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Lucy Ladis

How a leap of faith made this entrepreneur Dallas’ go-to clipper seller to barbers

When other people hunkered down in the early days of the pandemic, Devante Sanders took a leap of faith.

The Dallas accountant-turned-CEO went all in on a hair clipper business catering to barbers.

His Barber Plug Supply Co. has grown, initially through online sales and Sanders’ personal delivery of purchases to customers and now through a brick-and-mortar store filled with clippers, trimmers and shavers from top industry brands. Last year, he said the startup eclipsed $4 million in revenue – twice as much as the year before.

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