Monique Rodriguez
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1,123 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 26 Mar
Monique Rodriguez’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Wow.
Well, I would say the hardest part in building Myale was not having anyone to show me the blueprint.
And really just figuring this out as I go, like we were flying the plane and building it at the same time.
And so that can come with a lot of mistakes, a lot of trial and error.
Also not having the capital to sustain.
When we first started out, we were bootstrapping and using our paychecks and what we had in our savings.
to fund the business.
And that was a huge risk because, you know, I was working as a nurse, my husband was an engineer, and we were really just betting on ourselves.
And we had to make this work because, you know, we didn't have a plan B to fall back on, right?
We took all of our life savings, we took all of everything that we were making to just solely put it into Myel.
And that's the hard part that people don't see, like they see the glory on the outside.
but not really understanding like the turmoil that comes with the stress of not knowing where your next payment is going to come from to fund your inventory.
And then you have your kids depending on you and you don't want to disappoint them.
And then you have the outside world
that's looking at you crazy, like, well, you guys had great jobs.
Why are you leaving these great careers that are very stable and you have your 401k and your pension to fall back on?
Like you're just throwing all of that away.
So you're also dealing with the pressures of the families and friends that don't really understand and see the full picture.
You know, you don't want to disappoint.
You don't want to disappoint them, but more importantly, not disappoint yourself.
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