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NAME OF ENTREPRENEUR : AMY KNOETZE NAME OF BUSINESS : PULSE DERMATOLOGY AND LASER LOCATION : CAPE TOWN PHONE NUMBER : 021 9140447 EMAIL ADDRESS : INFO @ PULSEDERMATOLOGYANDLASER . COM WEBSITE : WWW . PULSEDERMATOLOGYANDLASER . COM ; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS : FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM @ PULSE _ DERMATOLOGY
1 . WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS DO YOU RUN ? AT PULSE DERMATOLOGY AND LASER , WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR COMMITMENT TO PIONEERING INNOVATION WITHIN THE MEDICAL AESTHETIC INDUSTRY . OUR COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF TREATMENTS ENCOMPASSES BESPOKE PEELS , FACIALS , ANTI- AGING INJECTABLES , ADVANCED FAT REMOVAL , BODY SCULPTING PROCEDURES , AND CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS FOR ACNE , ALONG WITH PAIN-FREE LASER HAIR REMOVAL . WHAT SETS US APART IS OUR DEDICATION TO CUSTOMIZATION , ENSURING THAT EACH TREATMENT PROGRAM IS METICULOUSLY TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL SKIN TONES . WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY , RESULTS-DRIVEN TREATMENTS THAT NOT ONLY ENHANCE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE BUT ALSO BOLSTER SELF-CONFIDENCE , WITHOUT THE NEED FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND AT ACCESSIBLE PRICE POINTS . OUR INCLUSIVE APPROACH WELCOMES BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SEEKING TO EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TOWARDS THEIR BEST SELVES , UNDERPINNED BY A COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE THEIR INHERENT BEAUTY .
2 . HOW LONG HAS YOUR BUSINESS BEEN RUNNING FOR ? WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR 11TH YEAR OF BUSINESS .
3 . WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS ? IN 2013 , I ESTABLISHED PULSE DERMATOLOGY AND LASER UPON RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF IMMERSIVE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN LONDON , WHERE I COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH ESTEEMED DERMATOLOGISTS AND PIONEERING PLASTIC SURGEONS , CATERING TO A HIGH-PROFILE CLIENTELE . WITNESSING THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF AESTHETIC TREATMENTS ON MY PATIENTS FUELLED MY DETERMINATION TO ACQUIRE A LASER MACHINE AND BRING MY EXPERTISE BACK TO CAPE TOWN .
DESPITE SCEPTICISM SURROUNDING THE VIABILITY OF MY VENTURE , I REMAINED STEADFAST IN MY VISION OF DEMOCRATISING TOP-TIER AESTHETIC SERVICES FOR EVERYDAY SOUTH AFRICANS WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON QUALITY . THROUGH SHEER DEDICATION AND RESOLVE , I NAVIGATED THROUGH VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN MY COMPANY , FROM RECEPTIONIST AND THERAPIST TO MARKETER AND SALES REPRESENTATIVE , ENSURING EVERY ASPECT OF THE BUSINESS THRIVED .
NOW , ENTERING OUR ELEVENTH YEAR OF OPERATION , PULSE DERMATOLOGY AND LASER HAS EXPERIENCED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH , ENABLING ME TO TRANSITION INTO THE ROLE OF CEO WHILE MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE CONSULTING AND TRAINING ROLE . EMPOWERING MY TEAM AND DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL IN ALLOWING THE BUSINESS TO FLOURISH .