On a July afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, Monique Rodriguez, founder and chief executive of the hair care and beauty brand Mielle Organics, is meeting with a handful of beauty and fashion editors at the Capital Grille restaurant to discuss, among other things, the company’s latest launch, its Mango & Tulsi Botanical Blend Collection.
A waiter is dashing dutifully between the kitchen and the group’s table delivering waters and salmon-topped…