Michele Matkovich
Former multi-location salon owner → $1.4M revenue. Now I build, manage and support AI revenue systems that keep luxury salons fully booked.
Former multi-location salon owner → $1.4M revenue. Now I build, manage and support AI revenue systems that keep luxury salons fully booked.
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Free RegistrationGreat question and based on everything I know about your story, here’s how I’d answer that in your voice: My inspiration in business is necessity and the owners who are still in it. I didn’t set out to build a tech company. I set out to solve a problem that was quietly bleeding my salon dry. I had built something real $1.4M, Top 200 six years running and I still couldn’t step away. Not because I didn’t work hard enough, but because the backend systems didn’t
How do you stay motivated?I don’t chase motivation, I stay connected to the mission. I know what $12K–$26K walking out the back door every month does to a salon owner. Not just to the business but to her. I’ve been her. I built to $1.4M and still couldn’t step away. That version of me deserved better systems. So do they. That’s enough to keep me moving every single day.
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest
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