heather bagby

What makes you happy? Hiring an associate? Raising your prices? Spending time with family and friends? Opening a new location? Striking out on your own?  In the beauty industry, decisions big and small often revolve around numbers: and that includes your personal finances, your business books, and market forces like supply, demand, and inflation. Numbers can be confusing, but understanding the big picture math is foundational to achieving our dreams, and achieving your own version of happiness. Heather Bagby, Vice President of Business Development at Summit Salon Business Center and a co-owner of Shear Art Salons in Tampa, is here to break down the Happiness Project. On this episode of SUMM IT UP, Heather explains fundamentals like Summit's levels system, which links stylists' rates to area income, and introduces concepts like wealth mindset versus poverty mindset. Plus, how having a handle on the numbers can help employers be more flexible and supportive to their staff, and tips for working with supply chain challenges and product price increases . 

This episode originally aired in November 2021.

SUMM IT UP is produced by Andrea Muraskin, with editorial support from Tim Fisk. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon.

Follow guest Heather Bagby on Instagram @heatherbagby.

Follow host Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans. His DM's are always open! 

You can access Summit's Magic Day Calculator and other calculators for free at poweredbysummit.com/calcs.

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  or join our Summit Salon Community on Facebook to connect with others in the industry.  Get in touch with Summit and let us know what you think of the podcast or who you'd like us to interview next. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon, and on TikTok at SummitSalon. 

Find host Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans and on TikTok at blakereedevans. His DM's are always open! You can email Blake at bevans@summitsalon.com. 

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  to connect with others in the industry. Join our online community for certified Summit salons, spas, barber shops and beauty schools.

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Kenneth Snyder is the owner of Evolution, a salon company with four locations and a staff of 89, in central New Jersey. With a background in fashion, he opened his first salon out of hair school with six chairs. In this episode, Kenneth walks us through how he grew Evolution through investing in education and growing people. We also learn how partnerships with Redken and Summit Salon Business Center helped shift Kenneth’s leadership style and business practices. Plus, how a reset forced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to an improved company culture. 

Follow Kenneth on Instagram @HairbyKenneth. Learn more about his company at evolutionsalon.com. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon, and on TikTok at SummitSalon. 

Find Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans and on TikTok at blakereedevans. His DM's are always open! You can email Blake at bevans@summitsalon.com. 

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  to connect with others in the industry. Join our new online community for certified Summit salons, spas, barber shops and schools.

Sign up for our newsletter, Your Weekly Game Plan to stay on top of our events and trainings. 

SUMM IT UP is produced by Andrea Muraskin. We had production help on this episode from Andrew Brownlie.

Get in touch with Summit and let us know what you think of the podcast or what topics you’d like us to cover next. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon, and on TikTok at SummitSalon. 

Find host Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans and on TikTok at blakereedevans. His DM's are always open! You can email Blake at bevans@summitsalon.com. 

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  to connect with others in the industry. Join our online community for certified Summit salons, spas, barber shops and beauty schools.

Sign up for our newsletter, Your Weekly Game Plan to stay on top of our events and trainings. 

What makes you happy? Hiring an associate? Raising your prices? Cutting back from full time to part time? Taking a day off? Opening a new location? Striking out on your own?  In the beauty industry, decisions big and small often revolve around numbers: and that includes your personal finances, your business books, and market forces like supply, demand, and inflation. Numbers can be confusing, but understanding the big picture math is foundational to achieving our dreams, and achieving your own version of happiness. Heather Bagby, Vice President of Business Development at Summit Salon Business Center and a co-owner of Shear Art Salons in Tampa, is here to break down the Happiness Project. On this episode of SUMM IT UP, Heather explains fundamentals like Summit's levels system, which links stylists' rates to area income, and introduces concepts like wealth mindset versus poverty mindset. Plus, how having a handle on the numbers can help employers be more flexible and supportive to their staff, and tips for working with the supply chain challenges and product price increases  we're currently experiencing. 

SUMM IT UP is produced by Andrea Muraskin, with editorial support from Tim Fisk. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon.

Follow guest Heather Bagby on Instagram @heatherbagby.

Follow host Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans. His DM's are always open! 

You can access Summit's Magic Day Calculator and other calculators for free at poweredbysummit.com/calcs.

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  or join our Summit Salon Community on Facebook to connect with others in the industry.  Get in touch with Summit and let us know what you think of the podcast or who you'd like us to interview next. 

Follow Summit Salon Business Center on Instagram @SummitSalon, and on TikTok at SummitSalon. 

Find host Blake Reed Evans on Instagram @BlakeReedEvans and on TikTok at blakereedevans. His DM's are always open! You can email Blake at bevans@summitsalon.com. 

Visit us at SummitSalon.com  to connect with others in the industry. Join our online community for certified Summit salons, spas, barber shops and beauty schools.

Sign up for our newsletter, Your Weekly Game Plan to stay on top of our events and trainings.