Howdy - Bootstrapped to $100 million with Jacqueline Samira

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Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jacqueline Samira is the Founder and CEO of Howdy.com, the $100 million-valued company shaking up the recruitment space. She shares her remarkable journey. She discusses the challenges and boundaries faced by women entering the business world and emphasizes the power of a solution mindset developed through struggles.

From setting revenue goals to creating a business model understandable by a child, she reveals the strategies behind her success. The episode also explores her approach to hiring, fostering a positive company culture, and the efficient balance between entrepreneurship and motherhood.

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Efficiency: How having limited hours as a mom made her a more efficient entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of time management and focus in achieving business goals.

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0:00.0	if I had more of like a solutions oriented mindset where if I didn't get it I asked myself well there's clearly a reason I didn't get this so what is that reason how can I overcome it and how can I be better so I can do it again or I can get it the next time and what that
0:14.4	allowed me to do was to start attacking situations in my life that were maybe
0:19.0	negative in a way that it was more of like a personal deficit.
0:23.4	So there's clearly something I'm lacking, I'm missing.
0:25.8	Not in a bad way, in a here's an opportunity to grow,
0:28.6	here's an opportunity to learn,
0:29.8	here's an opportunity to be better.
0:31.4	There was something that I was missing. Let's go fill that gap.
0:34.6	What is up you sexy bastards? It is your boy million dollar podcast,
0:41.2	aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka no a kegan today we are
0:45.0	chatting with a very good friend of mine with an amazing story her name is
0:48.2	Jacqueline Samarra she is the founder and CEO of Howdy.com.
0:53.0	They were bootstrapped, got into YC as well,
0:55.6	and now are worth over $100 million
0:57.4	changing up the recruiting space.
0:59.6	Jacqueline's story was better than I even expected.
1:02.3	She used to work at Hair Club for men.
1:03.7	Y'all know I'm bald. She used to work there and she even goes through some of the
1:07.1	experiences at that company. Then she had some other different problems in her
1:10.6	business. Use that to create businesses while also a mom. So much
1:14.9	respect for Jacqueline she's so impressive as an entrepreneur and I am so excited for
1:18.8	her to share her story of how she got her business started and her success.
	...

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