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Carrie Rutt

Carrie Rutt

Salon coach, front desk trainer, and shareholder at Summit Salon Business Center with 30+ years in the beauty industry.

Sep 23, 2026

8:37
Like from your point of view, what does the Gen X salon owner look like?
8:41
Well, we are looking at probably in the next 10 years retiring, right? Because we're getting up there in age.
8:49
We're still doing hair, probably backing out of hair and concentrating on growing the business, right? Trying to make it profitable and grow a team that's going to last beyond our legacy.
9:04
And we have expectations, right? for sure.
9:08
We're not as hard, I think, as boomers.
9:11
But I mean, I think of myself, my children are millennial and my son's a Gen Z.
9:19
So I look at them and how they react to the working world and try to listen really hard in what they have to say.

5 MINS LATER

14:40
So what does good training and mentorship look like for this generation that's coming up?

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