Beauty Means Business

Phorest Salon Software has been on the leading edge of innovative technology for the beauty industry, pioneering brand sampling, text messages reminders, marketing campaigns, and a strategic business tools since 2004. In this episode, Ronan takes us on the journey of following his intuition and the joys and love for this industry.

This week on Beauty Means Business Radio, we have a conversation with Gabe Ormando and Jeff Peterson, the dynamic duo behind the fresh Australian product line, ELEVEN. They are Distributor Account Managers for the brand. Self-named “the new kids on the block”, the young dynamic brand truly lives into the “young at heart” culture. Since its launch, the world has fallen for ELEVEN Australia too, with the brand now available in 25 countries globally including the UK, USA and Canada.

At a critical time in our history, the effects of 2020, COVID-19, and the civil unrest across Black Lives Matter and the US Presidential Election has skyrocketed domestic violence in American homes. Susanne, the YWCA and Barbicide are working to eliminate the stigma around the conversation, expand awareness and invite knowledge and education to our society, their first step: the beauty professional. Susanne’s goal is to change legislation so that continuing education curriculum must include domestic violence education. An initiative that is shockingly under-addressed.

As we move through this episode Angel’s experiences, wealth of knowledge, and encouragement are infectious. He believes in walking the path before you can teach it. Being a mentor to this generation of professionals, and tactical advice to just jump in. Ask for mentorship, go put yourself out there. Find someone that you admire and that is already doing what you want, just go talk to them.

In this episode we learn about meeting people where they are and bringing visual tools to make learning numbers approachable and exciting. But it is more than that, Erin and Qnity are teaching mindset. How to break down barriers and retrain the way you look at business in beauty.

This week on Beauty Means Business Radio, a main topic often discussed by Jared is failure. Failure being a key component in growth and transition. Jared is a mindset leader that coaches on overcoming failure, developing confidence through failure, accountability as a mindset, and thinking of yourself as a brand. Jared talks about what’s behind successful entrepreneurs: ownership, accountability for your commitments and execution of your goals.

A very down to earth story. Someone who truly defies all odds, Daniel shares with us his life philosophy, business strategies, and love for the industry. He’s not just an educator, he pours his soul into his classes and students. He opens up about his ADHD, dyslexia and different learning style. What this really did was give him an advantage of being a better educator.

A POWERFUL conversation around the Black Lives Matter movement, Black culture in the beauty industry, inclusive education in the industry, and opening the door for more conversation. A very spiritual episode on what is being exposed in our world right now. This week on Beauty Means Business Radio, Keya Artistically Neal eloquently and passionately walks us through her life's work behind the Kolour Kulture and Texture vs. Race. Keya has done keynote speeches on texture, race and the importance of all-inclusive education. Texture vs. Race is a movement that Keya founded to create a safe space to encourage education around not just the different textures in people's hair, but the different cultures that we come from.

In this episode of Beauty Means Business Radio, we talk about how during the pandemic and quarantine many stylists felt like they lost their sense of purpose. Jamie talks about how they quickly pivoted to help, show up for and serve their audience amidst the current climate, and of course – Jamie talks shop on the entire social arena and what she sees changing in the current personal beauty marketing landscape. We talk TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, email marketing, Pinterest and Instagram. What outlet should you go to? Find out... from expert, Jamie Dana. 

In this episode of Beauty Means Business Radio, Jason is filled with tidbits of knowledge, advice, and practical tips. He takes us on a journey through the mindsets he’s shifting, the perceptions of the beauty industry, and raw examples of why misconceptions exist and how the industry can begin to shift those perspectives.

Nicole Rechelbacher is the Co-Owner of Intelligent Nutrients, on the board of the Horst Rechelbacher Foundation, and deeply passionate about the beauty industry. Nicole has been a leading voice for beauty relief grants during COVID-19. The Rechelbacher Foundation has been an active advocate for change in the beauty industry through its scholarship program through Beauty Changes Lives. When COVID hit, The Rechelbacher Foundation made an immedate move to start contributing $1,000 Relief Grants to beauty pros.

In this episode of Beauty Means Business Radio, Jenny takes us through her 18-year career. Which triggered by boredom and dissatisfaction she created Confessions of a Hairstylist. In the days when “Mommy Bloggers” and “Fashion Bloggers” were booming; the Hair Blogging industry was still yet to be. Jenny gets candid and talks about the reality of if she’s not busy, her mind can drift into a negative space. Which is a common thing that many people may not recognize about themselves. Her awareness and recognition of this has enabled her to create meaningful work and purpose for each day.

In today’s episode, Jan Arnold takes us on a riveting story of her 40 + year career span in the nail and beauty industry. A forty year “overnight success” which ultimately becomes what is known today as Shellac. It’s a journey that truly inspires respect for the dedication that their team had in creating the nail industry as it’s known today as Shellac. This 40-year journey has been a legacy and tribute to her father, who taught her that she could go to the moon. Jan invites us on the journey her father, who was a dentist that collaborated with a nail artist in the 70s, which was the birth of the major nail phenomenon.

In this episode of Beauty Means Business Radio, Selina Tomasich takes us on a very raw journey of the critical poverty many countries and communities are living in. In this eye-opening episode, we explore the realities of being born into a life without hope. Hair Aid teaches haircuts by these volunteer hairdressers from around the world and tools are provided to help these communities create a skill and a purpose.

In this episode of Beauty Means Business, we dive into mindset, leading through fear, cultivating education as a backbone, and emotional intelligence. Erin Mills has dedicated her career to more than just hair styling and salon leadership – she attributes where she is today to one thing: her core passion to serve and give love to others.

This is an episode about mindset transformation – and how mindset is the driving force behind everything. We go wide and deep in this exploration of the mind and beliefs systems with Jamie Sea. From being an empath to mastering digital professionalism.

Chelle Neff is the owner of Urban Betty in Austin TX. Urban Betty is one of the most well-known salons in Austin. Urban Betty made Inc’s 5000’s list of the fastest growing privately held companies throughout the country and was one of the only hair salons to make the list. Urban Betty was named one of the top 200 salons in the US by Salon Today 9 times, from 2011 – 2020. Chelle has been in the industry for over 20 years and in 2016 was named as Entrepreneur & Startup of the Year by Austin Under 40.

Anthony Giannotti takes us through a story of how diverse the business of barbering can be. From barber to educator, barbershop owner, brand and product producer and champion for barber technology. In this episode of Beauty Means Business, Anthony elaborates on how the very best in the industry have a combination of both technical ability and emotional ability. And tells you to ask yourself: “How well do I manage or mirror emotions?”

In this episode, we immediately plunge into a reaction common to many aspiring hairstylists that “Hairdressers are dumb.” A remark that originally deterred her from the industry. But, as a part of the generation that chooses purpose over the image that professional security only comes in one form, April found herself never letting go of the dream to be in the hair industry – and entered the industry at 26.

In this episode, John Mosley’s robust energy overflows with conviction on creating your own success story. A dynamic leader and family man, John provides endless nuggets of powerful wisdom, words to live by, and how to build your own success story. Which John says, to be successful you’ve got to build your own character. John takes us on a story of defying and denying critics. His mentality is stop telling people your vision and starting showing your vision, and that he’d rather be in a fight with 20 underdogs than one top dog. And he’s standing true to it.

In this episode, we have a riveting conversation on what it takes to be successful in this industry. Jeremy walks us through essential knowledge for service professionals, educators and owners. He points out that you must bring education into what you do, I.e: teaching guys how to style hair. A concept he credits as influenced by Andrew Does Hair. Jeremy has a deep understanding of business and joined the hair industry later in his career. He’s built a career that melds the two worlds quite well: beauty and business. He emphasizes that with hair you can do anything.

In this episode of BMB Radio, we dive into the realities of how the vast majority of the industry struggles with feeling legitimate. Kristin took a lifelong struggle with the industry, frustrated that beauty pros are overlooked, behind the chairs and behind the scenes in people’s lives – and how this dynamic has created a social norm for the industry be also be... left behind.

In this episode of BMB Radio, Lauren takes us into the massive successes BCL has had on the beauty community. She talks about her career journey following her passion into cosmetology after she graduated university. She has a wealth of experience in the industry having been behind the chair, with Pivot Point International and now the Executive Director of a thought leader in non-profits for the beauty industry.

Andy Rosario is a dynamic creator in more than just the barber industry. In this episode of Beauty Means Business Andy takes us on a vivid journey of how he’s created a career path, roadmap, and legacy of what he looks to leave behind. A very intellectual conversation around how to be intentional, how to overcome innate reactions to resist something you’re scared of or don’t understand.

Lee Resnick’s story tops the charts as quite the untraditional of career paths, starting by bootstrapping his way through record deals and ultimately leading him to up-level the barbering industry. In this episode, we learn how Lee combines his savvy marketing skills for rappers and applies it to the barber industry, on building a successful business branding music videos through barbershops, and ultimately built a barbershop network that amassed 360K viewers per month which launched him into a partnership with Microsoft for the X Box as the entry point into US barbershops.

In this episode, Ashlee takes us through her expert understanding of how the education system has changed in beauty of the past 13 years. She’s seen education transform since an early Bumble and Bumble Network Educator, from when three primary brands ran the physical education industry into the transformation of brand education and ultimately, 2015 when the Independent Education revolution began. Ashlee discusses the positive and negatives to that.

Welcome to Beauty Means Business.