How I Built This with Guy Raz
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, lea...
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Advice Line with Hernan Lopez of Wondery
Today’s callers: Heather from Ontario talks through a DTC strategy for her retail pain relief tape and patches. Then Nawal in Michigan considers a reb...
Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business
Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business
At 40, Beryl Stafford’s life cracked open. Her marriage ended...
Advice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork
Today’s callers: Jane in Minnesota wants to scale her artful pants brand while staying true to her locally-made mission. Then Melissa in New Mexico wo...
Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand
Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand
Most founders expand the “right” way: local → regional → national → international.
Advice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post
Today’s callers: Jess from Washington seeks counsel on structuring a collaboration between her sympathy cards company and a pet products brand. Then,...
Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
Most entrepreneurs think the hardest part of building a company is the product.
For Jim McKelvey — co-founder of Square — the hardest part was t...
Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps
Today’s callers: Yadi from New York thinks through an expansion strategy for her college campus-based empanada business. Then, Zachary from New York l...
Spinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M
Before Spinbrush became the top selling toothbrush in the U.S—and before Procter & Gamble paid $475M for it—John Osher was a teenager selling earrings...
Advice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite
Today’s callers: Mia from Germany wants to know how to balance her pottery business between an online shop and a YouTube channel. Then, Jen from Conne...
Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant
Netflix shouldn’t have survived.
In 1997, Blockbuster owned home entertainment—9,000 stores, a business fueled by late fees, and a brand that fe...
Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment
Plus, Jon’s take on why now is a good time to start a business — in spite of market uncertainty.
Today’s callers: Dan from Washington conside...
HOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza
In the late 2000s, two French mountain athletes set out to build a running shoe that captured the feeling of flying.
Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas...
Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Plus, Mark on his most challenging venture yet: revolutionizing the prescription drug market in America.
First we meet Lucy from Washington...
Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon
A bright blue guitar covered in orange koi fish vanished from a museum display … and Swifties immediately knew what it meant.
That distinctive g...
Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyers
Plus, how candor has been a more effective press strategy than talking points for (the literal) Mrs. Meyers.
First we meet Allison in Califo...
Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
Before Gymboree became a cultural icon in the 80s and 90s, it was just one lonely new mom trying to find connection. Joan Barnes started hosting weekl...
Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker
Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, how AI i...
La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020)
When Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti met at a grunge concert in Seattle in the 1980s, they were an unlikely pair. But they shared a love for great cof...
Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024)
Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders about marketing and bu...
Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018)
It started with a massive pile of razors sitting in a Rancho Cucomonga warehouse, and Michael Dubin’s chance meeting of the man who wanted to get rid...
Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business
This week, Guy is joined by TRX exercise straps founder Randy Hetrick, chicken restaurant giant Raising Cane’s Todd Graves, and Chesapeake Bay Candle...
SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed
For decades, snack companies believed Americans wanted everything sweeter.
More sugar. More chocolate. More indulgence.
But what if that a...
Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's
Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders who are each considering a big, ne...
Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee. How cat-themed Russian Roulette changed game night forever
Exploding Kittens began as a jerry-rigged version of Russian Roulette — a deck of cards hastily modified with a Sharpie. But what happened next is one...
Advice Line with Bobby Trussell of Tempur-Pedic
Tempur-Pedic founder Bobby Trussell joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Bobby talks about his new...
93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever
What happens when three outsiders try to reinvent access to money… during the worst financial crisis in decades?
Before Kickstarter.
Befor...
Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring
CEO and co-founder of Boll & Branch, Scott Tannen joins Ring founder Jamie Siminoff and Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-st...
(September 2020) Khan Academy: Sal Khan. From Tutoring His Cousins to Teaching the World For Free
Khan Academy offers hundreds of free tutorials in fifty languages, and has 170 million monthly global users.
It all began in 2009...
Advice Line with Jane Wurwand of Dermalogica (2024)
Jane Wurwand, co-founder of the global skincare brand Dermalogica, joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early stage fo...
Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.
Meridith Baer grew up on the grounds of San Quentin prison, acted in TV and movies, wrote scripts in Hollywood … and then, at 50, started over – and b...
Advice Line with Bill Creelman of Spindrift
Bill Creelman, CEO and founder of Spindrift, joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, Bill and Gu...
Hydro Flask: Travis Rosbach. How a thirsty surfer changed the water bottle industry
What if the idea that changes your life… starts with something as ordinary as being thirsty?
In 2007, Travis Rosbach walked into a sporting good...
Advice Line with Anthony Casalena of Squarespace
Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, Anthony sha...
Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand.
At 19, Ben Francis was lifting weights during the day and delivering pizza at night. He didn’t have money. He didn’t have fashion experience. He didn’...
Advice Line with Chet Pipkin of Belkin International
Chet Pipkin, former CEO and founder of the electronic goods company Belkin International, joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three...
Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel
In his 20’s, working an office job he hated, Tom woke up in the middle of the night with a wild idea: why not take people on bike trips? No playbook....
Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements
Tariq Farid the founder of Edible Arrangements joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, Tariq upda...
Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business.
In 2010, software engineer Natalie Gordon was pregnant– and fed up with the overwhelming baby aisles in big box stores. So she quit her computer job...
Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair
Wayfair co-founder Niraj Shah joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs about how to bet on themselves – a...
Nuts.com: Jeff Braverman. From Corner Store to Snacktime Powerhouse
A century ago, Jeff Braverman’s grandfather opened a peanut shop in Newark, New Jersey. By the early 2000s, the family business was doing $1M in sales...