Episode 117

What is FASTFOILS & How I Built It! | Ben Barkworth | Owner + Creative Director, JUSTB Salon | Founder, FASTFOILS

Want to learn how to create your own tools? Tune in to hear Ben Barkworth tell you about his company and how he started FASTFOILS!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

-- FASTFOILS created a Foil that will speed up processing time by 25% to get a higher lift in a shorter time while protecting the integrity of the hair.

-- Develop a Business Plan & Model to grow your vision of innovation, education, investment, & efficiency = success!

-- 1st Step: Write down your ideas & start research & dev.

-- Does your idea exist, can you improve it, and can you make it?

-- Does someone else have a patent on your idea?


-- 2nd Step: Find out how to make/produce it & start vetting manufacturers for samples.

-- Test your product (Ben had to do lab thermal testing)


-- 3rd step: Get your patents and protect your intellectual property...#lawyers


-- This will not be cheap; you will need to invest in this startup cost FASTFOILS was self-financed!


-- The best money was spent on a PR firm to grow the idea.


FOR ALL of Ben's key takeaways, click here


MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

-- Follow Ben on Instagram

-- Follow FASTFOILS on Instagram

-- Find FASTFOILS online

-- Follow JUSTB Salon on Instagram


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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.