Ep. 14 · Habits of the most (and least) successful indie hairdressers
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2018
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Eric sits down with @danielrhyder, a 12 year veteran salon manager for Salon Republic. He has seen many indie stylists come and go... we get his take on what you need to succeed, including:
How do you know if studio/booth rental is right for you?
What kind of personality do you need for indie hairdressing?
What traits successful (and unsuccessful) indie hairdressers have
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. I'm sitting on the patio of our Santa Monica salon with Daniel Ryder. |
| 0:07.0 | Daniel was one of our first employees at Salon Republic where I stole him away from a traditional salon, right? |
| 0:15.0 | That's correct. |
| 0:16.0 | Commission salon. And I hired you to manage our Beverly Hills salon, and that was about 12 years ago. |
| 0:21.8 | Is that right? |
| 0:22.3 | That's correct. |
| 0:23.6 | You've since opened three salons, and you've worked full time in two salons for SR over 12 years. |
| 0:32.2 | There's nobody that I know in this business who has worked more closely with and met more hairdressers than Daniel. |
| 0:39.9 | It's probably a thousand plus hairdressers that you met with. |
| 0:43.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:43.4 | And that you've worked closely with. |
| 0:45.2 | So I wanted to get your impression of, I wanted to get in your brain and pull out all the |
| 0:51.6 | information that you've learned over these 12 years and give it to all the hair testers out there to help them in their businesses. |
| 0:59.0 | Okay. So question number one. |
| 1:01.0 | How does a hairdresser know whether a studio or booth rent is right for them? |
| 1:08.0 | Well, I think it comes down to just looking at your business. I've seen so many |
| 1:13.5 | people who are very successful. They have a steady clientele. They're generating a huge income for a |
| 1:19.0 | salon, and then they're giving it away, half of it at least, typically to a salon owner. So I think |
| 1:25.8 | that's initially when the light bulb goes off like, wait, maybe I could |
| 1:28.1 | actually do this on my own because I do have a regular committed clientele. I do sell a ton of retail |
| 1:35.9 | and I'm making a lot of money for this place. Well, why can I do that for myself? And then they |
| 1:42.1 | discover a place like Salon republic who was offering them the |
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