Clients can spend up to 3 hrs waiting in their local barbershop waiting to get their hair cut. Barbers can lose up to 10 hrs a month in productivity managing appointments by calls and text. We’ve built a intuitive mobile platform that seamlessly integrates into the barbershop experience.
Today, barbers use theCut as a management tool optimizing their business. We also make it easier for them to manage their hundreds of clients and grow their base.
For clients, they’re provided the convenience of 24/7 scheduling and digital payments.
The segment of barbershops we’re focusing on generates over $5 billion dollars every year. In addition men nationwide spent just over $20 billion dollars on grooming products in 2016 and that number is expected to increase every year. As we grow and expand into different business segments we will drive transactions and e-commerce through our platform. theCut launched in May 2016 and today we have 2,500,000+ users and have booked over 25M appointments.
We’re helping nearly 10,000 barbers grow their business. And making it more convenient for everyone booking the over 1M+ appointments every month. To date, we've enabled $500,000,000+ worth of haircuts.
Obi Omile Jr is the cofounder and CEO of theCut, a business management platform for the barbershop industry. In the last few years, we’ve grown to more than 2.5 million users who’ve booked over 25 million appointments. Today, nearly 10,000 Barbers around the country are using theCut to manage their business everyday.
Prior to theCut, Obi worked as a Software Engineering Analyst for Accenture Federal Services. Before joining AFS, Obi was a software developer at Wells Fargo where he worked with both business executives and fellow developers to build out products. He also interned as a Data Analyst for a cognitive enhancement startup, truBrain. Obi has previously built and released an app on the iOS app store, Payday. An app making it easier to forecast paychecks and improve savings habits. Obi earned a B.B.A. in Economics and a concentration Finance from James Madison University.
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