About Kami Gray
Thirty years of building creative businesses, mentoring entrepreneurs, designing homes, writing, teaching, and figuring things out in public.
I sit down with entrepreneurs, look at what they’re actually building, and tell the truth. Not the nice version. The useful one.
We look at the idea, the offer, the pricing, the message, the business model, the part that’s working, the part that’s not, and the thing they keep circling but can’t quite see clearly yet.
Sometimes that means one focused strategy session. Sometimes it means eight weeks of private mentorship. Sometimes it means three immersive days of business strategy and decision-making.
The format changes. The work is the same.
We figure out what’s broken, what’s working, what to cut, what to strengthen, and what the next real move is. Or we invent it from scratch together.
I help entrepreneurs build profitable businesses doing work they love and work that actually contributes to other people’s lives. That includes creatives, consultants, designers, service providers, solopreneurs, small business owners, and people still shaping the idea they want to build next.
If you are looking for a 1:1 business mentor or strategist who has been in the trenches for thirty years and tells you the truth, that is exactly what I do.
I’m really good at it.
Let me help you.
I've spent over thirty years building businesses, more of them than I can count on two hands. Computer consultant, bookkeeper, college instructor, interior designer, author. Each one taught me something the last one couldn't.
My first job out of college was at Universal Studios in Hollywood, setting up computers for TV writers. I left after about a year, pregnant with my first child and ready for something that was mine.
I built a home computer consulting business right as personal computers were becoming a household staple, then pivoted into bookkeeping when I realized I had a real knack for it. My clients were entrepreneurs of every kind: contractors, florists, designers, makers. I found most of them through a class I created at my local community college, which sold out the very first time I offered it.
One of those students happened to be married to a successful interior designer. I became her bookkeeper, learned the business inside and out, and eventually founded Kami Gray Interiors, which I ran successfully for fifteen years.
That run led me into my next love: teaching and mentoring. I founded Psychologie of Home, an education program for interior designers, and over the years delivered 25 five-day workshops and mentored 40 designers. I also spent time teaching entrepreneurship at the university level.
Somewhere along the way I realized the throughline in all of it wasn't interior design. It was entrepreneurship itself, and helping people see the business that was already right in front of them.
That's the work I do now. I sit down with entrepreneurs, look honestly at what they're building, and help them find the clarity, pricing, and positioning that actually pays them.
If you're trying to build a business that earns you a real living doing something you love, I'd like to help.
How I Got Here
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