威斯康星大學麥迪遜分校

2023年6月22日

禮貌blacknews.com 2018年,Miona短成為第一個黑人女性畢業生從威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校的天體物理學學士學位。5年一裁員之後,她在美容業推出她的公司,Shukrah率先麵市的創新。公司的旗艦產品,無憂無慮的梳子,是一個新向後梳的頭發產品在脊椎和分發產品的基礎梳理,使清洗,空調,要將更快和更容易。消費者與粗、厚或Afro-textured長發現在可以:•砍下他們的護發,•鞏固護發過程中的步驟,•和/或帶來的大部分日常家庭以外的淋浴。Miona(發音:mi-ah '不)2016年11月首次發明了梳子期間她的祖父的過早死於膽管癌,享年68歲。“我不想做任何事。我不想吃,我不想去上課或者中期選舉那一周,我絕對不想做我的頭發,”她回憶道。她開始尋找工具,使她迅速攻克頭發而應用產品,但什麼也沒找到。在接下來的7年,芝加哥本地人會教自己計算機輔助設計(CAD),以產生不同的原型發明她的梳子。她將進一步繼續學習業務原則看流行電視節目,如鯊魚坦克和聽與業務相關的播客。 “Business school costs too much for me, and I didn’t have any formal mentors so I used a bunch of free media as kind of a scrappy map,” Short laughs. The Carefree Comb concept would go on to win business competitions, including a grant from rapper-turned-investor, Chamilloinaire. In 2019, Miona took a job in tech to save money for her first production round and to learn what it was like to scale a business from the inside. However, after being impacted by the mass layoffs of 2022, she decided to lean into building out her company. “After being laid off, I knew I didn’t have the money to completely flesh out product development as a bigger company would. I could barely afford rent, much less afford multiple rounds of testing [contract manufacturer] prototypes with trial and error. That gets expensive real quick. I really only had one shot at making this work,” she clarifies. “I had to take a leap of faith. So here I am, hoping Shukrah has wings.” After going viral on TikTok with a demonstration garnering a half-million views, the rising CEO is finding that the Carefree Comb taps into a deep need within the beauty market. Miona is expecting to have preorders for the Carefree Comb shipped out around Christmas 2023. For more details about this launch and journey, visit the official website at Shukrah.com Also, follow the brand @helloshukrah on Facebook , Instagram , and TikTok . Show comments