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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Aspire with Emma Grede · From a Basement to a Billion Dollar Brand: The Greatest Founder Story You Never Heard · 26 Mar 2026 podcast

You know, that moment taught me that you have to stay true to who you are and be your authentic self and stay true to your vision.

And it's okay to know that sometimes people are going to misunderstand you, especially when they're not coming from the same place that you came from.

And, you know, like I talked about earlier,

No one understands the blood, sweat, and tears and the sacrifices that we put into building Miel.

So I can't expect someone that didn't come from the same place that I came from, didn't walk a day in my shoes.

I can't expect them to understand why I made the decisions and why I decided to partner with the brand that can take my brand to a global place.

When I built Miel from the ground up, I never wanted it to be mediocre.

I've always wanted it to be a global brand.

And so it really just taught me to just stay true to my vision, you know, hold on to that vision.

But I knew that I needed to surround myself with the right people to help execute that vision.

So I would tell founders like, you know, stay true to your vision, stay close to it.

But you don't have to be the one to always carry the vision with you.

Like that's a smart entrepreneur is finding the right people to help execute with you.

not for you.

So you can truly realize the full potential of what you started for me in my home, in my kitchen, right?

And so to me, it's a huge success story.

And, you know, I just feel that people may not get it, may not understand, but I know that

My intention behind it was for people to have access to products that, you know, were not necessarily at show when I was a consumer looking for products and brands to support me and my hair journey.

So at the same time, while, you know, our consumers or our community, we complain about like there's a lack of access.

But when brands like Miel grow to the capacity and scale, you know, we shouldn't be criticized for doing the very thing that, you know, people complain about not having access to.

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