Keisha: Hair on Wheels to Pole Dancing 502, 16-Year Entrepreneurship Journey, & More | Episode 180

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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