Questions for Karen Pudetti

1. How did you get into the beauty industry?

2. Why did you choose the beauty industry?

3. How long did it take for you to become financially successful?

4. What inspired you to write a book?

5. What do you want to do next?

6. What was the most challenging part of writing the book?

7. How were you able to balance running a salon, spa, and laser center, take additional classes, consulting clients around the United States and write a book at the same time?

8. What was it like balancing work and family during this process and what was your biggest challenge with that?

9. How did you go from working with clients to working on the business?

10. What was one thing you learned the hard way?

11. How did the pandemic hurt your business? What did you do?

12. What advice would you give to someone entering the beauty industry?

13. Did you always want to write a book? How did you choose the people in your book?

14. What part of your business excites you the most?

15. Who do you think is the ideal candidate to run a profitable business?

16. Did your consulting business help your salon and spa profit?

17. What education classes are you taking right now, or have you taken?

18. What was your most difficult time during the last 20 years in business?

19. What are some struggles going from a small salon to managing over 50 employees?

20. How long did it take you to write a book? Would you do it again?