298: How Mented Cosmetics Grew From Side Hustle To Multi-Million Dollar Beauty Brand (w/ KJ Miller)
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
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!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:07.1 | side hustle from passion project to profitable business, and I'm your host, Nikaela Matthews |
| 0:12.8 | Accomay. |
| 0:13.8 | So let's get started. |
| 0:15.6 | Hey guys, before we get into today's episode, I want to let you know that this episode is |
| 0:21.6 | brought to you by Comcast Rise. |
| 0:24.0 | Comcast has launched a multi-year multifaceted initiative designed to help strengthen small |
| 0:29.2 | businesses owned by people of color who were hit hardest by the pandemic. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm always looking for opportunities for you guys that go beyond just one time funding |
| 0:37.4 | and one time donations and Comcast Rise does just that I even recently won a technology |
| 0:44.0 | grant for Side Hustle Pro. |
| 0:45.7 | So apply, apply, apply, okay? |
| 0:48.0 | And I'd like you to hear from some of the other recipients of the amazing Comcast Rise |
| 0:52.1 | grants. |
| 0:53.1 | So here they are. |
| 0:54.1 | Entrepreneurs have to have vision like Sabrina. |
| 0:56.8 | My name is Sabrina Scott Capis of ES Beverage. |
| 1:00.9 | Confidence like Sigmund. |
| 1:02.2 | My name is Min Lee. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm an owner of Hello Chikin Korean Restaurant and Purpose like Claudia. |
| 1:07.6 | My name is Claudia Fitzwater. |
| 1:09.6 | My dream was always to become a trainer. |
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