39. 4 Profitable Salons in 3 Years: How This Hairstylist Turned Entrepreneur Is Building an Empire

Cubicle to CEO

Ellen Yin

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

5.0 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This conversation is with one of the boss ladies I respect the most and a local business trailblazer, Alicia Brown. Alicia is the co-owner of Honeycomb Salon and its sister sustainable salons & day spas in Corvallis, Oregon. Alicia is my former boss turned friend (we’ll share a bit more of that story in today’s episode), and in just 3 years of opening the doors to the first Honeycomb, now has 4 salons supporting 60 employees. In an industry where profitability evades most salon owners for years, Alicia has defied the odds by being profitable + debt free since the beginning. Today she shares why she chose to scale with employees rather than independent contractors, the importance of mentorship, and how she maintains a strong team culture alongside rapid growth. Connect With Alicia: @alicia.the.alchemist - Instagram www.honeycombcorvallis.com www.beyond-the-chair.com If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.6	You're listening to the Kubekolda CEO podcast, episode 39. This conversation is with one of the boss ladies I respect the most in a local business trailblazer, Alicia Brown. Alicia is the co-owner
1:12.3	of Honeycomb Salon and its sister, Sustainable Salons and Day Spas in Corvallus, Oregon.
1:17.6	Alicia is actually my former boss turned friend. We'll share a bit more of that story in today's
1:22.0	episode. And in just three years of opening the doors to the first honeycomb, now has four salons supporting
1:28.8	60 employees.
1:30.5	In an industry where profitability evades most salon owners for years, Alicia has defy the odds
1:36.1	by being profitable and debt-free since the beginning.
1:39.7	Today, she shares why she chose to scale with employees rather than independent contractors,
1:44.5	the importance of mentorship, and how she maintains a strong team culture alongside
1:49.2	rapid growth.
1:58.6	Welcome to the Kibokal to CEO podcast. I'm your host, Ellen Yin. Each week on this podcast,
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