A former stand-up comic builds a hair care company for children

Risa Barash, Fairy Tales Hair Care, Brand (branding), eCommerce, Physical Product, Women Founders

You guys know I have two kids. Well, it seems like every six months I get a letter from their school telling me their is a lice outbreak. It’s a total pain for a parent.

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who said she didn’t want parents to just live with that pain. She was going to do something about it.

Risa Barash is the co-founder of Fairy Tales Hair Care, a professional line of hair care for children.

Risa Barash

Fairy Tales Hair Care

Risa Barash is the co-founder of Fairy Tales Hair Care, a professional line of hair care for children.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of real entrepreneurs who are building their businesses often while they listen to these interviews.

So get this. You guys know I’ve got now two kids, a four-year-old and a two-year-old, and it feels like every six months or so, I get a letter or an email from their daycare saying that there is an outbreak of lice, we should watch out for lice. And every time I see it I go, “Oh, I got plans for today and tomorrow. If the kids have to stay home, what am I going to do?” This is such a pain, but I figured, all right, it’s a kind of pain you have to live with as a dad and so, fine. Okay, I’ll go with it.

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur who said, “Well, if there’s pain in the world, we don’t have to live with it. I think I could find a...

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