925: From the Projects to the Penthouse with CURLS CEO Mahisha Dellinger

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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What does it take to go from growing up in poverty to running a multi-million dollar business and having a TV show on The Oprah Winfrey Network? Our guest today knows all about this. Mahisha Dellinger had a very tough financial upbringing but she was determined to succeed. After college, she graduated and began working in marketing at Intel. While it seemed like a great job, the dream job, stable company with a lot of perks, a big part of her always wanted to strike out on her own. She got the idea to begin an eco-friendly line of hair products for naturally curly hair, and we'll talk about how she transitioned from corporate America to taking the leap to ultimately start CURLS. It was an idea that has in five years scaled BIG. CURLS has now teamed up with Target to bring her products into their stores. Mahisha is also the author of the book Against All Odds: From The Projects to the Penthouse. Her business has even caught the eye of Oprah, and Mahisha has had the opportunity to have her own show on The Oprah Winfrey Network. Mahisha talks about not really being able to secure a small business loan, despite having good credit, despite having good sales, and why that served her well in the end. Learn more about her business at curls.biz and follow her on Instagram @mahisha_dellinger and twitter @mahishadelling1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Moneya
0:03.7	Shoehia Delanger, founder of Curls, and author of the book,
0:05.9	Against All Odds, from the projects to the penthouse.
0:10.3	You're listening to So Money with award, Farnouche Terabi.
0:15.0	Each day, get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds,
0:20.0	authors, influencers, and from Farnuus yourself.
0:24.0	Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
0:28.0	Sorry, you're in the wrong place.
0:30.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:34.0	Welcome to So Money.
0:37.0	I actually went to try to get a business loan
0:41.0	and despite having an exceptional personal credit, I cannot get a loan and despite having an exceptional personal credit I cannot get a loan to save my life and that was why I started small I thought I was going to you know launch big go grand and then retail quickly. I'm glad it didn't happen because starting
0:56.5	small let me number one learn the mistakes that I made on a small scale.
1:01.0	What does it take to go from growing up in poverty to running a
1:05.1	multi-million dollar business and having a TV show on the Oprah Winfrey
1:09.0	network? Our guest today knows all about this. Welcome to So Money, everybody.
1:13.7	I'm your host, Farnush Tarabi.
1:15.9	While Mejia Delanger had a very tough financial upbringing,
1:19.4	she was determined to succeed.
1:21.4	After college, she graduated and began working in marketing at
1:25.2	Intel and while it seemed like a great job, the dream job, a stable company with a lot of
1:31.1	perks, a big part of her always wanted to strike out on her own.
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