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Podcast: Business of Home Podcast
Episode: You can't do high-end design online? The Expert begs to differ
Description: During COVID lockdowns last year, Jake Arnold, a rising young interior designer based out of Los Angeles, teamed up with Leo Seigal, an entrepreneur. Together they built an ingeniously simple platform, The Expert, that connects clients with top designers for hour-long video consultations. So far their creation has been a hit, and designers, including Amber Lewis, Leanne Ford and Martyn Lawrence Bullard, have flocked to the site, where they charge up to $2,500 for 55 minutes of their time. On this episode of the podcast, Arnold and Seigal speak with host Dennis Scully about the story behind their venture, w...