Finding Your Passion and Building Your Purpose
International social media celebrity VIC BLENDS is the most famous barber in the world, beloved for his motivational voice and positive message. In this talk, Vic shares his unstoppable energy and the story of how he turned his side hustle – cutting hair in his mother’s garage – into an online academy and an impactful program to support people who are incarcerated. With uplifting insights, Vic inspires audiences to follow their passion and use it for good.
Motivational Fireside Chat with Vic Blends
Leading motivational entrepreneur VIC BLENDS is passionate about having conversations that matter – covering topics including mental health awareness, making an impact through your entrepreneurship, Latinx culture, Gen-Z, and social change. Vic’s uplifting message resonates with audiences of all kinds.
Cut through the noise with a live, interactive conversation and haircut experience with Vic Blends
Celebrity barber VIC BLENDS turns a haircut into a moment of impact. In this powerful live experience, Vic cuts the hair of a selected guest live on stage while engaging them in a raw, authentic conversation about life, purpose, mental health, and personal growth. What begins as a haircut quickly becomes a deeply human dialogue that resonates with everyone in the room.
With over 20M followers and a loyal global audience, Vic has built a reputation for meeting people where they are—bridging generations and backgrounds through empathy, insight, and real connection. His presence commands attention, but his words create lasting change. Vic started cutting hair in his mother’s garage during his senior year of high school, and this side hustle quickly turned into passion, then passion turned into purpose. Vic led the launch of the first licensed barber schools in California Prison history. This program gives incarcerated people the opportunity to obtain their barbers licenses with hopes of setting them up for success upon release.
By bringing Vic to your organization, you’re creating a culturally relevant, emotionally resonant experience that speaks directly to the heart of your audience. Whether he’s cutting hair or dropping wisdom, Vic builds trust and community in a way few others can. This event is perfect for universities, high schools, corporate leadership events, wellness programs, youth organizations, and anyone seeking a one-of-a-kind experience that blends culture, conversation, and community.
From cutting in his mom’s garage to becoming a world-renowned barber, entrepreneur, and social media sensation, Vic’s life has been a unique journey of hustle, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of inspiring others. At the young age of 25, some of his accolades include over 20M followers across social media, creating a clothing brand PLANTED, Forbes 30 under 30, the first licensed barber school in CA prison history, and a show titled Deep Cut.
He is a barber by trade, but changing lives is his mission. This is proven by his massive success on social media where he shares inspiring videos of him giving out free haircuts to unassuming strangers. During these cuts, he engages in deep conversations from home life to personal dreams to sports to relationship advice. In short time, Vic has amassed over 15 Million followers and over 200M likes on TikTok. He also has a significant following on Instagram with 3.6M followers and YouTube with over 2 Million subscribers.
Giving back to his community and leaving a legacy are two major goals for Vic, which prompted him to launch Vic Blends Academy. The Vic Blends Academy is an online curriculum for the next generation of barbers. Thousands of inspired fans and students have already signed up. His passion for bettering the community doesn’t stop there. This year Vic built a basketball court in his hometown of Fayetteville to give back to the kids there and was given a key to the city from the Mayor. He is also working with Scott Budnick to open the first licensed barber schools in California Prison history which will give incarcerated men the opportunity to obtain their barbers licenses with hopes of setting them up for success upon release.
His video podcast series DEEP CUT launched in April 2024 with his first guest, Tom Brady, and is produced by Tom’s production company, Shadow Lion. Guests so far include Tom, Barack Obama, NLE Choppa, Lil Yachty, Tony Hawk, Polo G, Noel Miller, Shakur Stevenson and Jake Paul. He also just launched an emote with Fortnite and partnered with Macy’s on their new menswear launch.