克里斯汀?勒米厄

年齡：43歲

公司：設計師家居用品公司DwellStudio

創辦時間：2000年

????1997年從帕森設計學院（Parson's School of Design）畢業后，勒米厄在紐約家居用品店Portico做表面設計。她在地板上嘗試了幾種有潮流感的時尚作品，客戶們似乎很喜歡，這激勵她辭職開了自己的公司。勒米厄認為DwellStudio是像Pottery Barn等更知名品牌的“新經濟”版，但成功并非在一夜之間來到。“我在很早的時候犯了錯，什么事情都一概答應，我錯失了一些發展的好年頭，”勒米厄說。“應該答應那些能帶來業務增長的機會，拒絕那些顯然是分散注意力的事情。”

????2010年，DwellStudio在紐約市著名的ABC Home & Carpet開設了首家零售店——今年5月，她為公司位于曼哈頓SoHo區的首家獨立門店剪了彩。

Christiane Lemieux

Age: 43

Company: DwellStudio

Founded: 2000

????After graduating from Parson's School of Design in 1997, Lemieux was working on surface design at home goods store Portico in New York City. She tried out several trendier, fashion-driven pieces on the floor and customers seemed to love them, inspiring her to leave and start her own company. Lemieux considers DwellStudio to be the "new economy" version of more established brands like Pottery Barn, though success did not come overnight. "I made the mistake very early on of saying yes to everything and I lost some good years of growth." Lemieux advises, "Say yes to the opportunities that grow the business and no to the ones that are clearly a distraction."

????In 2010, DwellStudio opened its first retail location in NYC's famous ABC Home & Carpet -- and in May, it cut the ribbon to its first standalone store in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.