
ep06 – Sam Villa
Whether teaching face-to-face in hands-on classes, on the main stage, or reaching his millions of social media followers, Sam Villa changes people. He won the

Learning Continuum
During a recent discussion on our Salon Team Training Facebook group, we considered the issue of stylists getting stuck in the training process. It’s common

ep05 – Michael Polsinelli
Michael Polsinelli is the top artist for Davines, producing nearly 100 cutting and creative collections globally. He has been pushing the creative boundaries in our

ep04 – Cole Thompson
This week’s Headcase is one of Vidal Sassoon’s youngest creative directors, and founder of Elevation H. Cole Thompson’s passion for educating is evident in his

Chris Baran’s Headcases
Our hair heroes seem so successful, so famous, so much larger than life — so far from theirearliest days as a cosmetology school graduate. Imagine

ep03 – Ammon Carver
From horse training to hair styling, Ammon Carver joins us to talk about learning to love yourself and your craft, plus his transition from teaching

ep35 – Jamie DiGrazia
This week’s guest is a personal friend, a successful salon owner, a powerful advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, a NAHA winner as Men’s Hairstylist of

ep34 – Evie Johnson
This week’s guest is doing amazing things. She rose from homelessness to being one of the country’s most celebrated and respected stylists. She is a

ep33 – Andrew Finkelstein
This week I’m speaking with a Harvard and Wharton Business School grad and founder of Busy Salons. He is president of Salon Ninja, and the

ep32 – Matty Conrad
This week’s guest is GQ’s “Coolest Barber on Instagram”, a 4-time winner of Canadian Men’s Hairdresser of the Year, and has worked behind the scenes

ep31 – Jayson Morgan
My guest this week owns multiple salons, he is a lead educator, and he provides solutions to salons looking to level up. And in his

ep30 – Antoinette Beenders
This week’s guest is the Global Creative Director and Senior Vice President of Creative for Aveda. She is a winner of British Hairdresser of the
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