(May 2, 2016 at 4:21 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:(May 2, 2016 at 4:15 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: The goals in this order are:
1. Graduate in January 2017
2. Get hired on at a chain salon and gain "real world" experience for a minimum of 3 to 5 years. Also, this is the average amount of time a stylist normally takes to get a full book going.
3. Go back to school to get my Educator's license
4. Research and develop a tangible business plan for possible salon ownership/partnership, including marketing research (demographics, need for business, specialties, targeted age groups etc)
After all research has been conducted and it would look like my salon would be successful in the desired demo-graphical area, start to apply for small business loans and be able to show I have at least 25% of the start up costs saved up.
Sounds like you've got things all figured out
Do you need the educator's license to open your own salon?
No, but if I ever decide that the salon ownership thing isn't feasible then I'd at least like to be a cosmetology teacher so that I can pass on what I know to others. Having the real world experience will help tremendously with that and it will further help me get my foot in the door of a teaching institution if that's what I choose to pursue.
Gotta have a backup plan
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