All I can say is that they must have been reading this blog. A while back Dane posted (and I reposted) this case study of a unique barber shop.
Now, voila, a start up very much like it hits the business headlines.
MR. — which opened last month in San Francisco’s Financial District — is an unusual startup that combines upscale men’s barbering with a bar and lounge.
Conceived by two 28-year-old Stanford business school grads, MR. is not your corner clip joint. Instead of individual haircuts, it sells monthly memberships for men, like a health club. It’s open until 10 p.m. for drinking and socializing by both men and women. The bar’s glass countertop displays pricey men’s accessories such as wallets and flasks for sale to patrons.
Co-owners Kumi Walker and Sean Heywood envision the Sacramento Street shop as the first in a chain that will spread to cities such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Chicago.
And they benchmark themselves not against other hair salons but against giant hospitality brands such as Four Seasons hotels or Starbucks.
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