Lisa Williams, founder and principal of Cap8 Doors and Hardware talks to host Shelton A. Russell about navigating a company as a minority businesswoman in a male-dominated industry. Williams is the owner of the full-service door distributor and installer company. Listen in as she shares how she overcomes challenges, why there’s been an uptick in her business during a pandemic, and how she’s keeping her employees safe. Cap8 Doors & Hardware holds many diverse business certifications including DBE, MBE, WBE and Federal SBE.
This episode of the P3 Project
[2:53] What inspired Lisa to start the company
[4:29] Success in the industry
[6:32] How the company was affected by COVID-19
[8:10] The types of projects the company focuses on
[9:53] Dealing with the challenges of working through a pandemic
[13:45] What’s contributed to her company’s growth
[15:07] Being a minority woman in a male-dominated industry
[18:07] The Cap8 Doors and Hardware team
[19:19] Her outlook on 2021
[22:54] The question Lisa asks for the betterment of her company
[25:04] Becoming the best door company in the industry
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