98: From Chair to Shop Owner: A Guide To Opening Your First Barbershop w/ Blade Cut & Sid Da Barber

Anthony Laban is in Bellingham with new shop owners Blade Cut and Sid Da Barber (Lewis Gumbrell) to discuss the intense reality of running your first bricks-and-mortar business… They focus on two core themes: experience and adaptation. Blade & Sid reveal why years of hustle, education and competition were essential before they were ready to take the financial plunge. Most critically, they stress that the modern barber must be a hybrid - mastering all hair types and evolving the barbershop into a community hub and safe space. This is the only way to build a sustainable business that genuinely beats burnout.Follow Blade & Sid!Sid Da Barber: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siddabarberBlade: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iam_bladecutbarberFOLLOW US 🐂 ✂️Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thenoblebarberpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenoblebarberpodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenoblebarberCredits:Filmed & Edited by HAMLIN STUDIOS: https://www.instagram.com/hamlinstudios/?hl=en-gbTHE NOBLE BARBER PODCAST Hosted by industry professional and award-winning barber Anthony Laban. Joined weekly by industry professionals to talk about barbering, becoming and maintaining a barber shop, hiring, employment, money and cutting through the crap of the industry.