Strategies Incubator (Old Lyme, CT): The Business Foundations Seminar for Salon, Spa, and Beauty Business Owners
November 2nd, 2025 - November 5th, 2025
The Strategies Incubator Seminar is a four-day, transformative event designed to help salon and spa owners take control of their business by mastering financials, building a high-performing team, and creating scalable systems for sustainable growth. Attendees will leave with a clear roadmap to get out from behind the chair, achieve consistent profitability, and lead their team with confidence. With over 30 years of proven success, this seminar offers actionable strategies and real results, empowering business owners to overcome common roadblocks and unlock their salon or spa’s full potential. Limited to 50 spots, it's the perfect opportunity to invest in your future and create the business you’ve always envisioned.
Co-LAB - Business Foundations
April 13th, 2026 - April 15th, 2026
Business Foundations is your all-in-one starting point for building a salon or spa that’s profitable, people-focused, and built to last. Across three immersive days, you’ll learn the five core pillars every beauty business needs to grow sustainably: business metrics, communication, time, retention, and growth. You’ll leave with structure, clarity, and the systems to support your goals, your team, and your financial freedom.
Co-LAB - Profit Power
May 18th, 2026 - May 20th, 2026
Profit Power is a hands-on financial learning experience that helps salon and spa owners—and their teams—understand, lead, and activate profitability together. Across three dynamic days, you’ll learn how money moves through your business and how daily behaviors influence the bottom line. You’ll leave with a shared financial language, stronger confidence, and a clear plan to grow profit with purpose.
Co-LAB - Leadership Retreat 2026
June 22nd, 2026 - June 24th, 2026
The Leadership Retreat is a 3-day immersive experience designed to help you step fully into your authentic leadership style. Through guided reflection, adventure, and connection, you’ll uncover your strengths, clarify your mission, and lead with confidence and purpose—without trying to fit someone else’s mold.
Co-LAB - Business Foundations
July 27th, 2026 - July 29th, 2026
Business Foundations is your all-in-one starting point for building a salon or spa that’s profitable, people-focused, and built to last. Across three immersive days, you’ll learn the five core pillars every beauty business needs to grow sustainably: business metrics, communication, time, retention, and growth. You’ll leave with structure, clarity, and the systems to support your goals, your team, and your financial freedom.
Co-LAB - Retention Reimagined
September 14th, 2026 - September 16th, 2026
Retention Reimagined is a 3-day action-driven Co-LAB designed to help salon and spa owners and teams build loyalty that lasts. Through immersive, hands-on learning, participants create systems and strategies that keep guests coming back, strengthen team retention, and drive sustainable growth.
Co-LAB - Empowered & Activated: The Next Level Team
September 21st, 2026 - September 23rd, 2026
Empowered & Activated: The Next Level Team is a 3-day immersive leadership retreat designed to help every individual on your team grow, and in turn, elevate the entire team. Through guided reflection, adventure, and personal discovery, participants uncover their strengths, claim their empowerment, and learn how showing up fully fuels collective success.
Co-LAB - Business Foundations
October 5th, 2026 - October 7th, 2026
Business Foundations is your all-in-one starting point for building a salon or spa that’s profitable, people-focused, and built to last. Across three immersive days, you’ll learn the five core pillars every beauty business needs to grow sustainably: business metrics, communication, time, retention, and growth. You’ll leave with structure, clarity, and the systems to support your goals, your team, and your financial freedom.
Co-LAB - Train the Trainer
October 19th, 2026 - October 21st, 2026
Train the Trainer is a 3-day, hands-on Co-LAB designed for in-house educators and mentors ready to step confidently into their teaching role. Participants gain the tools, structure, and skills needed to deliver consistent, engaging education that strengthens culture, accelerates onboarding, and grows team talent.
Co-LAB - The Communication Connection
January 12th, 2027 - January 14th, 2027
The Communication Connection is a 3-day, hands-on Co-LAB that helps salon and spa leaders and their teams master communication as a daily leadership tool. Participants practice speaking clearly, listening deeply, and leading with intention, leaving with the confidence and frameworks to build connection, trust, and alignment across their business.