How I Built Resilience: Songe LaRon of Squire

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When Songe LaRon founded Squire in 2016, his mission was to use modern technology to help run barbershops, which are using his app in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. With a recent funding round of $34 million, Songe is hopeful about expanding Squire's reach, but first, he wants to help barbershops survive the COVID-19 pandemic. These conversations are excerpts from our How I Built Resilience series, where Guy talks online with founders and entrepreneurs about how they're navigating turbulent times.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
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0:27.0	Hey everyone, and welcome to how I built this resilience edition.
0:31.0	On these episodes, we're talking with entrepreneurs and other business leaders about how they're thinking creatively during this very disruptive moment.
0:39.0	And today, my conversation with Song LaRan, the co-founder of Squire.
0:44.0	Squire is an app that connects barbershops with clients.
0:48.0	Song founded Squire in 2016 with his best friend Dave Salvant to modernize the barbershop experience.
0:55.0	And nowadays, their app is not only booking appointments, but also helping barbershops stay open, if they're allowed to.
1:03.0	I spoke with Song a few days ago about Squire and the barbershop industry, but first, song, let me know that he actually wasn't at home.
1:11.0	I should mention that you are actually in an office of a barbershop right now in Connecticut.
1:18.0	You can hear a little bit of it behind you.
1:21.0	Can you hear it?
1:22.0	No, that's fine. That's fine.
1:24.0	So first of all, are barbershops in Connecticut open?
1:28.0	Yes, yes, they are. They are open.
1:31.0	I think Connecticut is probably phase three or whatever phases where barbershops and other service-based businesses are open.
1:38.0	So yeah, they're open for business.
1:40.0	And what's the protocol there? Are the barbers wearing masks and the customers wearing masks?
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