Guest Brownlee Currey

<p>1. Intro </p> <p><span class="s2">Today we are super excited to sit down and chat with long-time friend and CEO of the infamous lighting brand Currey & Co. Brownlee Currey.</span> <span class="s3">Currey & Company (<a href="https://curreyandcompany.com"><span class= "s4">https://curreyandcompany.com</span></a>) is a wholesale manufacturer of not only lighting but furniture and accent pieces as well. Their innovative furnishings can be found around the world in residential, contract and hospitality spaces.</span> <span class="s2">Celebrating their 32</span><span class= "s5">^nd</span> <span class="s2">year in business, we’ve got lots to chat about with Brownlee.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2">This podcast is sponsored by the one and only <a href="https://curreyandcompany.com"><span class= "s4">https://curreyandcompany.com</span></a></span><span class= "s4">.</span></p> <p><span class="s1">2. Welcome Brownlee!</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s6">A little background – I never realized that your Mom and Dad, Susan and Robert actually started the company back in 1988 as a purveyor of historic garden furnishings. Which actually makes perfect sense since we’ve been to their beautiful home in Sparta and walked thru the gardens. How did the business expand to lighting and furnishings and where did you jump in?</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1">3. Your Travels</span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s6">Currey is headquartered in Atlanta but employs approx. 550 people throughout the U.S., the Philippines, China and India. We live vicariously thru you watching all of your unique travels on Facebook. Tell us about visiting your factories and what you do when you are there.</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s6">Currey has quite a special menu of benefits you offer your employees – tell us about how you invest in your people. </span></p> <p><span class="s1">4. Your Hobby – Bonsai</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s6">If you are a designer and have visiting a Currey showroom especiall