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Syracuse Business Continues Generational Success Generations of Successful Entrepreneurs

By Sharif D. King

GENERATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SHARIF KING
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The lifestyle hub has a long history of success following rituals and guidelines that are passed down to family and friends. NCC New’s Sharif King explains why Collin’s Barbershop and Beauty Salon maintains longevity generation to generation.

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Collins Barbershop and Beauty Salon has been seen success because of their services and community engagement.

Reporter Sharif King
LONG TIME CUSTOMER SAYS THE BARBERSHOP AND BEAUTY
SALON SERVES A BIGGER PURPOSE IN SYRACUSE. ALBERT
DUNCAN SAYS COLLINS BARBERSHOP AND BEAUTY SALON IS MORE THAN JUST A STABLE IN SYRACUSE, IT’S A COMMUNITY CENTER.

NAME: Albert Duncan
(“It’s a sense of. A strong sense of community within our culture. It’s like a home away from home. It’s an environment where everyone feels comfortable and safe and where you can have an open conversation without being too judgmental but you can still have an open conversation.”)

Reporter Sharif King
THE FOUNDER OF COLLINS BARBERSHOP AND BEAUTY SALON
HAD A PLAN FOR THE BUSINESS TO OUTLIVE HIM. MASTER
BARBER AND GRANDSON TYSON COLLINS SAYS THE VISION WAS
FOR THE BUSINESS TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY FOR GENERATION TO GENERATION, BUT WASN’T AWARE THAT HIS FAMILY BUSINESS WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES STANDING IN SYRACUSE.

NAME: Master Barber Tyson Collins
(“I know when my granddad was here he always talked about handing it down to his kids, the grand kids and hopefully our kids but I never really, I wish I would have understood it with him. I didn’t really understand it until customers were actually telling us. because we had a decent amount of customers that would come and they would say you don’t have that many a family run businesses like that and umm I’m shocked cause I thought there was still a lot around here but I guess generational businesses in Syracuse is kind of falling off.”)

Reporter Sharif King
THE COLLINS FAMILY CREDIT THEIR VALUES AS A BIG PART OF
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TYSON COLLINS SAYS HIS GRANDDAD ADDED MORALS TO SHOP TO CREATE A SAFE AND PROTECTIVE SPACE.

NAME: Master Barber Tyson Collins
(“For us, my granddad held first off to the Christian values. That’s why we had our morals in the shop. Some people don’t like me, and some people love me. I mean people who don’t even like morals really, they love me because they like that environment when they come in here and feel safe.”)

(***SHARIF’S STANDUP***)
COLLIN’S BARBERSHOP AND BEAUTY SALON REMAINS A STABLE
HERE IN SYRACUSE THROUGH FOUR GENERATIONS USING KEY VALUES, SUCH AS CREATING A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

Reporter Sharif King
TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS THAT COLLINS BARBERSHOP AND
BEAUTY SALON HAS SEEN OVER THE YEARS, IT MAY REQUIRE A
FORMULA. CHARLESTON COLLINS SENIOR, OWNER OF COLLINS BARBERSHOP AND BEAUTY SALON SAYS IT’S A COMBINATION THINGS THAT GOES INTO BEING A GOOD ENTREPRENEUR. HOWEVER MOST OF THE CREDIT BELONGS TO HIS FATHER, THE LATE CARLTON COLLINS.

NAME: Charleston Collins Sr. Owner of Collins Barbershop and Beauty Salon
CUSTOMERS BECOME FAMILY OVER TIME. AND FAMILY REMAIN
HOPEFUL FOR AN UNLIMITED ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE COLLINS FAMILY THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ABUNDANCE OF QUALITY TIME.

NAME: Customer Albert Duncan

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – A local barbershop and beauty salon has created a lifestyle hub for central New Yorkers to engage with, generation after generation. Collins Barbershop and Beauty Salon instills their family mantra in the community.

“It’s a sense of. A strong sense of community within our culture. It’s like a home away from home. It’s an environment where everyone feels comfortable and safe and where you can have an open conversation without being too judgmental but you can still have an open conversation,”Albert Duncan said.

Owner Charleston Collins Playing Chest with a customer.

The Collins family atmosphere creates a community center feeling among Syracuse natives. When customers aren’t getting their hair cut, they can count on the Collins family to provide a safe place to talk and have a good time.

The Collins Barbershop and Beauty Salon brand is recognized in different generations which expands their reach in central New York.

“I know when my granddad was here he always talked about handing it down to his kids, the grandkids and hopefully our kids but I never really, I wish I would have understood it with him. I didn’t really understand it until customers were actually telling us,” Tyson Collins said.

Master Barber Tyson Collins giving a customer a haircut.

“I don’t know the inside long term plans but I hope it continues yam know whether they an invite other outside barbers to carry on the legacy or in house or a combination of both. Family and outside entities and they keep it going. Keep that legacy going,” Albert Duncan said.

The Collins family plans to be around for years to come to provide Syracuse with a place that provides affordable haircuts, and a space that customers can feel comfortable in.

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