EP. 87 - From Anthony Joshua’s Barber To Building SliderCuts Studios ft. Mark Maciver (SliderCuts)

Joining us in the booth this week is Mark, Founder of SliderCuts and an award winning barber.

This episode includes:

• How SliderCuts was born
• Setting up his barbershop with no money
• How Mark got celebrity clients like Lebron James, Anthony Joshua, Stormzy and much more

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Preview

00:37- Take Off Intro

01:12 - Intro to Founder of SliderCuts Mark

06:19 - Born in London, home life is Nigerian

08:47 - Living between rich and poor

12:11 - This makes you middle class!

18:19 - Not belonging helped me!

25:00 - Haircuts from mum & cutting my own hair

28:18 - Try this haircut hack

28:41 - Birth of SliderCuts, cutting hair for free

34:34 - Always saw myself as a business

38:09 - Opening up a shop with £0, Borrowing £200k+

41:18 - Belief should be backed up!

45:48 - Patience paid off!

48:14 - Balling on £30 per week!

49:32 - Don’t leave your parent’s house!

53:29 - Getting celebrity clients: Anthony Joshua, Stormzy, Lebron James

57:03 - No validation from Celebrities

58:51 - I failed creating an app!

01:02:47 - I don’t dwell in defeat!

01:08:19 - Driven but not ambitious

01:15:09 - Live in the present, not the past or future

01:19:41 - Create your own luck

01:24:05 - Cutting Dwayne Wade’s hair

01:25:32 - Final Messages

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