First Black woman-owned hair salon franchise speeds up visits
In 2012, Dana moved back to Michigan and opened Paralee Boyd, a salon dedicated to quality hair care in a timely fashion.
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In 2012, Dana moved back to Michigan and opened Paralee Boyd, a salon dedicated to quality hair care in a timely fashion.
Ever since franchising her hair salon business earlier this year, Dana White, 45, says her business acumen has become acute. “For the entrepreneur
Dana White, CEO and founder of Paralee Boyd, is the first Black woman to franchise a national hair salon. She did it by employing automotive principles.
Like many Black women, Dana White used to clear her schedule for a hair appointment that could easily take all day. But then the labor organizer for the auto industry
These women are creating blow dry salons for women with textured hair Courtesy Paralee Boyd By Carly Ryan When it came time for Dana White to name her first salon, her thoughts immediately went to her grandmother. Paralee Boyd was the first generation in her family to not be owned as a slave — she used her entrepreneurial spirit to sell pomegranate hand scrubs to pay her way through school. It’s a drive that White said not only runs in her own blood but in the DNA of her salon, Paralee Boyd — an institution that endeavors to become the first nationwide salon franchise founded by a Blac...