Veganising a business: Interview with Risha from Walden Interiors
For many of us, just being vegan isn’t enough. We need to look beyond just what we eat to how we can align our businesses with our ethics. Risha Walden was already running a successful interior design business. When she turned vegan, Risha became uncomfortable with just how many animal products she was working with in her projects.
That’s when she decided to make Walden Interiors a vegan interior design agency. Risha started out on a journey of engaging with customers to convince them to swap out the animal products in their home with cruelty-free alternatives.
What you will learn from this interview:
- How Risha’s personal journey led her to change her business, so that she could be earning money in away that better aligned with her ethics.
- How Risha’s clients and customers reacted when she changed to a vegan interior design service.
- The different ways that animal products can sneak their way into your home – from goose down in your pillows to animal-based glues in your furniture.
- How Risha engages with non-vegan customers to make them challenge their own views.
- When and where to lead with ‘vegan’ and when to not.
- How Risha found customers in the early days compared to how she finds them now.
- The importance of connecting and networking with other vegan professionals to give you an outside view of your business.
- How approaching your business with positivity and energy will make a huge difference to your success.
Find out more about Risha and Walden Interiors on her website, or follow Walden on Facebook or Instagram.
