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How She Turned Home Staging Into a Successful Scalable Furniture Franchise | Courtney Clark of Set the Stage

How She Turned Home Staging Into a Successful Scalable Furniture Franchise | Courtney Clark of Set the Stage

Update: 2025-07-09
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Episode 91: On this episode of Pursuit of Profit, Cliff talks with Courtney Clark, founder of Set the Stage - a home staging company.


What started in 2016 with a simple vision has grown into a national brand with over 50 locations sold, and honestly, they're just getting started. Here's the twist... Set the Stage isn't just a home staging business. Over 50% of their revenue comes from furniture sales, turning every staged home into a retail showroom. It's a very clever, high margin, multi-revenue stream model serving home sellers, real estate agents, investors, and property managers.


If you've ever wondered how to turn interior design into a scalable business, or how to dominate a $6 billion industry riding the real estate wave, this conversation is for you. Take a listen...


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Timestamps:


02:08 - How Set the Stage started


05:31 - Number of locations & franchises


11:36 - No interior design skills


13:52 - Revenue streams


20:16 - New vs. used furniture


27:20 - New markets


33:40 - Money to invest


36:00 - Tech to help staging


38:15 - Startup costs


42:27 - Staffing model


47:48 - Looking ahead


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Set the Stage


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How She Turned Home Staging Into a Successful Scalable Furniture Franchise | Courtney Clark of Set the Stage

How She Turned Home Staging Into a Successful Scalable Furniture Franchise | Courtney Clark of Set the Stage

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