Dr. Tye Caldwell
• – • Buffalo AKG Art Museum
About the speaker
I am the Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer of ShearShare, the first on-demand salon and barbershop space rental app. We are enabling more than 1,000,000 licensed professionals to work on their terms and maximize their earnings potential, while salon and barbershop owners make money on unused space. Prior to creating ShearShare, I owned and operated an award-winning salon in Dallas, Texas, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. I have worked in beauty for nearly 3 decades as a master barber-stylist, educator, and small business coach. I serve on the Advisory Boards for multiple beauty schools and am a frequent guest lecturer at barber colleges and hairstyling institutes around the globe. I coach and mentor the next generation of salon and barbershop owners. My #1 best-selling book, Mentored by Failure: A 5-Point Guide to Long-Term Success in the Beauty & Style Industry, is often used for continuing education curriculum. ShearShare was the first Texas startup to win Google Demo Day 2018, Tech. Co’s Startup of the Year 2016, and was named a TechWeek100. My work has been featured in Fast Company, the New York Times, Black Enterprise, the Washington Post, Forbes, Modern Salon, and TechCrunch. I'm a licensed instructor and educator, and I have received my Doctorate of Professional Barbering from Miracle University. We relocated from McKinney, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, with my cofounder and wife, Courtney Caldwell. I enjoy international travel, reading, and spending time with family. I have a 22-year-old son, Trey, a senior cadet and football player at the United States Air Force Academy.
Fun fact: my wife and I recently summited Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, in seven days.
Local partners
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is a vibrant campus in the heart of Buffalo’s cultural district actively collecting and exhibiting art since 1862. Our vision is to flourish as an exceptional hub of artistic and creative energies that enriches and transforms people’s lives in our community, our nation, and the world. We strive for excellence, innovation, and sustainability in everything we do.
Buffalo Is Creative (hi, that’s us!) builds community and sustainability around the idea of creativity as a universal resource. Everyone is creative, it is not only a synonym for the arts. And in that light, we develop education and enrichment opportunities, on a mission to fuel creative capital investment into the region through a celebration of Buffalo’s creative voices. We also really like donuts.
Additional details
What is CreativeMornings?
CreativeMornings is a free breakfast speaker series that happens every month in cities around the world. Here in Buffalo, we formed a chapter to join the collective in 2016. Entirely through volunteerism, we’ve welcomed nearly 100 of the city’s thought leaders to the WNY stage and served 4591 cups of coffee.
Can anyone attend?
Yes! Everyone is creative; everyone is welcome! We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable individuals of all abilities to engage fully. Here is parking information. And, to request an accommodation, including reserved seating, please email us. A sign interpreter will be onsite for this talk, thanks to Deaf Access Services.
Wait, I work then!
Maybe we can help convince your boss that attending works? And, when we have the volunteer capacity, talks are live-streamed. Check out their event pages for availability and find any past talk in the Buffalo archive.
Is there a cost to attend?
No, CreativeMornings is a totally free event here and all around the world.
How do I register to attend?
In Buffalo, we gather on the second Friday of every month. At noon, on the Monday before, you’ll be able to reserve your seat via this event page. All registered attendees will receive a confirmation email.
How can I learn about upcoming events?
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How can I become a sponsor?
Oh phew, that was quick! Here are some of the ways we help folks advertise and enrich their work with us. Drop us a line, let’s get a coffee. Building out thoughtful, dynamic sponsorship offerings for our community to experience WNY’s creativity array is something we dig.
I have something to give!
This whole thing is an engine of generosity, from the volunteers whose talent has made it run to attendees volunteering their time and attention to folks on stage each month. Giving is our love language. Send that language our way.
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