Barbering

Cut fades and classic cuts well enough for paying clients.

Start with How To Cut Your Own Hair 💈 EASY STEP BY STEP! 💰 (17 min, Vic Blends), then My First Time On TV 😳🎥 You Wont Believe How.. (14 min, Vic Blends). All 20 lessons in Barbering are free. No degree. A state barber licence. A starter kit costs about $275. About $37k a year (US median) plus tips; booked barbers far more.

To start: No degree. A state barber licence. Earning: About $37k a year (US median) plus tips; booked barbers far more.

1. Barbering

   Fades and tapers.

   • How To Cut Your Own Hair 💈 EASY STEP BY STEP! 💰 (17 min, Vic Blends, Beginner)
   • My First Time On TV 😳🎥 You Wont Believe How.. (14 min, Vic Blends, Beginner)
   • Modern Mixie Haircut with Sami Skinner (15 min, Sam Villa, Intermediate)
   • Wash N' Wear Shag Haircut with Manda Ziegelman (48 min, Sam Villa, Intermediate)

2. Hair styling

   Cuts and colour.

   • Simple Long Layered Hair Haircut Tutorial with Face Framing (49 min, Sam Villa, Beginner)
   • Textured Bixie Haircut with Ellen Devine (31 min, Sam Villa, Intermediate)

3. Start the business

   Register it, price it, and set it up properly from day one.

   • Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup (16 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • How To Price For B2B | Startup School (18 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • Your Prices are Killing You on eBay & Poshmark. The Magic $46.01 Rule. (10 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)
   • How to Price Smart and Sell Smarter | Clicks to Riches Show Ep. 18 (75 min, Printify, Intermediate)
   • Pricing CNC Products - Making a Custom Logo Sign (16 min, Carbide 3D, Intermediate)

4. Get local customers

   Google Business Profile, local SEO, reviews and social posts.

   • Complete SEO Course for Beginners: Learn to Rank #1 in Google (117 min, Ahrefs, Beginner)
   • How to grow on instagram from 0 | STEP BY STEP GUIDE | organic Instagram growth tips (21 min, Jade Beason, Beginner)
   • Start CRUSHING your INSTAGRAM game!! (14 min, Peter McKinnon, Intermediate)
   • Enterprise Sales | Startup School (23 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
   • The New Rules of SEO (2026) (12 min, Neil Patel, Intermediate)

5. Books and taxes

   Simple bookkeeping and taxes for the self-employed.

   • ACCOUNTING BASICS: a Guide to (Almost) Everything (14 min, Accounting Stuff, Beginner)
   • LEARN ACCOUNTING in Under 5 Hours! (291 min, Accounting Stuff, Intermediate)
   • How to Do Your eBay Taxes in 5 Minutes (No More Line by Line) (15 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)
   • Everything Resellers Need to Know About Taxes and Bookkeeping (27 min, Daily Refinement, Intermediate)