{"id":2187,"date":"2021-02-03T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/probeauty.org\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:38:02","slug":"meet-iconic-barber-co-founder-wanza-poole-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/meet-iconic-barber-co-founder-wanza-poole-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet iconic barber co-founder, Wanza Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Iconic Barber Co-Founder Wanza Poole emphasizes connections over everything.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Wanza Poole, co-founder of Iconic Barber, the business of barbering is more than just hair. One key point in his teachings is that success is part skills and part relationships, with the connections you make sometimes being more important than the ability of your hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cPart of what they don\u2019t tell you is that it\u2019s a relationship business, not just a hair business.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanza started barbering in high school by cutting his own hair. Eventually he expanded to his friends and by 1989 he was an apprentice on his way to his license. After working for the Philadelphia Hair Company, he asked himself \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming from a family of educators, he discovered a passion that was inherent to him. One of Wanza\u2019s greatest accomplishments is to have people feel great about what you give them and recognize the benefits of continued education that Iconic Barber and its team provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s great when people say they get it. When they say \u2018I\u2019ve done a lot of classes, but this is by far the best class I\u2019ve done\u2019\u2026 There\u2019s very special educators that can touch their audience and their audience walk away feeling like they learned something\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating connections, whether in the \u201cclassroom\u201d or on the shop floor, are significant parts of being in the industry for Wanza. A major part of that is the history that the barbershop holds, especially for men of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbershops were one of the first enterprises a Black man in America could embark on after the end of slavery. Since then, the barbershop has become a place for Black men to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cTo me, as an African-American, understanding all that history, it\u2019s very personal what we do\u201d, he reflects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The culture of the barbershop is different from that of a hair salon, Wanza feels. \u201cYou can just talk about sports, or money or just laugh and joke about silly stuff. It\u2019s downtime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked what advice he would give to students and stylists starting out in the industry, Wanza emphasizes the importance of relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGet people to trust you enough to get their hair cut, that\u2019s just the starting point. How do you keep these people? How do you build relationships? You have to put more into the other person than you have to put into yourself\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can follow Wanza Poole and Iconic Barber on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iconicbarber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@iconicbarber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iconic_by_trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@iconic_by_trade<\/a> and find out more about upcoming classes from Iconic Barber on their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iconicbarber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.iconicbarber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic Barber Co-Founder Wanza Poole emphasizes connections over everything. 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