Tag: Miyagi's

In the late 1990’s, when hair stylist Mo Murphy met music industry executive Chris Strouth backstage at Edgefest, a live music festival in Somerset, Wisconsin she heard the screech of electric guitars and amplifier feedback—not wedding bells. Much to the surprise of both of them, not only would they one day get married, but eight years after saying "I do," they would become business partners in their own small business enterprise. The couple founded Miyagi: a Dojo for Beauty (http://dojoforbeauty.com), an Aveda concept salon in northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Somehow we’ve managed to open a business in the worst economy since Hoover," Strouth laughed, about Miyagi’s August 2008 opening. "We stress about money more than we ever did, but then again who’s not stressing? We’re learning to look at things differently than we once did."