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298: How Mented Cosmetics Grew From Side Hustle To Multi-Million Dollar Beauty Brand (w/ KJ Miller) artwork

298: How Mented Cosmetics Grew From Side Hustle To Multi-Million Dollar Beauty Brand (w/ KJ Miller)

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This week we have an update episode with KJ Miller, Co-Founder and CEO of Mented Cosmetics, a multi-million dollar beauty brand celebrating women of all hues. KJ was on the podcast in 2017 when she first launched Mented Cosmetics and joins us again to share how her company has achieved rapid growth since. Mented helps women feel seen and empowered with its inclusive shade range and has been featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Allure, and was hailed as having the "best nude lipsticks we've ever worn" by Essence Magazine. In this episode we discuss: Mented Cosmetics’s rapid growth since 2017 How KJ Miller is inspiring so many other entrepreneurs Her approach to scaling her business by building her team How she handled the fundraising process & so much more! Check out this episode and others on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube This episode is brought to you by: Comcast Rise Comcast RISE is now accepting applications from People of Color (POC)-owned and female-owned, small businesses. So click here to apply: https://bit.ly/RISEQ1_Email_SHP Faherty Get 20% off of your purchase at FahertyBrand.com/HustlePro by using code HustlePro at checkout! Links mentioned in this episode MentedCosmetics.com Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Guest Social Media Info Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro #SideHustlePro Mented Cosmetics- @MentedCosmetics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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