Robert Smith
Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Slick
Robert Smith is a co-founder of Slick and its Chief Commercial Officer. Before Slick he spent his career on the brand side of beauty, in marketing and product roles at L'Oréal and Philips. That's where he first heard salon owners describe the same two problems over and over: empty columns and clients who don't turn up. Slick came out of those conversations, and it now runs about 10,000 hair and beauty businesses. He writes about what salon software actually costs owners, and about the fees the industry would rather not itemize.
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