Episode #180
Keisha is the owner of Pole Dancing 502, a pole dance studio currently based at Mellwood Art Center in Louisville, Kentucky. She's a self-taught instructor who got her start demonstrating pole at a passion party on a whim. Before pole, she ran Hair on Wheels, a mobile hair business built without a website or a public face, clients found her purely through Google and referrals, some driving in from hours away in Indiana. She's been in business for over 16 years.
Pole studio owner Keisha 502 opens up about building two businesses from scratch, surviving tragedy, and staying consistent for 16+ years in Louisville.
00:00 Intro
00:27 What makes "bad hair" bad
01:26 Getting fired from Starbucks and finding her hustle
02:18 From doing hair to discovering pole
03:05 Naming and renaming the studio through COVID
05:18 Getting into the hair business
05:31 Losing her brother and the toll on the hair business
06:11 Building Hair on Wheels in total anonymity
07:08 Five studios, sixteen years
07:53 Balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship
08:31 The long-term goal: a 20-pole "girls' girl" gym
09:07 Why she stepped back from hair for pole
10:28 Losing her brother to gun violence
12:40 Advice to her 20-year-old self, no regrets
13:28 Dating as a self-made, financially independent woman
15:58 Collabs, fashion shows, and Louisville party culture
17:44 Ten-year goals and the dream gym
18:28 Why consistency is the whole game
20:11 How to book a session with Keisha
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