Episodes
11 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
55 episodes in 2018
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40m Kickstarter: Perry Chen (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen about the platform's eight-year journey from a failed concert idea to a global crowdfunding mov…
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58m The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman (2017)
In this episode of How I Built This, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman share how they resurrected, voiced, and transformed the 1950s novelty music trio Alvin and the Chipmunks into a mu…
19 statements 7 featured 9 assessments 1 contradicted
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19m Lisa Price Of Carol's Daughter At The HIBT Summit
Recorded live at the How I Built This Summit, Guy Raz interviews Carol's Daughter founder Lisa Price about scaling her grassroots beauty brand from a kitchen stovetop into a national enterpr…
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49m Live Episode! Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin
Recorded live in Los Angeles, this episode of How I Built This features Dollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin recounting how he combined improv comedy and digital marketing to disrupt the …
15 statements 5 featured 4 assessments 1 contradicted
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15m Stitch Fix's Katrina Lake At The HIBT Summit
Recorded live at the 'How I Built This' Summit, Guy Raz interviews Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake on building a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Lake discusses capital-efficient growth, dis…
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16m Airbnb's Joe Gebbia At The HIBT Summit
At the How I Built This Summit, host Guy Raz interviews Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia about overcoming investor rejection, iterating through multiple failed launches, and cultivating the resi…
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51m ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd
In this episode of "How I Built This," host Guy Raz interviews Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African American woman to build and own a billion-dollar business enterprise, exploring how sh…
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18m Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit
In this live summit episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Lyft co-founder John Zimmer about surviving the high-stakes rivalry with Uber, scaling a nationwide ridesharing netwo…
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51m Live Episode! Glossier: Emily Weiss
In this live recording of How I Built This, Glossier founder Emily Weiss describes her journey from teenage fashion intern and Vogue staffer to digital media creator with Into the Gloss, ult…
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16m Method's Adam Lowry And Eric Ryan At The HIBT Summit
Recorded live at the How I Built This Summit, host Guy Raz interviews Method co-founders Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry about their enduring partnership, operational division of labor, and the int…
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45m Whole Foods Market: John Mackey (2018)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey on transforming a counterculture natural grocer into a nationwide organic superma…
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15m Rent The Runway's Jenn Hyman At The HIBT Summit
Recorded live at the How I Built This Summit, Rent the Runway co-founder Jennifer Hyman joins Guy Raz to share how she strategically phased her 'closet in the cloud' vision, built collaborat…
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50m DoorDash: Tony Xu
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu details how his immigrant background, operational grit, and dedication to empowering local merchants transformed a …
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47m Barre3: Sadie Lincoln (2017)
On NPR's How I Built This, Barre3 founder Sadie Lincoln details how she transitioned from corporate fitness executive to entrepreneur, creating an internationally recognized boutique movemen…
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53m Betterment: Jon Stein
In this episode of How I Built This, Jon Stein shares how he founded Betterment in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, pioneering the robo-advisory industry to make personal investing acc…
20 statements 6 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 2m Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Bobby Trussell, chronicling his improbable journey from severe debt in the collapsed thoroughbred horse industry to …
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55m method: Adam Lowry & Eric Ryan
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' Guy Raz interviews Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, co-founders of Method, chronicling how they challenged consumer goods giants by combining non-toxic …
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1h 0m Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz chronicles the remarkable career of Sandy Lerner, exploring how she co-founded networking pioneer Cisco Systems, survived a painful corporat…
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42m Power Rangers: Haim Saban (2017)
In this episode of How I Built This, entertainment mogul Haim Saban details his remarkable journey from an impoverished refugee in Israel to a global media billionaire who built the Mighty M…
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51m Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews makeup artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown about creating a billion-dollar cosmetics brand centered on natural beauty, navi…
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44m Live Episode! New Belgium Brewing Company: Kim Jordan
In this live episode of How I Built This recorded at the Boulder Theater, host Guy Raz interviews Kim Jordan about co-founding New Belgium Brewing Company and scaling it from a bootstrapped …
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51m WeWork: Miguel McKelvey (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey about how his communal upbringing, architectural background, and partnership with Adam Neumann …
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43m TRX: Randy Hetrick (2018)
Former Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick recounts transforming an improvised workout strap into TRX, an internationally recognized fitness empire used across thousands of gyms and elite athletic progr…
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32m Angie's List: Angie Hicks (2016)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Angie Hicks about bootstrapping Angie's List from a grueling door-to-door referral newsletter into a nationwid…
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47m Live Episode! RXBAR: Peter Rahal
Recorded live in Chicago, this episode of How I Built This features RXBAR co-founder Peter Rahal sharing how he bootstrapped a simple, whole-food protein bar into a $600 million acquisition …
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41m Carol's Daughter: Lisa Price (2018)
This episode of 'How I Built This' chronicles how Lisa Price transformed a kitchen-based hobby making natural skincare products into Carol's Daughter, a pioneering multi-million-dollar beaut…
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1h 3m Slack & Flickr: Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield shares the story of how two failed multiplayer online gaming ventures unexpectedly led to the creation of Flickr and Slack, offering lessons on startup pivots, ethical le…
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33m Drybar: Alli Webb (2017)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Alli Webb on how she transformed a grassroots mobile blowout service into Drybar, a disruptive, multi-million-dollar…
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51m Steve Madden: Steve Madden
In this episode of How I Built This, footwear designer Steve Madden recounts how he built an accessible multi-billion-dollar shoe empire, navigated federal prison following the Stratton Oakm…
21 statements 6 featured 4 assessments 1 contradicted
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37m Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler (2017)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, Tony and Maureen Wheeler recount how an overland backpacking trip across Asia on a shoestring budget led them to self-publish guidebooks at their k…
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55m Chicken Salad Chick: Stacy Brown
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Stacy Brown turned a personal crisis following divorce into Chicken Salad Chick, partnering with her late husband Kevin Brown to overcome heal…
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40m Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Lyft co-founder John Zimmer about his journey from Wall Street to launching Zimride and transforming it into a multi-billion-doll…
12 statements 3 featured 10 assessments 1 contradicted
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52m Lululemon Athletica: Chip Wilson
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Lululemon founder Chip Wilson about pioneering the modern athleisure movement through textile innovation, direct vertical…
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29m Honest Tea: Seth Goldman (2017)
This episode of NPR's How I Built This chronicles how Seth Goldman co-founded Honest Tea, overcoming distributor skepticism, manufacturing crises, and corporate pressures to pioneer the orga…
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49m Minted: Mariam Naficy
In this episode of How I Built This, Mariam Naficy shares how she navigated early dot-com e-commerce with Eve.com before overcoming near-failure to build Minted into a thriving, multimillion…
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47m Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter (2018)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews music manager and venture investor Troy Carter, detailing his journey from West Philadelphia poverty and catastrophic finan…
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45m Bob's Red Mill: Bob Moore
In this episode of How I Built This, Bob Moore recounts how he overcame devastating financial failure and a catastrophic arson fire to build Bob's Red Mill into a hundred-million-dollar whol…
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41m Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
Host Guy Raz interviews Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison, detailing their journey from rural Ireland to creating a multi-billion-dollar online payment infrastructure. The episode…
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41m Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Ron Shaich, who details his journey from managing a student convenience store to co-founding Au Bon Pain and transfo…
15 statements 6 featured 9 assessments 2 contradicted
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40m Dermalogica: Jane Wurwand (2016)
This episode of NPR's How I Built This explores how Jane Wurwand leveraged vocational esthetics training and immigrant resilience to build the International Dermal Institute and Dermalogica …
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46m Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Wayfair co-founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine about how they leveraged early search analytics, drop-shipping logistics, and ope…
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51m FUBU: Daymond John
Host Guy Raz interviews FUBU founder Daymond John on NPR's 'How I Built This,' tracing his journey from sewing handmade hats in Hollis, Queens to building a multi-million-dollar global hip-h…
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50m Stitch Fix: Katrina Lake
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' Guy Raz interviews Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake, tracing her journey from scrappy operational experiments and pervasive venture capital skepticism t…
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49m Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell (2017)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews pioneering entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell about bootstrapping Atari, launching iconic arcade and home video games, and creating the …
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53m LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken
In this episode of How I Built This, Lara Merriken shares how she transformed a personal passion for whole-food nutrition into LÄRABAR, overcoming manufacturing hurdles and eleventh-hour tra…
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54m The Knot: Carley Roney & David Liu
This episode of NPR's How I Built This explores how Carley Roney and David Liu transformed their own disastrous wedding experience into The Knot, pioneering digital wedding planning, overcom…
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46m Live Episode! Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams: Jeni Britton Bauer
In this live episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Jeni Britton Bauer on how she blended perfumery concepts, food science, and operational resilience to transform a fail…
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41m Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales
Host Guy Raz interviews Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on NPR's 'How I Built This,' exploring how an experimental side project evolved into the world's most vital non-profit, crowdsourced enc…
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31m Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal (2016)
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz explores how Warby Parker co-founders Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal disrupted the monopolized eyewear industry to build a billion-…
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42m Dyson: James Dyson
In this episode of How I Built This, Sir James Dyson shares the grueling journey of inventing the bagless cyclonic vacuum, detailing how thousands of failed prototypes, entrenched industry r…
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39m Melissa & Doug: Melissa And Doug Bernstein (2016)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, Melissa and Doug Bernstein chronicle how they left corporate careers to build an iconic, multi-million-dollar toy company dedicated to screen-free,…
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48m Dell Computers: Michael Dell
In this episode of How I Built This, Michael Dell details how he transformed a dorm-room computer upgrade venture into Dell Technologies, disrupting the personal computing industry through d…
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52m Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore
On NPR's *How I Built This*, serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore shares how she rose from an impoverished newcomer in New York to building and scaling multi-million-dollar global brands inclu…
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41m LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman about his journey navigating early startup failures, scaling PayPal, and building Li…
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39m Kate Spade: Kate & Andy Spade (2017)
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Kate and Andy Spade about their journey from bootstrapping an unconventional burlap handbag line in a cramped New York apar…
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