How Janice Bryant Howroyd Started A Billion Dollar Company

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Some of us get up extra early to work on our businesses.  The rest of us are night owls who prefer working while everyone else is sleeping. Either way, we are all passionate about what we’re building.   

Passion is why I made my way to a Turkish coffee shop at 7 am on a Saturday.  Fun fact - it doesn’t open until 8, so I’m editing this at a fancy hotel bar in Brooklyn instead. 

We have to be careful when being driven by passions.  Passion can lead to burnout and bad business decisions. It can kill any business at any stage.

And none of that is happening to us! 

Instead, you and I are going to study someone who turned their passion for education, mentorship, and self-empowerment into a billion dollar business - Janice Bryant Howroyd, the founder and CEO of ActOne Group.