It's the 1st birthday of the HYDC! This week Rebecca and Shaun are celebrating by taking you back to their beginnings and how they started their businesses. They share their education paths, what they invested to launch, and how they got their first projects.

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Stuff they mentioned:

Rebecca's project was shared on Bobby Berk's Instagram

Hear more of our origin stories in past episodes like

Episode 1: Meet The Hot Young Designers

Episode 14: Hot Old Husbands Club

Shaun interned with Kathryn M Ireland in Santa Monica

Which business model is right for you? Check out Episode 35: Unf*ck Your Biz with Braden Drake

We learned a lot from Luann Nigara's A Well Designed Business Podcast and Kimberly Seldon's Business of Design Podcast

Completing the One Room Challenge helped us create great spaces to share with clients in our portfolio

Veronica Solomon's Facebook Group

Rebecca's school reference book Professional Practice For Interior Designers