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Beauty Business Startup Academy

From license to your own salon — the complete business track for future owners. 60 hours · $3,500 all-in.

From license to your own salon — the complete business track for future owners.

60 hCourse length — start almost any week
$3,500All-in price, materials included
from $295/moInterest-free payments

What you will learn

  • Business model: employee, booth rent, suite, salon
  • Florida & local licensing for salons (DBPR salon license, inspections)
  • Pricing, margins & break-even math
  • Marketing: Google Business Profile, reviews, social that books
  • Hiring, contracts & retention
  • Your launch plan, reviewed by working salon owners

Who this course is for

Licensed pros and senior students planning their own business.

You do not need a diploma in business — you need honest numbers and a sequence. The Academy is taught by people who run salons on the Gulf Coast, and every module ends with a piece of your own launch plan, not a test.

Beauty Business Startup Academy course at Pensacola Beauty School

Reserve a Seat

Small groups, weekly starts. Leave your contacts — we will send the next date and syllabus.

Beauty Business Startup Academy — $3,500

Curriculum by module

MODULE 1Choosing your modelEmployee, booth renter, suite owner, salon owner: real startup costs, risk profiles and income ceilings of each path in the Pensacola market.
MODULE 2Licensing & complianceDBPR salon licensing, local permits, inspections and the insurance stack — the full legal checklist with actual forms.
MODULE 3Money mathPricing, margins, break-even point and cash-flow planning; you build the spreadsheet for your own concept with instructor review.
MODULE 4Marketing that booksGoogle Business Profile, review systems, simple social content and referral loops — the four channels that actually fill Gulf Coast salons.
MODULE 5People & contractsHiring, commission vs. booth-rent structures, contracts and retention — how owners keep good people without overpaying.
MODULE 6Your launch planThe capstone: a written plan with model, numbers, licensing checklist and 90-day marketing calendar, reviewed line by line by working salon owners.

Format & schedule

The 60 hours run over four weeks: two evening sessions plus one full Saturday each week. Saturdays are workshop days — you build your own numbers and documents with the instructors, not just listen.

Included in the price

  • Workbook with checklists, templates and real forms
  • Spreadsheet templates for pricing, break-even and cash flow
  • Contract & policy template pack
  • Google Business Profile setup workshop
  • Capstone launch plan reviewed by working salon owners
  • Certificate of completion
  • 90 days of founder Q&A after the course

What changes after the Academy

Employment has a ceiling; ownership removes it. Booth renters and suite owners work for their own revenue instead of a commission split, and salon owners scale beyond their own chair entirely.

The Academy does not promise a business — it gives you the model, the numbers and the paperwork sequence that make the decision rational instead of scary. You leave with a plan a bank or a landlord can read.

Questions

The Academy is business training — your professional license path depends on the services you plan to offer. We help you sequence both.

A written launch plan: model, numbers, licensing checklist and a 90-day marketing calendar.

No — about a third of each group are senior students planning 6–12 months ahead. Starting the paperwork sequence early is an advantage, not a problem.

It depends on your book and savings — that is exactly the math of module one and three. You will answer it with your own numbers by week two.

We teach the location evaluation framework and review your shortlist during the capstone. We do not act as brokers, which keeps our advice honest.

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