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Made The Cut

Technically... He’s a Barber (Con’t)

can be the change extra effort to be the best clients, your staff, other
he wants to see in at what I work at. I used business leaders and even
his environment is to get headaches in my your public officials.
quite honestly an first barber job because if I chose to put myself
understatement. Dave someone got on the job on a public platform
says that he is not a before me, it meant they through Social Media,
creative person by wanted it more than which gave me a sense
nature - a curious me. What is beautiful of responsibility to lead
statement for a guy so about my life now is that by example in all areas of
embedded in the areas I am in charge of my own life. If I had just stayed a
of creative expression success - the level all barber on my mat, my life
through his various depends on how much I certainly wouldn’t be as
business ventures. am willing to work for full as it is now.
it. As I said, I am far from My son is so incredibly
“Honestly, I don’t the best at what I do but proud of me and of that I
feel that I am creative I’ll be darned if you are am the most proud out of
Dave in action but overly technical going to out work me. all my accomplishments.
about everything. My objective through Until he watched the
Exclusive man in his community that People see what I using my various areas Barbershop Diaries
By Brigitte Jones represents true personal do as ART, but the hair of business is to be documentary, he didn’t
and professional success.
Dave grew up in San Dave really never designs, photography, an example of what know that I had been
Jose and attended San graphic design and video is possible. I have an in prison. He was so
left his interest in his productions are just outward responsibility surprised. But I told him
Jose State University as
engineering background
an engineering student and has separate business part of my being able due to my public platform ‘life is about 2 things - the
but somehow ended up to compartmentalize all to be the type of man all habits you have and the
ownership in a Digital these areas of my life. in my community can be decisions you make’.
with a degree from the
Media Production
San Francisco Barber company; where he I call it ‘external proud of. People do make
College. A change in inspiration’ – my Be an asset to people in mistakes but you must
produced several well surroundings give me the your community; who are be smart about your
course is something Dave received educational
has been subject to at DVD series. He is a encouragement to go that in fact your family, your decisions and the habits
various points in his life, a
published author, producer
few years spent in prison of an award-winning
for some not so petty documentary and most
crimes being a detour
importantly father to his
he feels put him on the 7-year old son.
path of success where he Dave travels 3 out of
resides currently.
the 4 weekends in a month
Five years ago Dave on behalf of ANDIS
opened his barber shop Clipper Company, as
with 6 chairs and 4
part of their International
barbers - well today his Education and Style
businesses are flourishing, team. All the while
to say the least. I met
staying in touch with
him at the recent Silicon his 30,000 Social Media
Valley NAACP Awards followers on Instagram
where he received the
and adding to his over
Madame CJ Walker 10 million views on
Entrepreneur Award. And
YouTube.
that is just his most recent
So to say that Dave is
recognition for a young
driven to prove that a man
Dave the Barber (Upper left Corner) and his team

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