Episode 11: Maxine Owens Knows How to Slow Down, Step Back, and Refuel

Today we’re sitting down with Maxine Owens, owner of Max Owens Design in Dallas, Texas to discuss:

• how her background in retail and science prepared her for opening a flower business
• her thoughts on hiring, managing, encouraging, and keeping freelancers
• how she structured her business to take summers off and refuel
• her love of people and the joy she finds in teaching others
• her collaboration with Type A Society for Claire Pettibone’s Four Seasons Campaignprior to NY Fashion Week
• where she finds inspiration

• Claire Pettibone 
• Type A Society
• Slow Flower Movement
• Chapel Designers
• Barneys
• Anthropologie
• Crate & Barrel
• Academy Mansion
• Sex and the City
• Amy Osaba Design
• Sarah Winward
• Ariella Chezar
• Alphonse Mucha