From Cleaning Toilets to CEO, Leila Janah on How Rejection Is Inevitable and the Key to Success and Grit | Impact Theory

<p><span class="s2">Check out our Sponsors</span></p> <p><span class="s2">Butcher Box: Bacon for Life is back! New members get a package of FREE bacon in every box for the life of the subscription at ButcherBox.com/impact</span></p> <p><span class="s2">Impact Theory University: university.impacttheory.com</span></p> <p><span class="s2">Relationship Theory YouTube channel: Watch and subscribe <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/RelationshipTheory">https://www.youtube.com/c/RelationshipTheory</a></span></p> <p><span class="s2">Impact Theory Planner: <a class= "waffle-rich-text-link" href= "http://amazon.com/shops/impacttheory">amazon.com/shops/impacttheory</a></span></p> <p><span class="s2">Leila</span> <span class="s2">Janah</span> <span class="s2">didn’t have the money to start her company, but she didn’t let that hold her back. She paid her way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, serving cocktails, and tutoring wealthy students while pitching her sustainable business model to anyone who would listen. Since the inception of her company,</span> <span class="s2">Samasource</span><span class="s2">--named as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies in 2016--Leila has employed nearly 10,000 people and helped nearly 35,000 people permanently move above the poverty line. Her customers are some of the world’s biggest companies such as Google, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay and she’s been profiled in The New York Times, WIRED, Forbes, and Inc. Leila also founded LXMI (pronounced luxe-me) which is the first social impact beauty brand to be sold at Sephora. Meet the founder, author, and social entrepreneur who believes in reversing poverty one job at a time in this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="s2">PULLED QUOTES</span></p> <p><span class="s2">“</span><span class="s2">As an entrepreneur, probably the most important attribute is not quitting.” [</span><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVTnivW2lE&t=239s"><span class="s2">2:1</span><span class="s2">9</span></a><span cla