Episode 155

$2m+ E-commerce & 4 Membership-based Salon Owner, How I Did It | Nick Mirabella | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Coach TheWarehouse.Salon | NickMirabella.com

Tune in to hear Nick tell us how he built a multi-million dollar e-commerce business and what is a “private membership-based salon”; is this a new business model for the future?

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Inspired by his sister and receiving bad haircuts growing up, Nick got into hair. After 9/11, Nick joined the Marines as a result and got back into hair after he got back. 
  • A natural hustler, Nick tried many different pathways to make money which landed him in trouble.  
  • Focused on personal growth, Nick changed his focus and dropped his "bad" friends.
  • Nick started an e-commerce platform because he was tired of his clients buying online. Now he has a multi-million business, and he has in-salon pickup for locals, which he converts into salon clients.
  • Nick built a salon up with a friend and then had a falling out. After getting bought out, he started his 2nd salon. All this while growing his e-commerce business.
  • His salon is a Private Membership Association (PMA). PMAs mean that the stylists AND the clients are members. They are service-providing members and service-receiving members, respectively.
  • Leadership is the most important thing to study for business owners and aspiring business owners.
  • Nick has a routine to help him stay on course. Early rising, affirmations, reading, working out, etcetera are all part of his routine which helps him handle a heavy workload.
  • If you want to run a business and build, do not enter with too many boundaries. You should remain open and flexible to adapt to your business through the hardest part: building your business
  • Nick has 3 locations in New Jersey, 1 location in Florida, and his e-commerce building.
  • Use block scheduling, get a coach, work on discipline to handle the schedule, and strive to be the best version of yourself, and you can find success too!

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Robert Hughes

“I THINK HAIRSTYLISTS ARE THE COOLEST, NICEST, AND MOST FUN GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THE PLANET! I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT USHERING IN AN EMPOWERED-STYLIST FUTURE, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GETTING STYLISTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TOGETHER IN A NON-COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN LEARN, LAUGH, AND GROW TOGETHER.”
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Robert started his hair journey as a kid in rural America offering haircuts on the street to kids in the neighborhood, not realizing, one day, he would find himself working the front desk at a hair salon while in high school. From there, his experience from salon-to-salon has included the front of the house, back of the house, stylist, educator, and consultant. It was during this movement through various salons he developed a passion to empower stylists and educate owners on how to raise the industry standard of excellence, mutual respect, and professionalism amongst stylists, managers, owners, and clients. Robert currently is the General Manager and a Master Stylist at Violet Salon in Georgetown, DC.