
Show Notes
In a live edition of the show, hosted by Four Hands, Heather Fujikawa of House Sprucing and Jean Stoffer and Grace Start of Jean Stoffer Design shared advice on post-pandemic recruiting tactics, discussing price changes with clients in the era of tariffs, and expanding a firm’s client base to include out-of-state projects.
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