"I used to sell drugs . . . legal drugs, for Pfizer! I was the only person in my entire department that didn't win a sales award. It was so embarrassing for me, but I knew that I had bigger fish to fry, because I was launching CURLS at the same time. I was dead set on creating my own empire, not building someone else's. I absolutely faced funding problems. Despite having exceptional personal credit, I couldn't secure a business loan, so I had to launch my business on a smaller scale. I used my personal savings." — Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of CURLS
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