Have you ever received a bad hair cut? Melody McCloskey has, and she turned this experience into a business. McCloskey in the founder and CEO of StyleSeat, which is an app that connects hair stylists and customers looking for a haircut.
McCloskey was tired of the hassle of booking hair appointments. She found it frustrating when she called a salon sometimes stylists wouldn’t answer the phone or when they did, you just received a random appointment with a random stylist that wasn’t even good at what she wanted to be done. McCloskey decided to fix this problem with her app. StyleSeat makes it easy to book hair appointments with specific stylists. You can search for stylists by where you are and even by what the stylist specializes in. This is such a wonderful tool not only for people in need of a haircut, also stylists. Stylists can promote themselves for what they are really good at and what they prefer to do.
Melody McCloskey really stood out to me because she experienced a problem and made it into a successful business idea. This is such a great entrepreneurial quality to have. I love how she tapped into an industry that pretty much everyone utilizes and made it better. The cosmetology industry is already a saturated industry, but McCloskey found a way to innovate and come up with something new.
This sounds like a wonderful app. I am sure my sisters would appreciate an app like this one. I just get my hair cut really short so I wouldn’t use this but I am sure millions of Americans will benefit from this app.
This app seems like it would be especially great for stylists. It’s a fantastic way for them to gain recognition and schedule more appointments. This was such a clever way to innovate in a already saturated industry.
What a fantastic idea that I never would have thought about! I think this app could be so helpful, especially for someone like me who doesn’t live in one place for very long so I never really get to find a stylist that I really like and use for a long time. StyleSeat would alleviate a bunch of the stress and time related to that. A female entrepreneur solving problems for other females, so inspiring and entrepreneurial!
This is such a great idea! I love how it helps both stylists and the customer.
Wow, I know a lot of people that would use this app! It is awesome to see how people identify problems and solve them in new and exciting ways. This is also another example of how identifying the ‘pain’ helps create a great product. Thanks for sharing!
What I like about this idea is how it isn’t a new product or a service, but it acts as a medium for a market. Social media is a new thing and this combines social media into a market where it could improve communication and that makes it a smart entrepreneurial idea
Such a great idea, practical for both the customers and the salon workers!