Dr. Tye Caldwell
Visionary Founder of Shearshare, Reshaping the Beauty Industry, Author, Educator, and Award-Winning Salon Owner with a Global Impact
Dr. Tye Caldwell is the Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer of ShearShare. Recognized as a tech visionary and industry pioneer, Dr. Caldwell’s mission is to help beauty and barbering professionals around the world maximize their earnings potential. He has worked in beauty for 25 years as a master barber-stylist, educator, and small business coach, offering his 20+ years of industry knowledge as a proven roadmap.
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Dr. Tye Caldwell's 2025 biography
Meet Dr. Tye Caldwell
Dr. Tye Caldwell is the Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer of ShearShare, the first on-demand salon and barbershop space rental app. Recognized as a tech visionary and industry pioneer, Dr. Caldwell has grown ShearShare to be the greatest engine of jobs and wealth creation for the beauty and barbering industry. By redesigning the B2B beauty industry and serving an underserved niche, Tye is 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, Tye owned and operated an award-winning salon in Dallas, Texas, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. He has worked in beauty for 26 years as a master barber-stylist, educator, and small business coach, offering his decades of industry knowledge as a proven roadmap.
Tye serves on the Advisory Boards for multiple beauty schools and is a frequent guest lecturer at barber colleges and hairstyling institutes around the globe. He coaches the next generation of salon and barbershop owners, and his #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. Mr. Caldwell’s work has been featured in Fast Company, the New York Times, Black Enterprise, the Washington Post, Forbes, Modern Salon, and TechCrunch.
Dr. Tye Caldwell is a licensed instructor and educator, and received his Doctorate of Professional Barbering from Miracle University. He relocated from McKinney, Texas to Buffalo, New York with his cofounder wife, Courtney Caldwell. He enjoys international travel, reading, and spending time with his wife, Courtney, and 22-year-old son, Trey, a senior cadet and football player at the United States Air Force Academy. Dr. Tye recently summited Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, in seven days.
Dr. Tye Caldwell's 2025 talks & topics
Mentor by Failure
Based on Tye Caldwell’s book, Mentored By Failure: A 5-Point Guide to Long-Term Success in the Beauty & Style Industry, Dr. Caldwell pulls from his personal journey to share five points that he believes are the basis for a long and successful career.
From Salon Owner to Tech Founder: A One-Man Monologue on How NOT to Discount your Own Expertise
Daily Intensity: The Mindset and Practices of Excellent CEOs
How Do You Keep Stress From Crushing You as a Startup CEO
Economic Mobility: How to Create Jobs and Wealth in Underserved Markets
The Future of Work: 7 Ways Society Benefits When We Work Where We Live
Leading with a Servant’s Heart: Best Practices for Building Remote Teams
Lonely leadership: How to Operate in the Company’s Only Peerless Role
Fortified Founders: How Partnership & Parenthood Strengthen the Startup Journey
Raising an All-American versus raising venture capital . . . is there a difference? Join award-winning, married startup founders, Dr. Tye and Courtney Caldwell of ShearShare, as they share their firsthand experience winning in the game of life, love, and parenthood. Gain valuable insights, practical strategies, and endearing anecdotes from this dynamic duo as they share their 25-year journey navigating entrepreneurship while balancing family life. Whether you’re a seasoned business owner, aspiring founder, new parent-preneur, or simply curious about the interplay of personal and professional life in the startup realm, this session promises to enlighten and inspire.