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No fluff. No filler. Just the strategy nobody taught you in beauty school.

Get more of the right clients

Marketing, content, referrals, and the exact systems that fill a chair without you living on Instagram.

Charge what you're worth

Pricing, packages, deposits, and the mindset shifts that let you raise your rates without losing your roster.

Build the business behind the chair

Systems, automation, hiring, and the back-end stuff that turns a busy stylist into a real business owner.

Hunter Donia, host of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast

Hi, I'm Hunter.

I'm a hairstylist, salon suite owner, and business coach who's still actively behind the chair. I built The Modern Hairstylist Podcast because I was sick of business advice that didn't get our industry, and sick of beauty advice that ignored the business side completely.

Every episode is the conversation I wish I'd had ten years ago: how to grow your clientele, set your prices, build systems and automation that run without you, and create a beauty business that actually fits your life. Real strategy. Real numbers. Zero gatekeeping.

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Every episode is free, every episode is short enough to fit between clients, and every episode is built to make you money or save you time.

Real stylists. Real results.

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I can spend more time with my family because of the automations I have set up thanks to Hunter. My clients have all been raving about the experience I give them. It's making my job so much easier.
Shannon D.
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Hunter teaches systems that create space and rest while still hitting income goals and elevating how clients experience my brand.
Megan V.
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I work a fraction of what I used to and I make more. The community support and ideas are so helpful.
Stefanie S.

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