Thursday the team met with Andrea Ruppert, who owns Trendz hair salon in Nokomis. She got us some breakfast and sat us down and told us her story of owning a salon in Nokomis. She said that she would “never” start her own shop in Nokomis, but she did and the community supports her and are thankful for her. She also cut hair in places such as Hillsboro and Litchfield. She told us something interesting today, “Your customers are your bosses” it sounded silly but she put it in a way we understood. Which is a big thing for her business side of the shop, “simplifying” she still uses pen and paper for most of her scheduling and organizing. She told us many inspiring things such as “Invest in yourself.” and “There are more pros than cons.” We all had a great morning at Trendz being inspired to never give up. Thank you Andrea for a good breakfast and good talk!!