Richard Fernandes – “I’m the guy who makes things happen”

The pandemic took over the world and swept away jobs from various sectors – among those the tourism sector, with planes parked in hangars of numerous airports around the world and countries shut down within their borders.

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Richard Fernandes escapou à doença, mas não ao seu efeito. Acabava de abraçar um novo desafio, o de trabalhar numa agência de viagens, quando a pandemia explodiu. Três meses depois de iniciar no novo emprego, foi forçado a ficar em casa na expectativa da situação melhorar. E não melhorava.

Richard Fernandes escaped the disease, but not its effect. He had just embraced a new challenge working in a travel agency when the pandemic hit. Three months after starting his new job, he was forced to stay at home in hopes of the situation improving. It didn’t.

With no horizon in sight, he sat down in front of the computer and turned to Google to look for essential business options. “First I thought of a restaurant, but I didn’t feel I was ready for that yet,” he told us.

And then it dawned on him to open a barber shop. That is how the Man Cave Barber Shop came to be. The small space that he now manages at age 33, and which already employs eight workers, is located on Avenida Mártires da Machava, where he welcomed us.

“When we started out we only had two chairs and a sink,” says the entrepeneur, whose main concern is to provide a personalized service. “I want people who come here to feel at home.”

Good-natured and outspoken, of medium height and with an eclectic body, sporting a scattered look behind a pair of glasses, Richard Fernandes has already worked in several professional areas.

“I’m the guy who makes things happen” – that’s how the owner of Man Cave characterizes himself. In his new business he applies the knowledge and experiences he acquired over the past ten years, since he left his parents’ house to live alone and earn a living.

Richard Fernandes’ outlook is to expand the brand to other parts of the city.

One of the reasons that led to the choice of venue was its spacious balcony, where customers can await their turn on busier days. Richard Fernandes’ outlook is to expand the brand to other parts of the city, looking to offer distinct and quality service, always targeting a male audience.

Edição 78 Março/Abril| Download.