EXECUTIVE
Friendships come in all forms, but when you find
one that’s a keeper, it’s gold. For local entrepreneurs
Amie Bradford and Amanda Jones, their tight
friendship grew through a common yet quirky,
connection – hair.
Amie, the owner of Amie & Co. Hair Studio
at 1521 Blackiston Mill Road, in Clarksville, met
Amanda, the owner of Totally Clips Pet Salon at
636 Providence Way, also in Clarksville, about 12
years ago via the traditional Southern Indiana-
Louisville connection: high school history. “This
community is always asking where you went to high
school. Amie’s brother went to high school with
my husband, so there you go,” Amanda recalled.
“Shortly after my wedding, I needed a haircut, so
I buzzed into her salon. She cut off nine inches
of my hair, and we became friends from there.”
The hairdresser-client bond is often as sacred
as attorney-client privilege, and the two quickly
formed a close friendship. “We even planned our
second children together,” Amie laughed. “I told
her my husband and I were thinking of having a
baby and she said, ‘OK, we should do that, too.’
We were pregnant at the same time, which was
fun, and it bonded us even closer.” Their children,
Avery and Addison, are only six weeks apart and
will soon turn nine years old.
As their friendship evolved, a common thread
– hair – wove into their frequent chats.
Amanda took over her grandmother’s Louisville-
based dog grooming business, Totally Clips, when
her grandmother retired. “I’ve been grooming
dogs my whole life,” she said. “My grandmother
taught me to groom, and I took over her salon
for about five years while I lived in Louisville.”
After a while, Amanda, who now lives in
Southern Indiana, felt burnt out and needed a
change. “I had one of those God moments where
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I woke up one day and realized nothing made
sense in my life,” she said. “I wanted to start over
and open my own business with new clients and
new experiences.”
Amie had recently taken a leap of faith as well,
opening a hair salon in 2014. The two women
consulted with each other and talked both as
girlfriends and business entrepreneurs. “There
were lots of supportive discussions, which included
talking each other off of ledges and keeping us
out of the evening news lineup,” Amie recalled.
“I was a big cheerleader for Amie when she
opened her salon, and when I decided to open
my grooming salon in Southern Indiana, she
was so helpful,” Amanda added. “It was having
a sounding board as a woman, a small business
owner and a friend. We laugh all the time that
while our businesses are totally different, they
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