In college I was marketing and business major and always had kind of an entrepreneurial spirit. I didn’t know what the business would be, but I knew someday I would have my own business of some sort. I spent the next 20 years in corporate America in different fields. My wife and I have twin sons, one with special needs, and when they were three we had challenges getting haircuts – lots of screaming and it was difficult at best. After one experience, the hair stylist said “You need to go to a k…

I lived in Atlanta for 20 years and still have friends here. My best friend went to the Buckhead salon and knew I was looking for a franchise opportunity and wanted something that was kid-centered because as a new mom, I wanted a place where I could take my kids to work with me if needed. She called and said “I don’t know what you’re looking into but this place has an hour and a half wait every time I go.” I looked at franchises in other industries, but not other salon franchises. Pigtails &…

I knew from the moment I heard about the kids’ salon franchise that it was exactly what I was looking for. With a franchise, I knew that I would be provided with a proven path, and if I followed it, I would succeed. That’s just what I’ve done. In March of 2012, I opened my second salon in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The second salon opening has been much easier than the first. With the support of the Pigtails & Crewcuts corporate office, it’s all come together with relative ease. Plus, the new…

I took my oldest son to get his first haircut at a Pigtails & Crewcuts and it was a wonderful experience. At that time, I had a random conversation with that owner about why she did it and she told me all about Pigtails & Crewcuts and about the franchise as an organization and how much she loved it, and the kind of lifestyle that it afforded her as far as scheduling with her young children. I kind of put it in my back pocket and didn’t think about it for a while. A few years later I had move…

I lost my job due to the sale of the company and I was looking for something that I could stay connected to my daughter who was around six at the time, where I could still do field trips and volunteer in her classroom and have flexibility, but still work in a meaningful capacity. There was a Pigtails & Crewcuts in Chula Vista that I took my daughter to for a haircut and one day as I sat there I said “This would do well in my neighborhood.”   I looked at another franchise opportunity, but t…