ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd (2018)

What this episode covers

Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group, explains how she launched a staffing agency in Beverly Hills with $1,500 in the late 1970s, eventually growing it into a billion-dollar workforce management company. She details the strategic pivot from one-on-one placements to contract staffing, which necessitated building proprietary technology called Acceleration to manage reporting and payroll. Howroyd also discusses the decision to merge with her husband’s company, AppleOne, to create a unified entity and the importance of minority certification in accessing corporate contracts.