This week on Modern Life, host Jamila Souffrant sits down with the 25-year-old founder of Mary Louise Cosmetics, Akilah Releford, to talk about entrepreneurship. Today's entrepreneurs are finding innovative ways to create content, sell products, grow audiences, and build their businesses. And there's no one who embodies this spirit better than Akilah, who started the company from her dorm room at Howard University in 2017 based on a single viral tweet. Today, the brand is doing over a million dollars in sales, recently signed a major partnership with Macy's, and Akilah has big plans to turn it into one of the leading skincare and beauty brands in the U.S. In this episode, Jamila and Akilah talk about what it's like to be a young, female founder and how modern technology has given budding entrepreneurs more tools than ever to realize their dreams.

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