The salon raised me. Now I lead it forward.
I'm Olivia Sgroi, on the leadership team at LOKA Beauty Studio, the salon my mom founded. I share how a founder-led salon runs its team, its systems, and its booking engine.
[Olivia's line, in her own words. One sentence.]
Olivia, portrait
in the studio
- Top 200Salon Today · 2026
- 5.0
★Google Rating - Almost 1KFive-Star Reviews
- 25Specialists
- Green CircleCertified Salon
Source: lokabeautystudio.com, September 2026.
Karen built the chair. I learned in it.
My mom, Karen Sgroi, has thirty years behind the chair. I grew up on her salon floor, sweeping hair and watching how she treated every guest. [ADD: the moment Olivia knew she was in.]
I started as LOKA's lash and brow specialist. No shortcuts because of my last name. Now I sit on the leadership team, working on the people, the pricing, and the systems that keep twenty-five specialists booked.
- [YEAR]Lash & brow specialist
- [YEAR]Leadership team
- 2026Salon Today Top 200
Olivia and Karen
Early days at LOKA
Where my week actually goes.
The team
Twenty-five specialists, Level 1 to 6. Weekly training, one-on-one mentorship, and a career path every artist can see.
The booking engine
AI answers every call, text, and chat, 24/7, and books live in Meevo. A real person is one sentence away.
Honest pricing
Published level pricing. Color weighed to the gram with SalonScale. A guarantee with no fine print.
The next generation
An associates program that trains daily under senior artists. The people who'll run LOKA's floor in ten years.
Six leaks. One booked-out salon.
LOKA runs on B-VCORS, the framework built and run with Fully Booked AI®. Each letter is a place revenue slips out. We closed them one by one.
- BBrand
One story everywhere. Look good. Feel good. Do good.
- VVisibility
Found on Google, the map, and Instagram when Wilmington searches.
- CConversion
AI answers first. Booked in about a minute, any hour.
- OOperations
Level pricing, SalonScale, and a front desk focused on the guest in front of them.
- SSystems
Meevo for scheduling and checkout, GoHighLevel for follow-up, the AI in between.
- RReactivation
Guests who drift get a personal follow-up before they're gone.
Conversations worth the stage.
Speaking and podcast requests: [EMAIL]
AI answers first. Humans close.
How LOKA books around the clock without losing the personal touch.
Taking over without taking away.
Second-generation leadership inside a founder-led salon.
Level 1 to 6.
Pricing tiers and career paths that keep stylists growing and staying.
From the lash chair to leadership.
What an artist has to learn before she can lead one.
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A salon, from the inside. Monthly.
Hiring, training, systems, and what's working on LOKA's floor right now. For salon owners and the people who'll run salons next.
