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The Barber Who Built an Empire, One Chair at a Time

Marcus Thompson turned a fading barbershop into the heartbeat of his neighborhood

Marcus Thompson's barbershop doesn't look like a typical business success story. There's no venture capital. No growth hacking. No pivot to AI. What there is: six barber chairs, a wall of vintage Detroit Tigers memorabilia, and a line out the door every Saturday morning.

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