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#24 - Rule of Three, Delegation, and AI Tools w/ Manny De Lara
In today’s video, I talk with Manny De Lara, founder of Live Oak Studio outside Austin, Texas, about his path from working in his family’s landscape business to earning a landscape architecture degree at Texas Tech and launching Live Oak Studio in 2018. We cover how he approaches client consultations by listening first, using inspiration boards, and applying his “rule of three” before honoring client decisions in writing. Manny explains why outdoor spaces must be both inviting and functional, and how thorough documentation, SOPs, forms, and AI note takers improve communication and handoffs…
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