Kendrick ‘Pop’ Williams Sr. (proper) cuts a customer’s hair at Pop’s Barber and Natural beauty Store, the organization Williams recognized in 2003. (Specific to The Business/The Generator)“Just one working day I was going for walks downtown to go to On the lookout Good’s Apparel Retailer and noticed the constructing, and I reported, I like that corner and began to think about how it could turn out to be my barbershop,” Kendrick “Pop” Williams Sr. said.
And from that seed of an strategy, a thriving company has grown.
Established in 2003, Pop’s Barber and Beauty has turn into a cornerstone in downtown Pine Bluff. The Generator@GFPB crew experienced to wander only a couple of blocks to find a small business that has turn into an institution in less than two many years of provider.
Williams represents a large entourage of barber and elegance establishments that provide Pine Bluff and the encompassing communities.
“I get pleasure from barbering, and I felt a want for it in the neighborhood,” mentioned Williams.
Williams functions with eight barbers and two stylists in his institution, which includes two brothers who services the Pine Bluff and surrounding communities.
When questioned what tips he would give to other entrepreneurs searching for to grow to be barbers, Williams suggested being encouraged and realizing that you make your business enterprise a success or a failure.
“If you don’t come to perform, you really don’t get paid out, so making good operate routines is a have to,” Williams mentioned.
Williams acknowledged that the biggest challenge is the sacrifice of time and power it can take to keep the company.
The sacrifice, on the other hand, arrives with the reward of observing your consumers taken treatment of, and the achievement of other barbers and beauticians mastering a talent. The most profound reward for Williams is remaining capable to supply and acquire treatment of his household.
“I wanted to display folks that you do not have to do unfavorable issues to make a living,” Williams claimed.
The Generator@GFPB required to know how businesses delivering services have been influenced by covid-19. That’s of specific curiosity since black barbers and stylists have a close connection with their shoppers.
Williams’ reply was, “I overlook the previous buyers [the family], that come in and make Pop’s Barber and Natural beauty Shop a community’s institution.”
Williams is making enterprise for the upcoming generation. The Generator@GFPB celebrates the company of The Black Institution in Pop’s Barber and Natural beauty Store at 301 S. Main St., Pine Bluff, Ark. Customers can get in touch with and make appointments with Williams at (870) 550-0651.
Editor’s notice: This post was created by The Generator as element of its celebration of Black Record Month. The focus of the weekly articles is to realize the Black establishments of Pine Bluff. The Generator is an innovation hub driven by Go Forward Pine Bluff.
Pop’s Barber and Beauty Store has rapidly come to be a cornerstone to downtown Pine Bluff. (Exclusive to The Business/The Generator)
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