Episodes

  • Growth lessons from franchise founders who got it right

    Growth lessons from franchise founders who got it right
    Jul 14 2026
    In this special episode of the Growth Diaries podcast, host Sudheer Koneru brings together franchise leaders from across the beauty, wellness, and fitness landscape to discuss how they’ve strategically expanded their service offerings while staying true to their brand missions.
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    27 mins
  • 75% Revenue From Memberships?!

    75% Revenue From Memberships?!
    Jun 30 2026
    In this special episode of the Growth Diaries podcast, host Sudheer Koneru brings together franchise leaders from across the beauty, wellness, and fitness landscape to unpack three pillars that separate thriving franchise systems from the rest: membership models, franchisee support infrastructure, and data-driven performance management.
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    32 mins
  • What 350 competitors in Japan couldn’t replicate

    What 350 competitors in Japan couldn’t replicate
    Jun 16 2026
    Franchise business model success, company culture, and employee benefits drive growth in the wellness industry and beauty business franchising. Host Sudheer Koneru talks with top wellness leaders about why your people are what drives success. You will find out how to build unstoppable brands by prioritizing stakeholder success and authentic culture. This episode covers how to scale your business while keeping your team engaged and your brand standards high.
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    35 mins
  • Second Generation, First in Purpose: Wulan Tilaar on Carrying Forward a Family Mission

    Second Generation, First in Purpose: Wulan Tilaar on Carrying Forward a Family Mission
    May 26 2026
    Wulan Tilaar, second-generation leader of Indonesia's iconic Martha Tilaar Group, shares the deeply personal story behind one of Southeast Asia’s most storied beauty and wellness empires. From her mother’s humble beginnings in a four-by-six-meter garage salon to a franchise network spanning 40+ locations across Indonesia and beyond, Wulan reveals how a chance encounter with a human trafficking survivor in Hong Kong transformed the company’s mission, shifting from profit-driven growth to women’s empowerment through free vocational training.
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    49 mins
  • How SILK Laser grew from a garage to 200 clinics with Martin Perelman

    How SILK Laser grew from a garage to 200 clinics with Martin Perelman
    May 5 2026
    From a $200K shoestring budget and two second-hand lasers repaired in a Sydney garage to nearly 200 clinics across Australia and New Zealand, Martin Perelman’s story is a masterclass in patient, disciplined growth. In this episode of Growth Diaries, Martin, Founder and Managing Director of SILK Laser Clinics, joins host Sudheer Koneru to dive into how four friends with no industry experience built one of the most respected names in the cosmetic and wellness industry.
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    37 mins
  • From 1 salon to 18 without investors: The playbook behind Epic Hair Designs

    From 1 salon to 18 without investors: The playbook behind Epic Hair Designs
    Apr 14 2026
    It’s 2008, and a retail manager with no hairdressing background convinces his parents to lend him money for a salon purchase. Two days. That’s all it took. Then the Global Financial Crisis hits just as the keys trade hands, and most people would’ve called it a disaster. But Brendon saw it differently. Today, Epic Hair Designs operates 18 salons across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, employing over 200 hairdressers and apprentices, and has become a blueprint for building a thriving multi-location beauty business in an increasingly competitive market. In this episode of Growth Diaries, Brendon Mann, Owner and Director at Epic Hair Designs, shares the full story.
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    37 mins
  • Sarina Paulson on leadership, salon growth, and building Willo Salons

    Sarina Paulson on leadership, salon growth, and building Willo Salons
    Mar 31 2026
    She purchased a hair salon just three months before a global pandemic shut down your entire industry for six months. Most entrepreneurs would see this as the worst possible timing. However, Sarina Pualson saw it differently. In this episode of Growth Diaries, Sarina, CEO of Willo Salons, joins host Sudheer Koneru to discuss her unconventional path from studying criminal justice and rising through JCPenney’s corporate ranks to acquiring and transforming a salon business just before the pandemic.
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    37 mins
  • Building a 15-location Med Spa brand through client experience, culture, and smart growth

    Building a 15-location Med Spa brand through client experience, culture, and smart growth
    Mar 17 2026
    When Emily Fernandez decided to leave her stable career as a patient experience officer at a three-hospital healthcare system, she was solving one problem she observed in her husband’s OB/GYN office, where aesthetic clients sat in waiting rooms next to women dealing with cancer diagnoses and complicated pregnancies. In this episode of Growth Diaries, Emily Fernandez, Co-founder and VP of Operations at Evolve Med Spa, joins host Sudheer Koneru to explore how a hospital patient experience leader turned a side aesthetic project into a 15-location powerhouse brand in just four years.
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    53 mins