you have to adapt, especially when adversity is in your path. Move forward and not backwards. I never looked back,” says Debra.
Making Beauty a Profession While getting acclimated to her new home, Debra bounced from salon to salon trying to find the right place to have her hair done, but she was not satisfied with the customer service - from not being greeted at the door to the lack of friendliness of the staff.
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share in the future prospects for this beauty care business.
Debra and Tony worked together to create ZiZi’s - their definition of a salon, not a beauty shop. In time, they found their preparation and planning was short-sighted. Debra and Tony both had full-time jobs away from the salon and even though they thought they had put everything in place to create a full-functioning salon, they experienced functional and operational setbacks.
If something comes your way, whether an opportunity or a door is being opened, embrace it and take it head on. I have never stepped away from an opportunity that has come my way.
Eventually, Debra found a stylist she liked but he was incredibly rough with her hair and scalp to the point that it hurt for days after she received service. Talking to him about her concerns, Debra was moved to a new stylist and again Debra bounced from salon to salon to follow her new stylist, as the stylist couldn’t find a salon that made her content.
Taking into account all that Debra witnessed at several beauty shops, She decided that she wanted to open a salon based on what she, as the consumer would like to call home. She asked her then stylist to be co-manager with Tony’s barber. Debra and Tony felt they had found the best representatives of hair care professionals and wanted them to be part of their vision and
After experiencing those issues and additional problems within the politics of the salon, Debra focused on her full-time job and left the running of the salon to Tony.
A New Opportunity Knocks Debra began looking for another type of business to get involved in. Tony previously had owned an entertainment business and Debra had extensive experience in event planning, marketing and real estate. Together they looked for something that would play off their skills and talents. At a networking event, Debra met a woman whose profession was to sell businesses. In connecting with her, Debra told her that she wanted to look into a business that dealt with entertainment but again, Debra
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