🤓 Amanda Schneider, LEED AP, MBA is an accomplished entrepreneur and founder of ThinkLab, a research and strategy firm for the interiors industry that was acquired by SANDOW Design Group in 2018. With a passion for design, research, sales, and strategic launch practices, Amanda brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work. She is a respected thought leader in the industry and has been featured in Forbes, MIT Sloan Management Review, the Huffington Post, and many others. As a sought-after keynote speaker and host of the popular podcast, Design Nerds Anonymous, Amanda regularly shares her insights and expertise with audiences around the world.As the ONLY market research firm focused on the Interiors Industry, ThinkLab leverages the immense reach of SANDOW media brands including Interior Design, Metropolis, and Luxe in order to: 📈💡 Develop interior industry benchmarks and track trends👀🔍 Validate new product concepts🧐📊 Investigate new product categories, including M&A research😍👂 Measure brand sentiment💥🔧 Visualize process efficiencies to give your brand a competitive advantageIt's easy to be surrounded by data yet starved for insights. ThinkLab is proud to translate data to insights, and insights into action. Learn more by tuning into our complimentary insights:✅ Sign up for our newsletter @thinklab.design✅ Check out our Design Nerds Anonymous Podcast✅ Check out the industry's first ever CEU podcast, The Learning Objective✅ Follow ThinkLab on LinkedIn Or, if you're ready to dive deeper we have a range of services:💲 Check out our self-serve digital courses to upskill your team💲💲 Hire us for a speaking engagement, workshop, or expert facilitation💲💲 Get our best research FIRST with our INSIDER subscription program💲💲 Look to us as the best in turnkey CEU development to connect your brand to the industry💲💲💲 Consider sponsoring our research or a podcast to position your brand as a thought leader💲-💲💲💲💲 Consider hiring us for your custom market research needs including qualitative, quantitative, or generative research. Amanda’s creative process stems from her education in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, while her natural business sense is augmented by her MBA from the University of Iowa. When she’s not busy working in her suburban Chicago office or visiting clients, you can find her trail running at freakishly early hours of the morning, dreaming about that book she’ll write someday, or ambushing her secret stash of dark chocolate and red wine.