Joining us in the booth this week is Antoinette Ale, the founder of Tressly which is a Website builder & booking software for hairstylists. In this episode we discuss: Life growing up in Ghana and the difficult of transitioning to the UK Tressly & how it seeks to disrupt the hair industry and support hairstylists to grow their business Why getting customer feedback on your product is vital to it's success Lessons learnt from doing accelerators with Barclays, Sky & Google The importance of knowing the future of the industry The decline of the salon model Lack of formal education on diverse hair Debate: Natural hair vs Non-natural hair Pro's and con's of having a co-founder How to stop getting distracted and much more! Follow Antoinette on Instagram here Follow Tressly on Instagram here Learn AI, Cybersecurity, Data Science & more with Coursera. Ato has personally used Coursera to obtain an AI certificate. This is an affiliate link so if you purchase a course or sign up to the monthly or annual subscription, we will receive a small commission from Coursera, however there will be no additional charge to you. Learn on Coursera here: https://imp.i384100.net/savvywallet Follow me on: Instagram , Tiktok, Twitter Check out: https://www.youtube.com/savvywallet for the video version TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Preview 00:58 - Intro 01:33 - A lot of effort, a lot of emotional exhaustion 04:00 - Meet Antoinette Ale 05:06 - I grew up in Ghana: Life was sweet! 07:57 - At school I was two levels above! 10:11 - I was good at finance but I found it boring so I pivoted! 15:37 - At the time not much in the media about afro hair car 19:07 - The next big problem in the hair care industry is tech 21:20 - How Tressly helps hair stylists to grow their business 23:55 - The first version of my app was patchy..! 25:39 - Entrepreneurs: focus on testing & getting feedback 27:32 - If you care about something you’ll listen 31:51 - Sky’s pledge to the black hair industry 35:04 - Is it worth delaying your dream further? 37:06 - Launch date for the release of the app 38:04 - We want 1000 paying users by the end of 2024 39:29 - The one thing I learnt from Google, Barclays, Sky 41:19 - Why we’re not bootstrapping…we want to raise…! 42:53 - Most businesses are forcing the SaaS model 43:57 - How to prepare for investments 45:57 - Business nowadays: it’s a niche within a niche! 48:27 - You need to know the future of your industry 50:41 - Tressly’s vision 53:12 - Tressly Gala: Highs and the Lows 57:27 - Debate: Natural hair vs Non-natural hair 01:02:45 - The relaxer hair debacle 01:05:27 - Pro’s and cons of having a co-founder 01:08:16 - How to stop getting distracted…! 01:11:14 - Why 2024 is the best time to start a business 01:14:08 - Final words Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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