91. From Secretary to Billion Dollar Business Owner: What I’ve Learned About Finding Customers, Managing Teams & Economic Uncertainty with Janice Bryant Howroyd

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Natalie Ellis

Entrepreneurship, Education, Marketing, Self-improvement, Business

4.9 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We’re joined by Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African-American woman billionaire and founder and CEO of The ActOne Group, a multi-billion dollar global enterprise providing workforce solutions. Janice is the definition of an unapologetically ambitious woman who lives by her mantra to “Never compromise who you are personally to become who wish to be professionally.” What started as humble beginnings as a secretary for her brother-in-law’s company, turned into an opportunity that led Janice on a path of entrepreneurship. We’re diving deep into the obstacles that she has overcome, including economic uncertainty and global hardships that are relevant now more than ever before. Tune in as Janice shares her entrepreneurial journey and the lessons she’s learned along the way. This episode is brought to you by ELLE, iconic lifestyle brand, and the world’s largest women’s fashion magazine. We partnered with ELLE for their 75th anniversary to celebrate women entrepreneurship. Learn more about this partnership at bossbabe.com/elle

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0:00.0	Once that respect elevates to fear, step back, do the work, come at it again, or walk away. You'll always win that way.
0:17.0	Your ability to solve problems is honed by your ability to pay attention to the lessons you've learned.
0:29.8	Welcome to the Boss Bay Podcast, a place where we share with you the real behind the scenes of building successful businesses, achieving peak performance
0:36.0	and learning how to balance it all. I'm Natalie Ellis, CEO of Boss Vape and your host for this
0:40.4	week's episode. So in case you missed it I actually have a really special
0:44.7	announcement at Boss Babe we have partnered with lifestyle and media brand
0:48.7	Powerhouse L L L actually means she in French and for its 75th anniversary
0:55.3	Elle is partnering with Boss Babe to celebrate female entrepreneurship.
0:58.9	I have no words for this honestly this is a total pinch me moment. I grew up reading L magazine and the fact that we get to
1:06.4	partner with them on their 75th anniversary is blowing my mind. Can we just take a moment? We are partnering with them to celebrate their 75th anniversary.
1:16.5	This is one of the proudest moments in my career and not only that but we get to work with them on an
1:22.1	initiative that will actually have such a big impact on female entrepreneurs.
1:27.0	We really believe women are the future of entrepreneurship
1:29.0	and this year more than ever we want to discover and reveal the faces that build tomorrow.
1:34.0	And if you stay till the end, I actually have a really big announcement about what
1:37.8	Boss Babe and L are going to be doing together that is going to directly impact your business and could be a game changer.
1:45.0	So that's coming at the end.
1:46.7	And our guest for today is actually our first role model for the L partnership, Janice
1:52.3	Brian Halroyd Janice does it all she's an entrepreneur author
1:57.3	educator amongst many other things she is a founder and CEO of a multi-billion dollar international talent technology enterprise.
2:06.4	She's currently number 39 on the Forbes list of America's richest self-made women,
2:11.6	and she was also the first African American woman to build an
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