Beyond the Barber's Chair
by David Green "@DaveCutsATL"
We Barbers already know how to cut and fade... Go Beyond the Barber's Chair into all the other parts of being a Barber, building and protecting our businesses while finding new and better ways to thrive in the art of Barbering. We help Barbers position ourselves for success, avoid wallet-shrinking mistakes, and continue to grow in our craft for years to come.
Episodes
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Accommodating our Autistic and Super Sensitive Clients in our Chairs - Interview with Kate Owens Heins with The Sensory Safe Solution
About this episode... I really hope that all Barbers either hear this episode or learn about Autism in some way. In all candor, this has probably been the most challenging introduction for me to write. While I want to communicate the importance of this subject, I also don't want to be…
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Episode 052 - Eight Months Later - Ergonomics for Barbers - Interview with Ron Wada, Founder of the Ergonami Method - Part II
About this episode... Well... he said that I would start cutting without straining my body and/or the pain... ...and he was right. We were originally going to record this immediately after the workshop in September of 2024, but by the end of the workshop, we were both pretty well worn out and...
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Episode 051 - Ergonomics for Barbers - Interview with Ron Wada, Founder of the Ergonami Method
We get taught one way to hold our shears, our bodies, and our clippers, and then we have to take it from there. About this episode... Ergonimics for Barbers... I have been looking high and low for ergonomic developments for Barbers. I have spent thousands of dollars on shoes, inserts for my feet,...
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Episode 050 - My client has a brown splotch... Now what?
I see a skin disorder... a splotch... seems innocent enough, but I'm not sure that it is... About this episode... I often share the story from a couple years ago where I saw a brown splotch on a client's head. He got it checked out, and it turned out to signal an advanced stage of cancer. We see...
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Episode 049 - Using our words to get the right clients in our chair - and interview with Betty Emrey, Copy Writer
I'm getting people in my chair, but they're not my favorite people to hang out with... About this episode... Marketing ourselves as Barbers can be tricky. Yes, we are all supposed to take on all comers, yet each of us has a certain type of person that we vibe best with. In the Barbershop where i...
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Episode 048 - Getting a bite in between clients... is there a better way? - Interview with Dan Cornett, Nutrition Consultant
We've all tried to sneak a bite in between clients - what if we didn't have to do it? About this episode... This episode hits close to home... I am just as guilty as anyone else of trying to eat something really quickly between clients. Yet a couple adjustments can make it a lot easier and...
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Episode 047 - Don't Sleep on the Google! Interview with Michael Morse, Google Expert
It takes a lot of work, yet my Google listing brings in more customers than my Instagram. About this episode... I am very excited about this episode...it has taken a long time to make it happen... Why Google is so important The most important parts of Google for Barbers The one section which…
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Episode 043 - Barber's Tools and the TSA Rules
Can we carry our shears in a carry on bag? Who can we ask to make sure? About this episode... Nearly every week or so, I see Barbers asking about what we can and cannot keep in our carry on bags when we fly. As I go through these discussions, I see many different answers, yet I don't see a lot of...
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Episode 041 - The Lesson of the Chess Board
Dangit - this guy is always doing dumb stuff in the Barbershop... What can I do about it? About this episode... In the game of chess, each piece has its own role and its own job... and it is our job to use our pieces together to capture the opponent's king and win the game. How do we make this…
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Episode 040 - Opening our Barbershops where we want to open them instead of taking what we can get
What if you could open a Barbershop in a Publix shopping center (or another high-traffic location)? What do they knw that we don't know? About this episode... Most of the Barbershop owners I have met opened their shop by finding a space (maybe a recently closed shop?) and then moving in. Most of...
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Episode 039 - How Hackers Get into the Barbershop - Interview with Keya'an Williams
Hackers aren't trying to into my Barbershop, Right?.... Right? About this episode... Are hackers tryin specifically to get into a Barbershop's network and computers? Or is it a numbers game where they just try a lot of things to see what they can get into? In this episode: Hackers go after...
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Episode 038 - Barbershops, CyberCrime, and CyberSecurity - An interview with Keya'an Williams, International CyberSecurity Expert
Hackers aren't interested in Barbershops, Right?.... Right? About this episode... A casino was hacked though a thermometer in a fish tank several years ago... ...but aren't Barbershops too small for a hacker to try to get into? In this episode: Hackers go after everybody... it's a numbers game…
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Episode 037 - How we $%&# up with Barbicide
It's in Barbicide, so it's okay.... Right? ....Right? About this episode... Walk into any Barbershop, and we will see Barbiicide on almost every station... We will also probably see varying shades of blue inside each bottle, varying levels of fullness/emptiness, and other inconsistencies within…
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Episode 036 - Get Caught Sanitizing - Interview with Ivan Zoot
I don't want my customers seeing my disinfect... or do I?.. About this episode... if it is true that perception is reality, then we control what our clients think about us... Which means that we control our first image by what we do... ...and if our clients see us disinfecting, then they know we...
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Episode 035 - What Happens After 10 Minutes in Barbicide? - Interview with Ivan Zoot
The Barbicide messed up my shears... right? About this episode... When a Barber first learns about how to use Barbicide in school, we know to sanitize our combs and other tools, and then put them into Barbicide for 10 minutes before taking them out. Then real life happens... and some of us......
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Episode 034 - Everything You Want to Know About Barbicide, but Don't Know Who to Ask! - Interview with Ivan Zoot
That blue stuff in the jar... I've got so many questions.... About this episode... IF WE'RE BEING HONEST... How many of us Barbers REALLY know the right way to use Barbicide? Yeah.... me, neither. Ivan Zoot breaks it all down for us - and if you have ever attended one of his classes or been at…
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Episode 032 - My Appearance on Your Barber Podcast with Matt Bellotte
What happens when two Barbers start talking? We talk for hours without missing a beat! About this episode... This is the first time I was interviewed by another podcaster. I had run across his podcast and found something pretty cool: a couple Barbers talking simply talking about the life of...
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Episode 031 - How do swivel-thumb shears help Barbers?
Sure, the swivel thumb shears feel good, but what are they doing to help Barbers? About this episode... Willy Hyde is the Director of Education for SharkFin Shears, a shears manufacturing company which focuses on the ergonomics of cutting hair. Willy breaks down the ways that using a set of…
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Episode 030 - If I'm in pain, I'm no fun to be around - From my interview with Willy Hyde, Director of Education for SharkFin Shears
Whether we are behind the Barber's chair, or out and about, or at home, if we are in pain, we are not fun to be around. About this episode... Every now and then, one statement can sum up an entire concept. Willy Hyde is the Director of Education for SharkFin Shears. His statement really says all...
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Episode 029 - When should a Barber start using swivel thumb shears - with Willy Hyde of SharkFin Shears
"They" (whoever "they" is) told me that if I'm going to switch to a swivel thumb shear, that I should do it early in my career... it didn't sound right, but... About this episode... Almost every person I know who cuts with swivel-thumb shears really likes it. I'm trying to remember anyone I've...
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Episode 028 - Do swivel thumb shears help avoid hand pain for Barbers?
Having a swivel thumb ring on my shears is a big part of my last cut of the day feeling as good as the first, and my first cut of the day feeling as good as the last About this episode... Willy Hyde is the Director of Education for SharkFin Shears. He discusses why swivel thumb shears protect our...
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Episode 027 - Barbers, Foot Pain, and Shoes
Getting foot pain under control... What more needs to be said? About this episode... Dr. Quentre Shannon with Legacy Chiropractic discusses Barbers' foot pain, why it happens, and how it can be addressed. Episode Summary What is happening with the body How our stance affects our pain in our feet...
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Episode 026 - What is Carpal Tunnel
When I was a musician, the words "carpal tunnel" seemed to be a death sentence. Yet nowadays, there are ways to keep it from taking us out of the game. About this episode... Dr. Quentre Shannon with Legacy Chiropractic breaks carpal tunnel down to the basics for us Episode Summary What is really...
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Episode 025 - The Single Thing we can do to prolong our careers and reduce the pain
I had to listen to this a couple times to understand... if we do one single thing, we can reduce the pain and stress on our bodies and prolong and ease our careers... About this episode... Dr. Quentre Shannon with Legacy Chiropractic talks about the one adjust that we Barbers can make to make the...
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Episode 024 - Keeping Barbers' feet and hands working with less pain
Pain in any part of our bodies is one of the most common issues we Barbers talk about, yet there are simple steps we can take to reduce it in our bodies. About this episode... Dr. Quentre Shannon with Legacy Chiropractic shares things we can do to reduce the pain associated with the Barber craft....
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Episode 023 - How a Barber can use Quickbooks as an expense tracking and accounting system
This one tool makes keeping track of a Barber's expenses and tax preparation a much easier task About this episode... Remona Baptiste, CPA, talks about expense tracking, and how Quickbooks is a good choice to make it happen. Episode Summary Quickbooks is not as easy to use as they like to say it...
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Episode 022 - What can a Barber do if they think they are in trouble with the IRS (or ARE in trouble)?
One of the reasons some Barbers are not up to date with their taxes is because they don't know... or they haven't filed for years and need to get caught up. There's good news... About this episode... Remona Baptiste, CPA, discusses how to get caught up with the IRS. The good news is that the IRS…
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Episode 021 - What is a tax write-off (and what is NOT a tax write-off)?
It can be a business expense, right? I can write it off, right? About this episode... Remona Baptiste, CPA, exposes tax write-offs and makes them easy to understand so that Barbers can plan accordingly. Episode Summary What is a write-off? (and what ISN'T How to tax write-offs work? Are business...
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Episode 020 - How does CashApp fit into the Barber's business picture? The tax changes have made it more than just collecting payments
CashApp and other apps have been simple ways for customers to pay for services, and things have changed, tax-wise. About this episode... Remona Baptiste, CPA, explains how CashApp can be used by Barbers for more than just taking payments, and how the tax changes affect us.. Episode Summary The…
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Episode 019 - How Barbers can stay out of trouble with the IRS
I could have just as easily titled this episode "Avoiding the most common mistakes with our taxes" or "How a tax professional advises her Barbers to handle their taxes" About this episode... Remona Baptiste, CPA, breaks down how taxes affect Barbers and steps we can take to keep it a simple...
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Episode 018 - What is an LLC, and why does a Barber want or need to make one?
We Barbers keep hearing that "we need to start an LLC," yet many of us have no idea of what one is or what it does. About this episode... Rey Scott provides the most in-depth breakdown of LLCs and other entities that I have ever heard. Episode Summary What is an Entity? Why do I want or need one?...
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Episode 017 - Kinesio-Orthopedic Postural Massage Therapy - What it is and how it helps Barbers
Putting the body together so that it heals itself is only part of what this method of massage therapy does.. About this episode... Ian Williams with Full Compass Massage explains the theory and thought behind Kinesio-Orthopedic Postural Massage Therapy. Episode Summary The main goal of...
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Episode 016 - Getting started with massage therapy: What Barbers need to know
The first step is finding the right massage therapist (which can be an adventure of its own), and then there's the sessions... About this episode... Ian Williams with Full Compass Massage explains getting started with massage therapy to Barbers. Episode Summary Finding the right massage therapist...
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Episode 015 - Stretches for Barbers: How stretching can reduce the pain and increase our longevity as Barbers
Five seconds every now and then, five minutes a day... Barbers with pain can reduce it with a few simple steps. About this episode... Ian Williams with Full Compass Massage does more than break down stretching. He gives us specific stretches which help Barbers. Episode Summary The most common…
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Episode 014 - How Does Staying Hydrated (Drinking Water) Help Barbers Perform at our Best?
Drink Water! We hear it all the time... but does it help? How much should we drink? When? About this episode... Ian Williams with Full Compass Massage discusses how staying hydrated helps Barbers perform at our best, and helps us avoid some of the most common pains and complications our bodies...
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Episode 013 - Using Massage Therapy to stay in the Barber game for years - Interview with Ian Williams, Kinesio Orthopedic Postural Massage Therapist
As a Barber, I jealously guard my lower legs, feet, and forearms... How does massage keep them going with so much use? About this episode... Ian Williams with Full Compass Massage discusses how massage therapy can benefit Barbers in more ways than many of us think. We go into depth behind his...
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Episode 012- How do I Protect my Family if Something Happens to Me?
This is a four minute listen... Life Insurance pays our debts. Our families are what we do all this for... We work hard all day behind the chair to provide homes, cars, and a comfortable lifestyle. What happens if we are unable to work, or worse? About this episode... The problem with talking…
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Episode 011 - Barbershop Owners: What happens if a key Barber is injured (or worse)?
Any Barbershop owner will tell you that when they lose a Key Barber - for any length of time - they lose more than their booth rent or commissions... About this episode... How is a Barbershop owner affected when one of the Barbers, especially a Key Barber, is out of action? Some shops can absorb...
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Episode 010 - A Barbershop Owner Nightmare: They have a new business partner... their previous partner's Widow!
So two Barbers open a Barbershop.... One of them passes away and now their Widow is their new business partner! About this episode... We don't like talking about these things, yet when they happen, it can throw a wrench into the operations of the most efficient of companies. Howard Silvermintz…
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Episode 009 - Can I insure my hands as a Barber?
Marilyn Monroe insured her legs. Athletes insure their bodies. Can a Barber insure our hands? About this episode... What would actually happen if something happened to our hands? These are our money makers! Howard Silvermintz of Tier 1 Capital talks about the ins and outs protecting our…
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Episode 008 - How to avoid the loopholes in Insurance contracts like a ninja
The fine print is where companies protect themselves... it's usually where you will find what they do and don't have to do for you, and even more importantly, where the nasty surprises lay. About this episode... Many companies take advantage of the fact that we like things simple and quick…
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Episode 007 - What IS Insurance, Anyway? - The quick and simple description of what Insurance is by Howard Silvermintz of Tier 1 Capital
If you have ever seen the "I'm gonna get a check" videos from Tik Tok and Instagram, you already know that a lot of people don't know what insurance is or what it does. About this episode... Howard Silvermintz with Tier 1 Capital of Georgia gives a very simple explanation of what insurance is...…
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Episode 006 - Injured Barber... or worse.... Now what? Protect your money and finances before it happens - Interview with Howard Silvermintz with Tier 1 Capital of Georgia
As a Barber, I'm one good injury or accident from being out of work for a long time. How do we make sure we don't go broke when this happens? About this episode... Howard Silvermintz with Tier 1 Capital of Georgia breaks down what we Barbers can do to keep the money we make, by making sure we…
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Episode 005 - Breaking down State Minimum Auto Insurance - How it does and does not protect us as Barbers
This is the best breakdown of State Minimum Auto Insurance I have ever heard. About this episode... So we all know that we have to have insurance on our cars in order to be able to drive them, yet, in my conversations with Barbers, very few of us have any idea of what we are getting or how it...
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Episode 004 - BONUS EPISODE: Why choosing an Independent Agent may be as important as choosing your Clippers
Five minute spotlight: We are required to buy auto insurance - if we are going to spend the money, anyway, get the advice of someone who does it day-to-day About this episode... If we have to buy insurance, anyway, getting advice from someone who works with it every day helps make sure that you...
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Episode 002 - Which Insurance Helps Barbers - Interview with Ellena Park with Goosehead Insurance
What happens if a Barber is in an auto accident? Or when their car is broken into and their tools are stolen? About this episode... Ellena Park with Goosehead Insurance shows us what's "under the hood" in her industry, letting us see how insurance protects us, and more importantly for us, how it...
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Episode 001 - What Beyond the Barber's Chair is All About
Barbers are entrepreneurial by nature. We are often curious and look for ways to improve health and our livelihood. Many of us have heard that we need to do certain things, such as plan for taxes, set up corporations, and invest, among other tasks. Yet most of us don't know how to do these…
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About this show
We Barbers already know how to cut and fade... Go Beyond the Barber's Chair into all the other parts of being a Barber, building and protecting our businesses while finding new and better ways to thrive in the art of Barbering. We help Barbers position ourselves for success, avoid wallet-shrinking mistakes, and continue to grow in our craft for years to come.
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David Green "@DaveCutsATL"
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