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PARTNERS IN BUSINESS & LIFE
CHANNON & DANIEL JOHNSTON
Cli hanger. It was a rock-climbing wall and I would just help them check people out. PC Living: Who was the rst to go into business, out of the two of you? Channon: Daniel.
Daniel: Originally, I started working at a skateboard shop in Lynn Haven, called Xtremely Board, and eventually became part owner of it. I’ve been in retail 16 years. At a certain point, I decided it was either time to buy it out or start my own thing.
Channon: I started doing hair in 2005, and then I opened the salon in 2011, so about ve years ago.
Daniel: She opened up her store about a month after I opened mine. I wanted to be downtown, because that’s where I grew up skateboarding.
Channon: Yeah, and I started coming down here more and loved it, so I decided to open up near him. It was something I always wanted to do-have a salon. When Daniel and I met, we were so like-minded in that sense.
PC Living: Do you go to each other for advice?
Channon: Yes, I ask him all the time. He has more experience than I do,
because he’s pretty much been doing it for 15 years. PC Living: How does it work on a daily basis?
Daniel: I get up early, take Jack to school, and then I’m here about eight o’clock to start my day. Channon’s usually about an hour behind me.
Channon: I come in and start about nine or ten. Daniel: We basically do our own thing.
Channon: We do get to go eat lunch together and see each other throughout the day.
Daniel: She won’t leave me alone. [Laughs] We also have an adjoining back patio, so we have this whole area that her employees and my employees share.
PC Living: How do you handle disagreements or objections about the other’s business?
Daniel: Kicking and screaming [laughs].
Channon: We haven’t really had too many disagreements. Daniel: We just make it work.
Channon: Yeah, we just think about it and talk it out. You know, there’s some things that he might want more, and I’ll be like, “ ne...” We always work it out.
Daniel: If she’s really passionate about it, I kind of just let her take over. Channon: He pretty much lets me take over most of the time, yeah.
Daniel: But when I’m really passionate about something, I just tell her that’s the way it’s going to be, because I let her get her way pretty much every other time. [laughs]
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