Smart Out Loud: How Janice Bryant Howroyd Learned to Own Her Brilliance
Without Fail
English - November 12, 2018 11:00 - 30 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsCareers Business Society & Culture entrepreneur interview entrepreneurship business startups technology productivity art culture the 4-hour workweek Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Janice Bryant Howroyd’s company started in the front of a rug shop with just a phone, a fax machine, and a lot of hustle. 40 years later, that company is a huge multinational serving some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies in the world. It earns over a billion dollars in revenue, making Janice the first African-American woman to start and run a billion dollar business. But her journey to CEO wasn’t an easy one. Janice talks with Alex about the people who encouraged her down that path, and her realization that being brilliant and owning your brilliance are two different things.
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Janice Bryant Howroyd’s company started in the front of a rug shop with just a phone, a fax machine, and a lot of hustle. 40 years later, that company is a huge multinational serving some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies in the world. It earns over a billion dollars in revenue, making Janice the first African-American woman to start and run a billion dollar business. But her journey to CEO wasn’t an easy one. Janice talks with Alex about the people who encouraged her down that path, and her realization that being brilliant and owning your brilliance are two different things.
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