Business Experiments

(2012-2014)

The Concept & Pitch

The Textured Hair Institute (THI) was a Georgia State Board of Cosmetology approved, continuing education course curriculum created by myself, my co-founder, Uneshia Salters, with the guidance of our VP of Education and licensed master stylist, Deshonica Kerrie. Also, guiding was my, then, business mentor, Denis Brosnan. THI was a solution to the growing natural hair client base’s frustration of not finding licensed professionals who understood the nuance of natural afro-hair, its reaction to product chemistry, and could handle and style it without damaging its health. The vision was to empower licensed stylists with the THI curriculum to train their peers (who earned CE credit) while adding to their revenue stream. Influenced by my commercial real estate sales background, I presented the original idea of THI being a physical space (e.g. salon suite with dedicated education space) for professionals to operate and educate. After consulting with Denis and my, later, co-founder, the original idea was enhanced and CE curriculum and traveling “pop-up” education model was born and attempted (2012-2013). STORY: Coming Soon