A cord of 3 strands is not quickly broken.
Amy Leclerc co-founder of Sit Still Kids Salon franchise has three interweaving themes in her life.
Theme 1: Keep meeting new people. Amy makes a deliberate habit of meeting new people. New brings growth, connection, diversity and opportunity.
Theme 2: Trust your intuition and inner compass. Amy has an uncanny ability to fully trust her instincts. When it comes to gut vs. data – gut wins the race for Amy.
Theme 3: Take big swings. Be comfortable with risk. Amy is no stranger to risk. By trusting her inner compass she is unafraid to step into the unknown and take big swings.
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Meet Amy Leclerc
Amy Leclerc is a co-founder of Sit Still Kids Salon franchise, based in Portland, Oregon.
Amy’s career began in New York City, where she spent ten years in the media industry, cutting her teeth at Grey Advertising, which led to selling ads for the fashion magazine, NYLON. As a bright-eyed twenty-two-year-old, Amy found herself in power meetings with teams from brands such as Ralph Lauren, Cartier, LVMH, and BMW. A quintessential New York experience where Amy cultivated longstanding relationships that she relishes in to this day.
After a move to Oregon, Amy made a complete career pivot, following her love of exercise into a 10-year stint running sales and business development for the boutique fitness brand barre3. At barre3, Amy was instrumental in building the business, scaling it from a scrappy startup into a cult brand with over 160 franchise locations domestically and internationally. In 2015, Amy opened her own barre3 studio in the West Village of New York, where she is proud to say the likes of Greta Gerwig and Parker Posey are regulars.
In 2018, following an itch to do something on her own, Amy co-founded Sit Still Kids Franchising. As a mom of young kids, Amy saw a huge gap in the children’s haircare industry and along with her business partners, created the blueprint for a modern-day kids salon that wow’s parents and kiddos alike.
Today, under her leadership, Sit Still has franchised over 45 locations across the country to female entrepreneurs who are experiencing the perks of being their own boss with the support of a seasoned team behind them.
As an impassioned entrepreneur, in addition to her work with Sit Still, Amy enjoys investing in and consulting female founders of emerging franchise concepts.
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