How I Built This with Guy Raz
Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built. Order the How I Built This book at https://www.guyraz.com/
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- Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. <em>How I Built This</em> weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built. Order the <em data-stringify-type="italic">How I Built This</em> book at https://www.guyraz.com/
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- 🇬🇧 English
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- 2024-11-21 13:48
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- 2024-11-21 08:10
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-21 | Spikeball founder and CEO Chris Ruder joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Chris shares an early-days strategy that ended up revealing surprising intel about his core customers.First we meet J... | |
| 2024-11-18 | Bill Shufelt founded Athletic Brewing Company to re-invent non-alcoholic beer, but quickly learned that brewers didn’t want to make it, stores didn’t want to sell it, and potential customers didn’t want to buy it. The NA beer that already existed was o... | |
| 2024-11-14 | Stonyfield co-founder and former CEO Gary Hirshberg joins Guy on the Advice Line where they answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Gary explains how a social mission can be a competitive advantage for a consumer product.First we meet C... | |
| 2024-11-12 |
Listen Now - REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried secrets from the darkest corners of history. Each week, Luke Lamana, a Marine Corp Reconnaissance Veteran, pulls back the curtain on what once was class... |
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| 2024-11-11 | Scott and Missy Tannen knew nothing about bed linens when they dreamed up the idea of launching a bedding company, but that didn’t stop them from setting ambitious goals: super soft sheets, 100% organic cotton, and a supply chain that was traceable fro... | |
| 2024-11-07 | 1-800-GOT-JUNK? founder and CEO Brian Scudamore joins Guy on the Advice Line where they answer questions from three early-stage founders.  First we meet Theresa in Denver, who’s wondering if she should diversify her edible flower products or double dow... | |
| 2024-11-04 | When Matt Meeker started sharing a Brooklyn apartment with a Great Dane, he didn’t know it would inspire him to launch a multi-million dollar company. But, disappointed by what pet stores offered for big dogs like his, Matt co-founded BARK, a subscript... | |
| 2024-10-31 | Angie Hicks, founder of Angi (formerly Angie’s List), joins Guy on the Advice Line where they answer questions from three early-stage founders. First we meet Paige, a dirt bike rider in Southern California looking to expand her women’s motocross clothi... | |
| 2024-10-28 | In 1989, after years of scaling some of the most challenging peaks in the world, Peter Metcalf took on a daunting new risk: resuscitating a bankrupt climbing-equipment company, and putting himself into deep debt to do so. From the defunct assets of Cho... | |
| 2024-10-25 | This is part two of our special series on building food businesses presented by Klaviyo. If you haven't heard part one from last week, go back and check it out.In that episode, three founders of three different food brands – Becca Millstein from Fishwi... |