Maryland Business Spotlight- The Escape By K

Episode Transcript

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This is iHeartRadio's Maryland Business Spotlight sponsoredby ted Co. Each week we hear
from one local business owner letting usknow where they are in their business journey
and how they got there. I'mhere today with Kashawni George, owner of
The Escape by K. Welcome andthank you so much for being here for
people who might not know. Tellus about the Escape by K. What
is it? Well, First ofall, I want to say thank you

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Bob for having me. I feelso thankful on it to be here today.
The Escape by K is your goto online destination for luxury self care.
We provide on demand mobile massage abeauty services in Baltimore, n DC.
You book online and we come toyou at your house or your hotel.

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We offer massages, facials, makeup, brows and lashes. We're so
excited. We can't wait to servethe city of Baltimore and the state of
Maryland. Yeah, my wife likesto get the microblading done every now and
then, so this is kind oflike it's kind of like a house call.
You guys come to the house.That's that's really great, what a
great idea, I know, right, we do. Michael playing as well

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I didn't mention that when we dothat as well, So yes, of
course it's amazing. And we alsothat is not all. You know,
what makes us really stand out inthe market is that, you know,
we also curate experiences, what wecall escape experiences. Um, so you
can book your date night, girls'night, bachelortte parties, anniversaries with us.
You have access to all of ourservices, personal bartender, personal chef.

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So when you come to us,you know, we create the entire
experience for you. What a greatidea. So it's beauty, it's wellness,
and a little bit of entertainment toosometimes, yes, yes, I
love that. I love it.So how long have you been doing this?
How did you get your start withthe company? Did you start it
up? Is this your baby?Yeah, so this is entirely my baby.

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Um we are um six months oldright now. And how it came
to be is that I've actually beensitting on a business concept of badium of
all this business concept for about ayear. I was a restaurant manager,
working sixteen hours a day, youknow, just going home to sleep and
refresh myself and you know, noteven having time to get my hair done

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or get Growceres. I used todo instacart, and you know, then
I realized that, you know,something in my life, you know,
had to change, and I wenton my own self care journey. And
while I was on this self carejourney, I realized, you know,
there are other professionals just like mewho you know, don't have time to
make an appointment or wait in lineor anything like that, but they really

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want to do more self care,you know, incorporate into their routine.
And that's where the Escape by Kaywas birthed, you know, to give
VIP clients, young busy professionals andvisitors to our city, you know,
access to self care after hours,before hours, and at their convenience because
we're open from six am to midnight. That is amazing. I don't know

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many businesses, especially in that kindof space of you know, healthcare and
beauty that's hoping until midnight really incredible. Yes, yes, yes, And
you know, just last night wedid a massage for our client. She's
choosing town, you know, onbusiness training, and you know, she
build to a massage at nine pmand she was like, I've been in

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meetings all day and this is theonly time that I have so when I
experienced things like that, you know, it just brings me great joy to
know that, you know, we'remeeting a need and we're filling a hole
in the market. I'll tell youwhat. These days, convenience is like
number one on top with everything,and different industries are certainly kind of changing

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and conforming to become more convenient forpeople, just like you. Your business
is doing it. I think thisis a great idea. Thank you.
I appreciate that. That brings meso much, you know, so much
encouragement, and that's why, youknow, motivates need to go on.
Yeah, so, um, whatwhat's the future of the escape IK Now
you're just starting out, what wouldyou like to build upon? What's the

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major goal? I are obviously gettingas many customers as you can. Well,
first of all, I would liketo say that, you know,
my my main passion is creating afive star experience. This is one of
the reasons why I started this.This is what I love, This is
what you know I do, Ido well, So first of all,
my first thing would be to finetune that five star experience, you know,

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making sure that from the time toclient encounters us will it be through
advertisement or through one of our professionalsor through me, from the time they
experienced us to the time their bookthe their service, to the time they
have their service to the time theyrebook us again, you know, become
a repeat client that they have thatfive star experience from beginning to end,

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so that we become, you know, the premiere luxury self care company,
you know, in this region,you know, and in the nation,
um, you know, we've Iwould also would love to see us expand
to other cities like New York,Atlanta, you know, of the states
like California. Actually, you know, we've already got a request from New

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York, you know, and I'mlike, you know, just give us
a chance to fine tune anything firstbefore you expand. So that's definitely you
know where I would like to seethe company go. So right now,
right now, you're covering um mostof the DMV though right yes, DMV,
Yeah, Baltimore, DCUM, andall the surrounding areas at least up
to an hour out of those twocities. Fantastic. Well, this is

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this is awesome. Tell is thereany any specials going on right now that
people might want to know about orany promotions happening with the kind of I
know you guys are kind of new, but go ahead, of course,
of course, So our main promotionthat we're running right now, I'm ten
percent off your first service and thatcan be any service that you book on

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our website UM. And then wealso have UM ten percent off of first
experience that you book with us,sorry, twenty percent off the first experience
that you book with us. Andthose escape experiences, as I mentioned before,
would be your date nights, girlsnights, anniversaries and all that good
stuff. Where can we find outmore about the Escape by k the socials,

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a phone number, website, hitme with it, yes, of
course, of course we are onInstagram. That's our main social media home.
V skate by k two ease oneease for the one E fast skate,
don't forget the second e and thenalso a website is the same thing,
v Escate by kum. Our phonenumber is four one zero six one

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eight four zero one zero. Youcan feel free to call us if you
if you have any questions or anythinglike that you want to learn more about
our services, but you do haveto book online that you can definitely call
us if you have any questions oreven if you encounter something on the website
that you you know, don't understandor anything like that. Yeah, that's

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where you can find us. Fantasticor less for anything. No, no,
that's great. Now, thanks forgiving us a little introduction with your
company, The Escape by k KashaniGeorge the owner. A great idea,
and thank you for taking some timeand I wish you much success. I
think my wife is going to beall over this. Actually, I'm going
to tell her about it. Okay, tell us to call me. I
got it. This has been theiHeartRadio's Maryland Business Spotlight, sponsored by ted Ko