and hoping something sticks. No more scope creep that turns small projects into full service never ending nightmares.
Inside The DTS Method, you’ll:
🖊 Build a service menu that attracts dream clients. Stop offering services that don’t align with your strengths, position you as an expert, and attract clients who don’t value you.
📌 Get crystal clear on deliverables, timelines, and your ideal client. When your process is defined before the inquiry, you can stop bending to fit every client and instead attract the ones who respect your expertise.
💰 Price your services (and furnishings) for profit. No back-of-the-napkin math. No second-guessing. No starting from zero every time. You’ll walk away with a scoping + pricing model designed to ensure every service is profitable.
🎯 Set expectations so clearly that clients don’t question them. From scope to timelines, you’ll learn how to communicate exactly what’s included, making approvals faster, projects smoother, and payments more predictable.
When your services are clearly structured, selling is easy. Clients know what to expect. They say yes faster. And you spend your time doing work you love.
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Selling isn’t just part of your business as an interior designer. It is your business. And if your process isn’t airtight, you’ll keep second-guessing your prices, stumbling through discovery calls, and wondering why dream clients disappear before signing the contract.
No more!
Inside The DTS Method, you’ll:
🖊 Lead discovery calls that convert. No more “Did I say the right thing?” spirals. You’ll lead with confidence, position your expertise, and handle objections like a pro without awkward silences or last-minute discounts.
📌 Set your capacity with intention. Overbooked? Underpaid? Burnt out? That ends now. You’ll get crystal clear on how to schedule your projects so your time, energy, and revenue are well protected.
💰 Scope, price, and invoice with ease. No more guesswork. No more last-minute number crunching. You’ll have a seamless pricing and scoping process that earns trust, buy-in, and predictable payments.
🎯 Book out your pipeline. You’ll stop chasing clients and start tracking, following up, and closing projects with ease.
It’s about making sales AND making sales effortless.
When your sales process is buttoned up, your business becomes predictable, profitable, and scalable.
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A seamless onboarding process sets the tone for a smooth, successful project and instills so much trust in clients from day one.
A well-structured onboarding process is about creating a client experience so dialed in, so effortless, that your clients feel immediately confident in their decision to hire you.
In The DTS Method, you’ll:
📌 Design an onboarding process that feels high-touch and effortless. From the first “yes” to project kickoff, your clients will feel so well taken care of (which will make your life way easier).
📝 Know exactly what to send, when to send it. You’ll create a plug-and-play communication plan with welcome emails, prep materials, and key documents so your clients always know what happens next.
🚫 Avoid the onboarding mistakes that cause delays, miscommunication, and revisions. Without a consistent onboarding process, you’ll feel like you start every project BEHIND.
💰 Master the client budget conversation. Learn how to prepare a budget with confidence (no more vague estimates), set expectations upfront, and actually stick to it—so you protect your profit margin.
The way a project starts determines how it flows. Nail your onboarding, and you’ll create a process that feels elevated, exciting, and professional.
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A seamless creative process and elevated design presentation lead to happier clients, smoother projects, and fewer revisions.
Your designs are AMAZING but if your presentation, revision process, and expectations are clunky, you’ll spend way too much time doing design work that isn’t helpful, fielding back-and-forth emails, reworking designs, and managing unrealistic requests.
In The DTS Method, you’ll learn how to:
🎤 Present your designs with confidence and clarity. Know exactly how to walk clients through your vision so they feel excited, aligned, and ready to move forward.
🚦 Uncover what’s slowing down client decisions. Whether it’s uncertainty, overwhelm, or hidden objections, you’ll learn how to identify and eliminate delays before they derail your timeline.
📝 Master the revision process. Set clear expectations, manage changes with ease, and keep projects moving forward so revisions don’t spiral into endless tweaks or designs that never get approved.
🚧 Avoid unrealistic client expectations. Learn how to set the tone from the start, communicate boundaries with confidence, and prevent the “just one more change” cycle before it starts.
When you nail this phase, your designs will get approved faster, revisions will go way down, and projects will move forward with ease.
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A well-managed project means fewer surprises, happier clients, and a seamless install day.
A beautiful design is just the beginning. Execution is everything. Without a strong project management system, timelines stretch, vendors drop the ball, and you end up fixing problems that aren’t even in your scope.
In The DTS Method, you’ll:
🖥 Choose the right design management software for your business. The right tools save you time, streamline communication, and keep your projects organized. No more scattered emails, long text threads, and random sticky notes.
📌 Find, build, and track vendor relationships with ease. Learn how to source reliable vendors, create long-term partnerships, and keep everything running smoothly.
🚧 Know what is (and isn’t) your responsibility during construction. Stop micromanaging contractors, dealing with issues outside your scope, or spending unpaid hours fixing other people’s mistakes.
💰 Structure your pricing to cover all the post-design work. Learn exactly how to charge for your time during procurement, construction, and final install so you’re not giving away project management services for free.
📦 Ensure installation day is smooth, seamless, and stress-free. With the right prep, schedule, and vendor coordination, you’ll create a process that makes every install feel effortless.
You know designing is only like 10% of the job.
The real magic happens in the execution. When your project management is dialed in, you stay in control, your clients stay happy, and your installs go off without a hitch.
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The way a project ends is just as important as how it begins. Don’t let your projects fizzle out when they wrap.
A smooth offboarding process sets the stage for testimonials, repeat business, and referrals that bring in more dream clients.
In The DTS Method, you’ll:
✅ Implement a step-by-step offboarding process. Know exactly how to wrap up a project without missing key details or making common mistakes that can leave clients feeling unsure about the final steps.
📝 Ask for testimonials and referrals without feeling awkward. You’ll learn how to naturally and confidently request feedback that turns into powerful marketing assets without sounding pushy or desperate.
📊 Review and analyze your project’s performance. Learn how to evaluate what worked, what didn’t, and how to refine your process for smoother, more profitable projects moving forward.
The curriculum includes 14 CEUs, lifetime access, and future updates.
Here’s What’s Inside The Designed to Scale® Method:
Every DTS Method enrollment includes the complete curriculum, implementation tools, and resources you need to apply the framework inside your business.
✔️ Comprehensive Curriculum (Lifetime Access)
A step-by-step curriculum covering your services, pricing, sales process, client experience, capacity, project delivery, and the systems that support them.
You’ll have access for the life of The DTS Method, including future curriculum updates.
The curriculum also includes 14 hours of HSW continuing education content toward interior design credentialing or certificate renewal.
✔️ Over-the-Shoulder Trainings & Walkthroughs
One of the hardest parts of learning business strategy is translating advice into a real client conversations.
So throughout The DTS Method, we show you what the process looks and sounds like in practice.
You’ll get access to over-the-shoulder trainings and demonstrations including:
Discovery call teardowns
Proposal presentation demonstration
Client kickoff meeting
Sales and objection-handling examples
Other key client conversations
✔️ A Curated Library of Templates, SOPs & Resources (Valued at $2,500+)
You’ll receive a curated collection of the resources we use to help designers put The DTS Method into practice.
These include pricing and capacity calculators, client process tools, templates, SOPs, planning worksheets, questionnaires, project-vetting tools, hiring templates, and other resources designed specifically for interior design firms.
The goal is to give you the tools you need to make the changes you’re learning inside DTS easier to implement and repeat.
See the full list below.
You’ll also get the tools to put
The DTS Method into practice.
A curated collection of templates, SOPs, calculators, and implementation resources is included throughout The DTS Method. From pricing your services and vetting projects to onboarding clients, working efficiently, tracking your numbers, and delegating to a team, you’ll have tools to fast track change.
Design Fee Pricing Calculator
Calculate what your design services need to cost based on your business expenses, capacity, and profitability goals, rather than relying on what other designers charge or what feels like a reasonable number.
Price Per Square Foot Calculator
Determine a profitable price-per-square-foot rate based on your own business numbers and use it to evaluate whether PPSF pricing makes sense for a particular service or project.
Design Hours Project Estimator
Estimate the design hours a project is likely to require so you can build proposals around a more realistic scope of work instead of guessing how long the project will take.
Capacity Calculator
See how much work your firm can realistically take on based on your available time, current projects, and service structure before adding another project to the schedule.
Project Assessment Tool & Profitability Planner
Evaluate potential projects based on fit, capacity, scope, and profitability so you can make a more informed decision about which projects to pursue and which ones to decline.
Sample Scopes of Work
Start with professionally developed scopes for common interior design services, then customize them based on how your firm works and what you have decided to include in each service.
Discovery Call Questions & Discovery Phase SOP
Know what to ask, what information you need, and how to move an inquiry through your discovery process consistently instead of handling every lead differently.
Design Fee Proposal Template
Present your scope, process, fee, and next steps in a clear, professional proposal that supports the sales process and builds trust with potential clients.
Industry-Wide Design Service Timelines
Use real-world timeline benchmarks for common interior design services to help you plan projects, set more realistic client expectations, and understand how long your services should take to deliver.
Client Onboarding Tools
Use the Design Questionnaire, Onboarding Checklists by Service, and Onboarding SOP to collect the right information, set expectations, and create a consistent start to every project.
Design Presentation Tools
Use the Design Presentation Template, Design Presentation SOP, and Best Practices Guide to create a more consistent presentation process and communicate your recommendations more clearly to clients.
Sales Forecasting & Monthly Business Tracking
Use the Sales Forecaster and Monthly Stats Tracker to see what’s in your pipeline, track the numbers that move the needle, and make decisions based on actual data (no more guessing!)
Hiring Blueprint
Whether you're making your first hire or redefining your existing team, you'll have our Hiring Blueprint so you don't have to create anything from scratch. This includes job descriptions, hiring and interview processes, application forms, onboarding tools, a company handbook, and other resources.
The DTS Method also includes:
Client Dashboard Tracker in Asana
Client Gifting Guide
Furniture Budget Tracker
Product Management Software Comparison Chart
Vendor List Template
Install Day SOP
Referral Request Email Template
Offboarding Feedback Form & Offboarding SOP
Additional implementation tools and resources provided throughout the curriculum
Total value: $2,500+
Don’t just take
my word for it:
Working with Katie and DDC has been transformational. It's incredible to look back and see the growth our firm has had. We literally had no formal procedures before and were constantly ‘reinventing the wheel’ time and time again (which is exhausting and so inefficient!).
The structure and consistency The DTS Method has provided for [us] and our clients have transformed the business. The material is professional, validating, and has given us confidence to take on the right projects and grow the business in the direction we have always wanted. It's been a huge blessing to have this level of support.
The peace-of-mind and confidence DTS has provided is incredible—literally life-changing. Thank you!
Tara, DTS Method Graduate
Katie, Gloria and the DTS team were incredible. They offered so much insight, care, and personal feedback about my company and brand. Investing in DTS brought value and insight into my business that I would not have had otherwise. I definitely recommend DTS to any designer who is looking for ways to improve their business and get relevant and actionable critiques to do so!
DTS Method Graduate
I can’t tell you how pivotal The DTS Method has been for me. I’ve been drinking from the firehose for years and never knew HOW to form systems for success, but NOW I DO!
You have changed my life and my business. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Aimee, dts method graduate
For years I've been disillusioned by the decade plus of feast and famine I've endured running my studio solo; a string of bad-fit clients taken out of necessity but with whom I ultimately parted ways prior to project completion; apprehensions regarding my business's foundation due to ignorance and overwhelm; a seeming impossibility of obtaining new work that is both profitable and fulfilling; and a general hopelessness about the longevity of my business due to this cyclical confluence of events.
Now, I am excited about the future of my studio and with each new lesson I am inspired, empowered and, frankly, relieved to firm my footing, boost my confidence and surmount any obstacle to growth, professional fulfillment and financial security.
Marc, DTS METHOD GRADUATE
The Designed to Scale® Method: Self-Study
The curriculum, frameworks, and resources inside The Designed to Scale® Method reflect years of real-world implementation across 100+ interior design businesses.
Self Study is the complete business framework for designers who want to implement independently.
📚 Full DTS Method Curriculum – Lifetime access to everything you need to structure, price, and scale your business with confidence, plus updates. This counts as 14 CEUs.
📂 Curated Collection of Resources & Templates – Streamline your workflow with plug-and-play tools, templates, and step-by-step processes.
🎥 Over-the-Shoulder Trainings – Real-world over-the-shoulder sessions to help you refine your approach and see how it’s done in established design firms.
Best for you if:
You’re comfortable making your own implementation decisions
You’re confident following a proven step-by-step structure
You prefer to move at your own pace
You don’t need individualized reviews or access to Katie and Gloria
ENROLL IN SELF STUDY
One-Time Payment of
$2500
The Designed to Scale® Method: Private Consulting
Private Consulting includes everything in Self-Study, plus three months of private consulting with Katie and Gloria to help you apply the method to your business.
We’ll review how your business is currently operating, identify the areas that need the most attention, and guide you as you implement changes.
Personalized Business Audit & Learning Path
We start by reviewing your business across the core areas we cover inside The DTS Method, including your services, pricing, sales process, client process, capacity, and positioning.
Your learning path will help you spend your time on the areas of the DTS Method that are most relevant to your business right now.
Private Kickoff with Katie
We’ll start the three-month consulting period with a private Kickoff Call.
We’ll walk through your priorities, the areas of your business that need attention, and where I recommend you focus first so you have a clear plan for the months ahead.
Four Private Business Reviews
During your three-month consulting engagement, you can submit up to four areas of your business for a private deep-dive review:
Your service offerings
Your pricing and scopes
Your client process
Your design presentation materials
Ongoing Private Consulting for Three Months
As you work through your learning path and make changes inside your business, you can submit questions privately through your workspace. You’ll receive a response from me and/or Gloria, generally within one business day.
Questions might include whether a service is still profitable, how to restructure responsibilities as your team grows, where a process is breaking down, whether your pricing supports your positioning, how to handle a recurring client issue, or how to apply something from the curriculum to your business.
We may also direct you back to a specific lesson, resource, or tool when your question is already covered there, so your private consulting time can stay focused on application and decision-making.
Private Positioning Session with Katie & Gloria
We’ll look at how your services, pricing, process, technical skills, education, portfolio, and overall positioning all work together, and identify where the client facing aspects of the business could be more aligned with the level of work you want to be doing.
Katie will bring the business and operations perspective, and Gloria will bring her experience as a practicing interior designer and tenured design professor.
PAY IN FULL
One-Time Payment of
$7500
3 PAYMENTS
3 Monthly Payments of
$2500
Private Consulting availability is limited so we can give each client the time and attention included in the engagement.
Not sure if Private Consulting is the right fit?
If you’re seriously considering Private Consulting but want to make sure it’s the right level of support for your business, you can book a Fit Call with us before enrolling.
We’ll talk through where your business is now, what you want help with, and whether Private Consulting makes sense for what you’re trying to solve.
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Self Study vs.
Private Consulting
Choose Self-Study if you want the complete framework and plan to implement independently.
Choose Private Consulting if you want the complete framework plus three months of private guidance while you implement.
Private Consulting gives you two different PERSPECtiVES on YOUR business
Meet Katie
I've been helping interior designers build more profitable, sustainable, client-focused businesses since 2017. I've worked privately with more than 100 design firms and taught hundreds more through The Designed to Scale® Method and Dakota Design Company resources.
My work inside The DTS Method focuses on the business side of the firm: services, pricing, capacity, sales, operations, and client process.
Meet Gloria—Your Industry Insider
Gloria is a certified interior designer, tenured interior design professor, and industry expert with a rare combination of professional practice and academic experience.
She holds a Master's Degree in Interior Design from SCAD and a Ph.D. and has taught hundreds of residential and commercial design students across three universities.
Inside The DTS Method, Gloria brings the design-industry lens to presentation materials, industry relationships, professional practice, and positioning.
The Designed to Scale® Method is for interior designers who want a more intentional, streamlined way to run their business.
Self-Study works well for designers at different stages:
YOU’RE BUILDING THE BUSINESS
You have some client experience, but you’re still figuring out how to price your work, structure your services, and create a process you can repeat.
YOU’RE A FEW YEARS IN
The business is growing, but too much still depends on you making decisions from scratch. Your pricing, services, boundaries, or client process need more structure.
YOU’RE MORE ESTABLISHED
You have a successful firm, but the way you run it has not fully caught up with the level of work you’re doing. You want increased profitability, stronger systems, more balanced capacity, and a processes your team can follow and execute without everything coming back to you.
Private Consulting is best for designers who already have a functioning business for us to evaluate and refine.
Private Consulting is a stronger fit if:
You’ve worked with enough clients to see patterns in what is and is not working
You have existing services, pricing, scopes, processes, or presentation materials we can review
You can identify recurring friction in the business, even if you aren’t sure how to fix it
The business has enough activity that better decisions could have a meaningful financial or operational impact
You want experienced outside input on what to prioritize and where to focus first
You’re prepared to make changes and implement recommendations during the three-month engagement
If you’re not sure whether your business is far enough along for Private Consulting, book a Fit Call and we can help you decide.
The DTS Method is not for you if:
You're looking for information but aren't prepared to implement it.
DTS will give you the framework and tools, but you still have to implement the changes inside your business.
You aren't open to changing the way your business currently operates.
The DTS Method may require you to rethink services, pricing, processes, boundaries, or the way you work with clients.
You haven’t worked with paid clients yet.
You'll get more from The DTS Method once you have enough business experience to apply the framework to real projects and decisions.
Private Consulting is not the right fit if:
You want us to implement the changes for you.
You expect private consulting to replace reviewing the curriculum and resources assigned in your learning path.
You aren't prepared to make decisions and implement recommendations during the three-month engagement.
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Both options include the complete Designed to Scale® Method curriculum, tools, templates, calculators, resources, 14 CEUs, and access to future curriculum updates for the life of the Method.
Self-Study is designed for designers who want to work through the framework independently.
Private Consulting includes everything in Self-Study, plus three months of private consulting with Katie and Gloria, an individualized learning path, a private kickoff call, up to four private business reviews, ongoing consulting through your private workspace, and a private positioning session.
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Choose Self-Study if you want the full DTS framework and are comfortable making your own implementation decisions.
Private Consulting is best for designers with an operating business, existing clients, services, pricing, and processes that we can review and refine.
If you are considering Private Consulting and want help deciding whether it is the right fit, you can book a short Fit Call before enrolling.
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You don’t need to have everything figured out before joining Self-Study.
Self-Study can work well if you have some client experience and are ready to build stronger pricing, services, processes, and business systems from the beginning.
Private Consulting is better suited to designers who already have enough business activity for us to evaluate patterns, identify problems, and give meaningful strategic feedback.
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There is no required weekly schedule for Self-Study. You can work through the curriculum at your own pace and return to it as your business evolves.
For Private Consulting, we recommend setting aside a consistent 2-3 hours per week during the three-month engagement to review the lessons and resources in your individualized learning path, implement recommendations, and bring questions to us as they come up.
The value of the consulting depends on having enough time to make decisions and put changes into practice.
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You will have access to the curriculum and included resources for the life of The Designed to Scale® Method.
Future curriculum updates are included.
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Yes. The curriculum includes 14 hours of HSW continuing education content that can be used toward eligible interior design credentialing or certificate renewal requirements.
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A curated collection of templates, SOPs, calculators, and implementation resources is included throughout the curriculum.
These include tools for pricing, PPSF pricing, estimating design hours, capacity planning, profitability, project assessment, discovery, proposals, scopes of work, onboarding, design presentations, project delivery, offboarding, sales forecasting, monthly business tracking, hiring, and more.
You can see a detailed list of included resources above.
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Yes. The SOPs, calculators, and tools from the Business Blueprint are included inside The Designed to Scale® Method, along with additional DTS-specific resources.
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If you previously purchased an eligible DDC resource that is included inside The DTS Method, contact us before enrolling and we can confirm whether your prior purchase qualifies for a credit.
This includes The Business Blueprint SOPs, ops& Proposal Work pricing
Email support@dakotadesigncompany.com for details.
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No. Self-Study doesn’t include private consulting, individualized reviews, calls, ongoing consulting, or direct access to Katie or Gloria.
The curriculum, demos, templates, calculators, and resources are designed to give you the complete framework to implement independently.
FAQs
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Your three-month consulting period begins on the date of your scheduled private kickoff call.
Your kickoff call must be scheduled within 30 days of signing up unless another arrangement is approved in writing.
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The kickoff call gives Katie context around your business, current priorities, and the areas creating the most friction.
We’ll review where you are now, discuss what you want to change, and establish the priorities for your three-month engagement.
Your individualized learning path will then guide which parts of The DTS Method you should focus on first.
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During your Private Consulting engagement, you can submit up to four areas of your business for private review.
Reviews may include:
Your services
Your pricing and scopes
Your client processes
Your design presentation materials
We’ll give you detailed feedback and recommendations based on industry best practices and what we know about your business and your market.
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Throughout your three-month engagement, you can submit private questions through your workspace as you implement The DTS Method.
Katie and/or Gloria will respond based on the topic, generally within one Company business day. Our business days are Monday through Thursday, excluding holidays, Company closures, and scheduled time away.
Questions may include pricing or scope decisions, service structure, client-process issues, implementation decisions, operational challenges, or how to apply something from the curriculum to your business.
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Private Consulting is designed for strategic application, interpretation, and decision-making around the areas covered inside The DTS Method.
If a question is already fully covered in the curriculum, we may direct you back to the relevant lesson or resource before providing additional consulting.
We may also redirect requests that require substantial implementation work, fall outside the scope of the engagement, or would require us to perform the work for you.
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No. Private Consulting is strategic consulting, not outsourced business management or implementation.
We will review, advise, help you make decisions, and show you how to apply The DTS Method to your business, but you are responsible for completing and implementing the work.
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Private Consulting is designed to be completed within the three-month engagement and does not pause or extend.
Extraordinary circumstances may be considered at Dakota Design Company’s discretion and must be approved in writing.
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Any unused calls, reviews, or other consulting services expire at the end of your three-month consulting period.
They cannot be transferred, carried forward, exchanged for credit, or refunded.
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Your enrollment and license are for a single user.
Your team may use materials internally as part of your business operations where permitted, but access to the curriculum and licensed materials cannot be shared, redistributed, or transferred to another user.
If you want a partner or employee to have their own access, contact us before purchasing so we can confirm the appropriate option.
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No. All sales are final.
Because you receive immediate access to proprietary curriculum, templates, tools, and intellectual property, we do not offer refunds for Self-Study or Private Consulting.
Private Consulting payment plans are payment plans for the full $7,500 investment, not cancellable monthly subscriptions.
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For general enrollment questions, email support@dakotadesigncompany.com.
If you’re seriously considering Private Consulting and want to make sure it’s the right fit for your business, you can book a complimentary Fit Call with us before enrolling.
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You should not rebuild your business one decision, one “what’s next” at a time.
The Designed to Scale® Method gives you the framework to decide how your services, pricing, process, sales, and client experience should work together, now and when your business grows.
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The curriculum is yours for the life of The DTS Method so you can return to it as your business grows and your needs change.
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