Onavani Academy · Cohort 1
Right now you do hair all day and the admin all night — chasing bookings, answering the same DMs, remembering who to follow up with. In four weeks we set up the systems that carry all of that for you, so when you leave the chair, you're actually off the clock.
The first one ends when you leave the chair. The second one — the booking, the pricing, the follow-up, the money math — follows you home and eats the evening you were supposed to have off.
That second shift is the difference between a job and a business. A job means you do both, forever. A business means the systems handle the admin, so the only thing that stays yours is the part you love: the hair.
To move independent stylists from self-employed to business owner — by taking the admin off their plate, so their craft stays theirs and their time comes back to them.
A generation of independent beauty professionals who own real businesses, not just jobs — where the work around the chair runs itself. One cohort at a time, starting in Austin, TX.
Set once, working on every booking — so you stop second-guessing your rates and stop leaving money on the table.
Takes bookings, answers the usual questions, and holds deposits while you're with a client or asleep. You stop living in your DMs.
It spots the clients slipping away and drafts the text in your voice. You just hit send — the remembering and the writing are done for you.
Your numbers at a glance and a 20-minute weekly check-in — instead of a second shift of admin every single night.
See it clearly: what you actually take home, and how many hours a week you work for free after you leave the chair. You can't fix what you've never put on paper.
The lesson nobody showed you: empty hours make every booked hour more expensive. We reprice your whole menu to a number that actually pays you.
The money was never lost — it's the clients who drifted off and never got a nudge. We set up the tool that watches for you and drafts the text; you just approve.
We put it all live — booking page answering 24/7, follow-up running, numbers on one screen — and trade your nightly grind for a 20-minute weekly check-in. Graduation.
Every stylist who finishes the four weeks and puts her systems live earns a $500 Onavani Founder's Grant — business credit to get your booking page, your follow-up, and your first marketing off the ground. We put money into your business before we ever ask you for anything, because we only win when you do.
It's Onavani credit, not cash — the point is to get your business running, not to write you a check.
There's no fee. You apply, and if you're chosen for one of the 12 seats, it costs nothing but your time and your commitment. We invest our hands-on help; you invest four weeks of showing up and doing the work. We only win when your business does — and when you choose to keep using the tools after you graduate.
Yes. Cohort 1 is free. You apply, and if you're selected it costs nothing but your time. We make money when your business grows and you choose to keep using our tools — not from a course fee.
No — it's $500 in Onavani business credit that you earn by graduating. You spend it inside Onavani on getting your business live: your booking page, your ChairFill setup, your first marketing. It's fuel for your business, not a paycheck — and there's a window to use it, so it actually gets your business moving.
No. The tools we use in the Academy are ours, and they're free to you during the program and after you graduate.
A pricing calculator, a budget tool, and ChairFill — the piece that handles your booking page and your client follow-up. We set them up with you in the last two weeks, on your real business, not a demo.
Because it's hands-on. We set up your actual pricing, your actual booking page, and your actual follow-up — with you, not at you. Twelve is the most we can do that well in one cohort.
Cohort 1 is small and hands-on, and we're focused on Austin, TX to start. If you're local, you're in the right place. If you're not, apply anyway and tell us — it helps us plan the next cohorts.
The sprint works because it's four weeks in a row, so we ask you to commit to all four. Life happens — talk to us. If you know you can't make this round, apply for the next one instead.
There are 12 seats in Cohort 1 — and every graduate leaves with their systems live and a $500 founder's grant to start. We read every application and reply within about a week.
Apply for Cohort 1Applications open now · Austin, TX