gohappybeauty - GROW Your Beauty Business

Grant Kantsios
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Booking Overview

This beauty-industry business podcast spotlights entrepreneurs and franchise professionals—especially in sunless tanning, salons, and spas—sharing practical lessons on building and scaling. For PR bookings, it’s a strong fit for guests who can speak to franchise growth, operations, customer confidence, and industry know-how.

Metrics

Episodes: 172, Frequency: Irregular, Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k, Gender skew: Female, Location: USA
30s Ad: 38 - 46, 60s Ad: 45 - 53, CPM Category: Business

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Description

Host

Grant Kantsios - Host of the gohappybeauty (formerly happytans) podcast, focused on sharing the journeys of beauty business owners across sunless tanning, salons, spas, and related businesses. Regularly facilitates...

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Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Beauty/sunless tanning/salon or spa operators (owners or franchisees), franchise development/scaling experts, industry educators/trainers, and credible operators who can share business growth and operational lessons.
Required Achievements:  
Owned and operated a beauty or sunless tanning business, Scaled a location/business to measurable traction, Franchise ownership or franchise development experience, Industry longevity (years in service) and/or large volume/proof of demand, Recognized involvement with established brands (franchises, equipment programs, or training)

Recent Guest Discussions

Shawna Schimnowski - Building And Scaling A Spray Tan Business, Franchise Vs Independence, Overcoming Self-doubt, Community/relationships, And Navigating Industry Challenges. Bennett Maxwell - Franchise Vs Startup Decision-making, What It Takes To Run A Successful Beauty/tanning Franchise, Scaling Lessons.

Recent Topics

Beauty, Franchising, Entrepreneurship, Salons, Spray Tanning, Wellness, Business Growth, Operations, Leadership, Customer Experience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
gohappybeauty - GROW Your Beauty Business
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Overcoming Self Doubt and Building a Thriving Spray Tan Business

April 08, 2026

Welcome back to the gohappybeauty podcast! In today’s episode, we sit down with Shawna Schimnowski, a true veteran of the sunless tanning industry with over a decade of experience and more than 16,000 spray tans to her name. Starting her journey in a small town outside Winnipeg, Shawna dove headfirst into spray tanning—becoming one of the original franchisees of Organic Tan, which later became Sunna Tan. Her story is one of passion, resilience, and empowering women to feel confident in their ...

Franchise Versus Startup: Exploring Beauty Business Paths with Bennett Maxwell

March 11, 2026

On this episode of the gohappybeauty podcast, host Grant Kantsios sits down with franchise expert Bennett Maxwell for an in-depth look into the world of franchising—specifically in the beauty and tanning industry. Bennett, known for scaling Dirty Dough cookies and now working with Glo Tanning™, brings a wealth of experience as he breaks down what it really takes to own and operate a successful franchise.

Celebrating National Spray Tanning Day: Entrepreneurial Journeys and Industry Insights

February 25, 2026

Welcome to a special episode of the gohappybeauty Podcast! In honor of National Spray Tanning Day on March 6th, we’ve teamed up with Innove Beauty and Wellness—creators of iconic spray tan booths like Mystic and VersaSpa and the innovators behind Norvell handheld spray tanning equipment and Norvell University. Our mission in this episode is to shine a light on the sunless tanning industry and the countless entrepreneurial opportunities it offers.

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