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Anne Holder, 20-year veteran hair stylist
Anne
Holder, has been doing hair ever since she was a teenager. While she
served in the military, she continued to be what’s called a “Kitchen
Technician” until she was able to complete her service and pursue her
cosmetology career. Since then Holder, a Virginia native, has moved to
Atlanta to open another salon of her own and establish her own hair line
called “Simply Straight”.
She
read the book “Power M.O.V.E.: How to Transition from Employee to
Employer” and realized there was more she could learn about
entrepreneurship. She did research on the author, tracked him down at an
appearance at “Conquer Conference Atlanta” in 2012 and the chance
meeting gave her a breakthrough.
Holder
was intrigued to learn more about his work to help female entrepreneurs
in the black hair care business and decided to work closely with him.
Holder said, “Even as a licensed stylist I always assumed Koreans had
some type of secret competitive edge. They have such a strong presence
at the retail businesses so I believed the myths. I learned that there
is nothing they control at the retail level and that they only
controlled their manufactured brands.”
Holder decided to learn more about the retail business of beauty products by working for Beauty Supply Institute (www.BeautySupplyInstitute.com),
a training and consulting organization that helps turn consumers into
owners, while running her hair line and salon at nights and weekends.
Since its inception in 2007, Beauty Supply Institute has generated over
$10 million in revenues in urban communities across America.
African-Americans make-up 96% of the beauty supply retailers but less
than 3% of the owners. In a $15 billion business, it would seem like
there is some imbalance.
While
at Beauty Supply Institute, Holder has seen stores go from idea to
opening and has been instrumental in leading aspiring black women (and
men) to becoming beauty supply store owners. She said, “There are
significant opportunities for black families to change their economic
situation if they are willing to work hard and learn about retailing and
beauty. I thought I knew all I needed to know in business but I now see
that there is always more you can learn.”
Beauty
Supply Institute will hold its 5th annual Beauty Supply Ownership
Conference in Houston, Texas on March 15-16, 2014. There 9-month beauty
supply retail program enters into its 2nd year in Atlanta, Georgia.
Classes start February 8, 2014.
For media inquiries contact Roschel Davis at press@handlingbusiness.net. To hear more about Anne’s story call 404-551-4398.
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