Jessica Alba: Actress and Founder of The Honest Company

Second Life

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Having a successful career might seem like the goal for many actors, but for Jessica Alba, it was a foundation to try something entirely new: building a business. The founder of The Honest Company shares the most powerful lessons she’s learned along the way, including letting go of ego, recruiting the right people, and the most important quality you can possess.

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0:00.0	From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring
0:10.4	careers, which are keen other work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:15.0	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:19.5	Today, we have someone who is not only incredibly inspirational, but also someone who you have
0:25.0	been asked in force since we launched this podcast.
0:28.3	Celebrated actress, author, and the founder of the Honest Company, Jessica Alba.
0:33.4	As you probably know, Jessica has been a working actress since the age of 13 when she got her
0:37.7	first part in a movie called Camp Nowhere before going on to movies like Never Been Kissed,
0:42.8	Sin City, and Fantastic Four.
0:45.4	In addition to having a thriving career as an actress, she somehow found time to start
0:49.8	the Honest Company, a mission-driven consumer goods company she launched in 2011, which
0:54.8	is now valued at over a billion dollars.
0:58.1	Jessica has built this incredible career into different industries.
1:01.7	She just shot a pilot.
1:03.1	She just had her third baby, and I legitimately have no idea how she has the energy and
1:08.8	hustle to do so many different things, but hopefully she'll share some of her wisdom with
1:13.0	us today.
1:14.0	This is Jessica Alba on Second Life.
1:17.8	Hello, lady.
1:18.8	Hi.
1:19.8	Jessica Alba, welcome to the show.
1:21.8	Thank you so much for doing this.
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