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The Beauty Salon Owner's First Year Survival Guide: Finance, Pricing, Clients, and Mindset

The Beauty Salon Owner's First Year Survival Guide: Finance, Pricing, Clients, and Mindset

The Beauty Salon Owner's First Year Survival Guide: Finance, Pricing, Clients, and MindsetSharon Forrester

A first year in business is too rich and too varied and too specific to each individual for any single document to capture it completely. What it will do is give you the most important things to know across the four areas that determine more than any

Why "I'll Sort the Finances Later" Is the Most Expensive Sentence in Your First Yearog Post

Why "I'll Sort the Finances Later" Is the Most Expensive Sentence in Your First Yearog Post

Why "I'll Sort the Finances Later" Is the Most Expensive Sentence in Your First Yearog PostSharon Forrester

Most new salon and wellness business owners don't ignore their finances because they don't care. They ignore them because everything else feels more urgent.

The Real Reason Your First Year Profit Looks Smaller Than You Expected

The Real Reason Your First Year Profit Looks Smaller Than You Expected

The Real Reason Your First Year Profit Looks Smaller Than You ExpectedSharon Forrester

The Real Reason Your First Year Profit Looks Smaller Than You Expected You had a plan. Maybe it was written down in a business plan. Maybe it existed more loosely as a set of expectations and hopes. But either way, you had a sense of what the first y

The Slow Diary Problem: Why New Salons Take Longer to Fill Than You Think (And What Speeds It Up)

The Slow Diary Problem: Why New Salons Take Longer to Fill Than You Think (And What Speeds It Up)

The Slow Diary Problem: Why New Salons Take Longer to Fill Than You Think (And What Speeds It Up)Sharon Forrester

What you are experiencing is one of the most universal and least talked about realities of opening a new salon or wellness business. The slow diary problem. And understanding why it happens is the first step to doing something about it