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Building Mielle: Purpose Before Profit with Monique Rodriguez

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Monique Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Mielle Organics, joins Skin Anarchy to trace her path from labor and delivery nurse to textured hair care leader: bootstrapping through millions in debt, protecting the brand's DNA through the P&G acquisition, surviving a viral moment, and where textured hair innovation goes next.

Who is Monique Rodriguez?

A former labor and delivery nurse who bet on herself. "I literally built mine from the ground up by bootstrapping."

How did she build Mielle as an inclusive brand?

By solving for a category, not a demographic. "Textured hair has no…

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