About
Meet Our Founder & CEO
Design Capital Partners was founded and is led by Marc Molinsky, a financial executive and entrepreneur who has spent more than 25 years helping interior designers build stronger, more profitable, and more valuable businesses.
Marc graduated from Boston College with a degree in Accounting, where he was captain of the men’s basketball team and earned Academic All-America honors. He began his professional career with Ernst & Young (EY) in Boston and earned his CPA while with the firm.
In 2000, Marc left EY to found DesignerAdvantage, Inc., which grew to become one of the largest business management and software companies dedicated to the interior design industry.
Since then, Marc has worked closely with hundreds of interior design firms across the country, helping owners improve financial performance, implement industry best practices, strengthen their operations, and build more successful businesses.
That experience has given Marc a rare combination of financial expertise and deep, firsthand knowledge of the interior design business—from profitability, cash flow, and operations to people, growth, succession, and ownership transition.
Today, Marc is applying that experience to some of the most important challenges facing established design firms through Designer Performance Group and Design Capital Partners. These businesses provide specialized expertise in human resources and performance management, client experience and feedback, business valuation, succession planning, and exit advisory services.
Marc‘s mission is simple: help great designers build great businesses—businesses that are more profitable and valuable today and ultimately positioned to successfully transition to their next generation of ownership.
Our Approach
Most financial advisors understand financial statements. Few understand the unique dynamics that drive value within an interior design firm.
At Design Capital Partners, we take an industry-specific approach that considers both quantitative and qualitative factors. Beyond revenue and profitability, we evaluate the elements that truly influence long-term enterprise value, including client relationships, referral networks, leadership structure, operational systems, project pipeline, team development, and brand reputation.
Whether a firm is planning for future growth, preparing for succession, creating ownership opportunities for key team members, or exploring a potential transaction, we provide thoughtful guidance tailored to the realities of the design industry.
Our objective is simple: help owners make informed decisions that strengthen their firms today while creating greater opportunities for the future.
Our Mission
Many exceptional interior design firms spend decades building respected brands and successful businesses, only to discover that much of the firm’s value remains tied to the founder.
We believe that should change.
Our mission is to help design firm owners build businesses that can thrive beyond any one individual. By focusing on valuation, strategic growth, succession planning, and ownership transition strategies, we help firms create lasting enterprise value that can be transferred, sustained, and realized over time.
Because the business behind great design deserves the same level of planning, care, and vision as the projects it creates.
Let's Discuss The Future Of Your Firm
Whether you’re planning for growth, ownership transition, or long-term succession, we provide confidential strategic guidance designed specifically for interior design firms.