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The Timeline of the Mimosa Salon Suites Journey

Sumiko Chadwell • February 14, 2024

Doug Hauptman shares his story of entrepreneurship and aims to make dreams come true!

Mimosa Salon Suites was created by successful entrepreneur, Doug Hauptman. Hauptman grew up in Oakland, CA and faced many struggles growing up. He began my business journey with a lemonade stand on the corner of 35th & MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, California at the age of seven years old. He was not handed a generational wealth and was brought up in a low-income household. 


Success has always followed Doug. In 1981 he founded a memory module manufacturing company in his garage with only $5,000.00 of capital and was able to grow to $18,000,000.00 in sales by 1989. 


From then on and for the last 25+ years, Doug has cultivated and grew his considerable skills in Marketing solutions, Internet Marketing, Programming, Accounting, Education, Website consulting, developing, Social Media Marketing. 


Read more about his inspiring upbringing and his success in business on his life coach site DougHauptman.com. After experiencing constant challenges and conflicts, Hauptman experienced a life changing event. It was following this event that he had an epiphany that would change his future and many others as well. He took life into his owns hand and completely turned his fate around. 




Today, Hauptman is a well-known entrepreneur in  Atlanta, GA, praised for his mission in making dreams come true for fellow aspiring entrepreneurs. Not only did he make his own dreams come true, he went on to pay it forward by helpings others as well. The passion that Hauptman has for the entrepreneur realm is fueled by integrity and determination to strengthen his community with small business.


Doug Hauptman launched the start of the Mimosa Salon Suite franchise. He walked into the project with the following mission, 


“Our mission throughout the United States is to develop community-based businesses and economic development centers specializing in the cosmetology industry.”

 

Within the last 16 years, Doug has grown Mimosa Salon Suites to the enterprise that it is today.


Hauptman constructed the first 40 Mimosa suites and encompassed 10,000 square feet at his first location on Salem Road in Conyers, Georgia. This first location started off with only around 3 tenants and one building. After a short while, he had grown into the second building renting out all 40 suites completely. 


After a series of trial and error and perfecting the business model, and adding executive leadership to his team, in May of 2019 Hauptman successfully launched a second location for Mimosa Salon Suites. This location consists of 25 salon suites within 5,000 square feet at the Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia, Georgia. This brought his total amount of tenants to 65 very quickly. 


Within a few years Doug added a 3rd location in Covington, GA adding 6 new tenants and shortly after expanding the Stonecrest location to 36 salon suites for a total of 82 tenants. 


All the locations have a high success rate as a direct result of Mimosa’s ongoing client training and business coaching. They have also continued to remain at 100% capacity. These 82 suites are more than just leased salon suites, they are home to 82 entrepreneurs who were aspiring to become independent salon owners and did so by joining the Mimosa community. 


Not only did Hauptman make his own dream of entrepreneurship come true, he did so in a way that made others same dreams come true too. When we discuss the rewards of franchising with Mimosa Salon Suites, we aren’t just referring to the financial success. We are also referring to the hand you have in growing a community that will strengthen the economy and keep small business alive in Georgia. 


The Mimosa Salon Suites offer low-cost leasing for salon beauty industry professionals while providing classy studios that cannot be found for the same price. In fact, our studio prices compare with booth rentals! We offer décor packages, regular maintenance, security systems, marketing assistance, and 24-hour coded entry for all of our tenants. Mimosa is dedicated to supporting independence among its salon tenants without the hurdles of high costs and lacking flexibility. 


Hauptman and his team of professionals have created a foundation for Mimosa Salon Suites that promotes long-term sustainable growth and ongoing education in efficient business practices, backed by integrity and passion. Hauptman is a firm believer that with enough determination and passion, anyone can make their dreams come true and he is living proof of this notion. We encourage you to join us in creating one million square feet of hope nationwide for entrepreneurs and franchisees! 



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