Valorie Hubbard Interview

"Start with One Step" Valorie Hubbard is a renowned character actress - if you've watched movies or TV in the past few decades, you HAVE seen her: on shows and in films as diverse as "ER", "Desperate Housewives", "How I Met Your Mother", Marvel's "Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D.", "Castle", "True Blood" and "Hannah Montana: The Movie", among many, many others. She's also an entrepreneur who has, as she puts it, created a seven-figure business working with "the poorest people in the world" - actors. Valorie has also had her share of failures, with the pandemic shutdown and the recent SAG/AFTRA creating such a downturn that she has incurred massive "expensive debt" to cover costs and, heartbreakingly, had to downsize and let go of several beloved friends from her staff. But she is not one to hide from adversity - she faces it head-on and finds the lessons in life's challenges. With success, of course, comes failure, and Valorie shares with us quite candidly the downside as well as the upside of growing and managing a seven-figure business. Some of the hardest lessons learned from failure are also the most important ones - the insights gained can produce our greatest successes. To climb the mountain, you've got to start at the base, and take it one step at a time. Join me and Valorie as we discuss her acting career, the joy and tears associated with running a business, and the many triumphs and pitfalls of being a rule breaker who bucks the trends and creates a new paradigm of dealing with - and within - the show biz industry.