175: REWIND: Meet Janice Bryant Howroyd: The first African American Woman To Run A $1-Billion Business

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🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is a REWIND episode with Janice Bryant Howroyd, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The ACT-1 Group, the largest privately held, woman-owned workforce solutions company founded in the U.S.

I love this episode because Janice exudes confidence, energy, and just makes you want to walk into a room and take up space.

As Auntie Janice (as I now refer to her in my head) likes to say, “knowledge married to experience breeds confidence.” When you have the experience and knowledge you must own that confidence. I listened to this episode twice as I was riding to the Today Show for my appearance in August 2018, and it really did give me confidence.

I often re-listen to this episode whenever I’m nervous about rising to a new level in my business.

I’m excited for you to hear Janice share how she became the first African American woman to operate a company that generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue.

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0:00.0	Knowledge married to experience is what breeds confidence. I have been at this for a
0:09.3	while but when I'm engaged in something brand new to me,
0:13.2	I'm feeling that same level of energy
0:16.4	that you feel new to whatever you're new to.
0:19.9	Adults are just older children.
0:21.8	And so we've got to understand that every time we experience
0:24.7	something new, the human side of us kicks in.
0:28.1	That's why it's so important for the humane side to stay intact as well.
0:39.5	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business.
0:43.0	And I'm your host, Nakela Matthew Zakome.
0:46.0	So let's get started.
0:48.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Gusto.
0:54.4	Gusto offers modern, easy payroll benefits and HR to small businesses across the country.
1:00.4	They were even named Best Online Payroll by PC Mac.
1:05.0	And as a Side Hustle Pro listener, you will get three months free when you run your first
1:09.9	payroll. So sign up and give it a try at gusto.com slash
1:14.0	S.H.P. That's gusto.com slash
1:17.0	S.H.P.
1:18.0	Hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the the shelf today's episode is a rewind episode with
1:26.5	Janice Bryant Harroy the founder and chief executive officer of the Act 1 group the
1:32.2	largest privately held women-owned workforce solutions
1:35.8	company founded in the US. I love this episode because Janus exudes confidence,
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