Episodes
11 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
108 episodes in 2020
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45m ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, Janice Bryant Howroyd details how she overcame racial segregation and systemic bias to build ActOne Group into a billion-dollar workforce management empi…
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31m How I Built Resilience: Morra Aarons-Mele of Women Online
Host Guy Raz interviews Women Online founder Morra Aarons-Mele about leading through uncertainty, managing clinical anxiety and introversion, and building organizational resilience. Aarons-M…
11 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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1h 24m Author and Podcaster: Tim Ferriss
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This', host Guy Raz interviews author, investor, and podcaster Tim Ferriss about his journey from childhood challenges and startup sales to pioneering l…
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24m How I Built Resilience: Daniela Corrente of Reel
In this Resilience Edition of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Reel co-founder and CEO Daniela Corrente to discuss how her fintech platform harnesses behavioral psychology to …
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1h 31m Riot Games: Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Riot Games co-founders Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill defied industry norms to pioneer the free-to-play video game model with League of Legends…
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24m How I Built Resilience: Emily Powell of Powell's Books
In this resilience-focused episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Emily Powell, president of Powell's Books, about guiding Portland's iconic independent bookstore through…
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1h 14m Kodiak Cakes: Joel Clark
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Joel Clark persevered through fifteen years of near-bankruptcy, operational blunders, and retail hustle to transform his mother's whole-wheat …
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26m Remembering Tony Hsieh of Zappos
In this tribute episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz celebrates the life and legacy of Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh, exploring how his radical focus on company culture, customer…
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28m How I Built Resilience: Dr. Iman Abuzeid of Incredible Health
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Dr. Iman Abuzeid, co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, to discuss how her platform modernizes permanent nurse …
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1h 20m The Lip Bar: Melissa Butler
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Melissa Butler, who shares how she left a career on Wall Street to build The Lip Bar into an inclusive, multimillion-dollar beaut…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This Resilience Edition,' host Guy Raz speaks with Father Gregory Boyle about founding Homeboy Industries, detailing how social enterprise, unconditiona…
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1h 15m Kenneth Cole: Kenneth Cole
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews designer and entrepreneur Kenneth Cole about building a global fashion brand through guerrilla marketing, mastering shoe ma…
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47m Dropbox: Drew Houston
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston, tracing how a forgotten USB drive sparked the creation of a multi-billion-dollar cloud s…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
In this episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz speaks with Sunrise Movement co-founder Varshini Prakash about how youth-led organizing, nonviolent direct action, and targeted electo…
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1h 15m Famous Dave's: Dave Anderson
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Dave Anderson, who details his journey from overcoming severe personal adversity and poverty to building, losing, an…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Justin Gold of Justin's
In this episode of 'How I Built Resilience,' host Guy Raz interviews Justin Gold, founder of Justin's, about building a disruptive natural nut butter brand and navigating complex supply chai…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Cheryl Contee of Do Big Things
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Cheryl Contee about navigating systemic bias, overcoming imposter syndrome, and building mission…
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1h 10m McBride Sisters Wine (Part 2 of 2): Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John
In this episode of How I Built This, Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John chronicle their journey of overcoming institutional gatekeeping to build the McBride Sisters Collection into the la…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz
In this 'Resilience Edition' of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Fluenz founder Sonia Gil, who shares how she navigated the overnight collapse of her luxury in-person language immer…
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50m McBride Sisters Wine (Part 1 of 2): Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John
In this episode of How I Built This, Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John recount growing up unaware of each other's existence 7,000 miles apart, their emotional reunion, and how their shar…
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52m method: Adam Lowry & Eric Ryan (2018)
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Method co-founders Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan about how they disrupted the cleaning industry by pairing stylish design with non-t…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Cynt Marshall of Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall details how she reformed the franchise's toxic workplace culture, established league-leading diversity standards, and navigated operational disruptions dur…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Aishetu Dozie of Bossy Cosmetics
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Aishetu Dozie shares how she transitioned from high-stress investment banking to founding Bossy Cosmetics, bootstrapping a mission-dr…
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1h 25m Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Mark Constantine, co-founder of Lush Cosmetics, chronicling his turbulent journey from childhood hardship, homelessness, and deva…
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22m How I Built Resilience: Jennifer Neundorfer of January Ventures
Guy Raz interviews Jennifer Neundorfer, co-founder of January Ventures, on redesigning early-stage venture capital to empower underrepresented founders, mitigate systemic bias, and build res…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp
In this episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on steering the company through pandemic disruptions, defending platform integrity against revie…
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57m Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Health-Ade co-founder Daina Trout, detailing how a failed kombucha hair-loss concept transitioned from an apartment closet side h…
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24m How I Built Resilience: John Zimmer of Lyft
In this Resilience Edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer about navigating severe pandemic downturns, championing California's Proposi…
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1h 22m Khan Academy: Sal Khan
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews Khan Academy founder Sal Khan, tracing his journey from remotely tutoring his young cousin to building a free, global education…
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20m How I Built Resilience: Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz speaks with Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd about how the company adapted to the COVID-19 crisis, accelerated digit…
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28m How I Built Resilience: Bert and John Jacobs of Life is Good
In this episode of 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' Guy Raz interviews Life is Good co-founders Bert and John Jacobs about guiding their apparel company through the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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1h 11m Calendly: Tope Awotona
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' Guy Raz interviews Calendly founder Tope Awotona, exploring how he overcame personal tragedy, corporate hurdles, and early venture failures to build a …
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30m How I Built Resilience (Special Edition): Guy Raz
In this special Resilience Edition episode, guest host Stacey Vanek-Smith interviews Guy Raz about his transition from war correspondent to podcast pioneer, the mythic storytelling framework…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Pokimane
In this episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews top Twitch streamer Pokimane about her journey from an engineering student to a premier digital media entrepreneur. She sha…
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1h 10m Rad Power Bikes: Mike Radenbaugh
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Mike Radenbaugh transformed a teenage DIY bicycle project into Rad Power Bikes, the leading direct-to-consumer electric bicycle brand in the U…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Sandra Oh Lin of KiwiCo
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews KiwiCo founder and CEO Sandra Oh Lin about creating hands-on STEAM subscription boxes, scaling operations thr…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Luke Holden and Ben Conniff of Luke's Lobster
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Luke's Lobster co-founders Luke Holden and Ben Conniff about navigating the COVID-19 pandemic through empathetic l…
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43m Chilewich: Sandy Chilewich
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, entrepreneur and designer Sandy Chilewich shares the story of co-founding the revolutionary legwear brand Hue and later inventing modern woven viny…
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27m How I Built Resilience: Niraj Shah and Steve Conine of Wayfair
Wayfair co-founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine speak with Guy Raz on NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition about scaling their e-commerce infrastructure during the pandemic, overcoming…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Ajay Prakash and James Joun of Rinse
In this episode of 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' host Guy Raz interviews Rinse co-founders Ajay Prakash and James Joun on modernizing the traditional dry cleaning industry through …
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1h 5m Zocdoc: Oliver Kharraz
In this episode of How I Built This, Zocdoc co-founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz shares the journey of revolutionizing healthcare scheduling, overcoming the challenges of a two-sided marketplac…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Samantha Bee of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' host Guy Raz speaks with late-night host Samantha Bee about adapting 'Full Frontal' during quarantine through DIY backyard pr…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of Airbnb
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' host Guy Raz interviews Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky about steering the company through the COVID-19 pandemic. Chesky discusses ex…
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1h 10m Briogeo: Nancy Twine
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Nancy Twine, who pivoted from a high-powered career on Wall Street following a profound family loss to creat…
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20m How I Built Resilience: Jessie Woolley-Wilson of DreamBox
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson discusses navigating an educational technology company through the COVID-19 pandemic. She…
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20m How I Built Resilience: Alberto Perlman of Zumba
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews Zumba co-founder Alberto Perlman about steering the global fitness brand through pandemic disruptions by…
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1h 10m Vita Coco: Michael Kirban
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Vita Coco co-founder Michael Kirban about how he transformed a niche tropical beverage into a global category leader through tena…
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16m How I Built Resilience: Sarah Harden and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine
In this episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews Hello Sunshine executives Sarah Harden and Lauren Neustadter about championing female-led storytelling, navigating pandemic…
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18m How I Built Resilience: Taha Bawa of Goodwall
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews Goodwall co-founder Taha Bawa about building a global social platform for youth, pivoting through econo…
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1h 5m The Laundress: Lindsey Boyd
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Lindsey Boyd, co-founder of The Laundress, detailing how she and Gwen Whiting leveraged their textile science backgrounds to buil…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Jeremy Zimmer of United Talent Agency
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz speaks with United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer about navigating Hollywood shutdowns, pivoting to digital entertainme…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Songe LaRon of Squire
In this episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews Squire co-founder Songe LaRon about modernizing barbershop operations, navigating severe pandemic disruptions, and scaling …
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1h 4m La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti
In this episode of How I Built This, Todd Carmichael and JP Iberti recount how their deep friendship, DIY grit, and culinary obsession turned La Colombe into a pioneering third-wave coffee b…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Live with John Foley
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built Resilience,' Peloton founder and CEO John Foley speaks with host Guy Raz about managing the unprecedented surge in home fitness demand during the COVID-…
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24m How I Built Resilience: Live with Julia Hartz
In this live episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz about navigating the sudden collapse of in-person gatherings during…
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1h 18m Tatcha: Vicky Tsai
In this episode of How I Built This, Tatcha founder Vicky Tsai shares how she overcame corporate burnout, severe dermatitis, and crushing debt to build a luxury skincare brand rooted in anci…
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24m How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun
In this live episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews Blavity founder and CEO Morgan DeBaun on building a premier digital media company for Black millennials,…
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22m How I Built Resilience: Live with Sharon Chuter
In this live episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, host Guy Raz interviews UOMA Beauty founder Sharon Chuter about building an authentically inclusive cosmetics brand, navig…
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58m Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell (2018)
This episode of How I Built This chronicles how Bobby Trussell pivoted from one million dollars in debt as a thoroughbred horse advisor to founding Tempur-Pedic and transforming viscoelastic…
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1h 16m ClassPass: Payal Kadakia
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' Payal Kadakia shares the journey of building ClassPass from a failed search engine into a billion-dollar fitness marketplace. Anchored by her disciplin…
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27m How I Built Resilience: Live with Melanie Perkins and Bill Creelman
In this special resilience-focused episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins and Spindrift founder Bill Creelman about navigating global disruptio…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Live with Deval Patrick
In this Resilience Edition of How I Built This, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick joins Guy Raz to examine systemic racism, advocate for equity-focused impact investing, and outlin…
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1h 29m Ring: Jamie Siminoff
Host Guy Raz interviews Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on NPR's 'How I Built This,' tracing how a makeshift Wi-Fi doorbell built in a Los Angeles garage overcame near-fatal hardware failures, h…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Live with Sadie Lincoln
In this resilience edition of "How I Built This," host Guy Raz interviews barre3 founder Sadie Lincoln on how her boutique fitness franchise navigated pandemic shutdowns through rapid digita…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Live with Cathy Hughes
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' media pioneer Cathy Hughes speaks with Guy Raz about steering Urban One through the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the catastr…
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55m Shake Shack: Danny Meyer
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, Danny Meyer discusses his journey from launching acclaimed New York restaurants like Union Square Cafe to turning a civic hot dog cart into the glo…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Live with Y-Vonne Hutchinson
In this live edition of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews ReadySet founder and CEO Y-Vonne Hutchinson on transforming workplace diversity and inclusion from performative statem…
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18m How I Built Resilience: Live with Kevin Hart
In this live episode of NPR's How I Built This: Resilience Edition, Guy Raz interviews Kevin Hart about overcoming career setbacks, developing an unshakeable mindset, and the responsibility …
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1h 11m Supergoop!: Holly Thaggard
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Supergoop founder Holly Thaggard, exploring how she transformed sunscreen from a seasonal beach product into a category-defining,…
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23m How I Built Resilience: Live with Troy Carter
In this live episode of How I Built Resilience, host Guy Raz interviews music executive and investor Troy Carter on navigating the dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide racial …
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23m How I Built Resilience: Live with Jenn Hyman
In this live episode of 'How I Built This: Resilience Edition,' Guy Raz interviews Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jenn Hyman on navigating the severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 p…
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1h 27m Sub Pop Records: Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman
Sub Pop Records co-founders Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman share the story of creating the legendary indie label that pioneered the global grunge movement, launched Nirvana, and survived …
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31m How I Built Resilience: Live with Alli Webb and Andy Puddicombe & Rich Pierson
Host Guy Raz speaks with Drybar co-founder Alli Webb and Headspace co-founders Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson about navigating personal and professional crises during the pandemic lockdown…
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25m How I Built Resilience: Live with Kyle Connaughton and Daniel Humm
In this special resilience episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz speaks with three-star Michelin chefs Kyle Connaughton and Daniel Humm about navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Both chefs…
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1h 4m reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
In this episode of How I Built This, entrepreneur Luis von Ahn details his journey from pioneering crowdsourcing technologies like CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA to founding Duolingo and scaling it i…
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17m How I Built Resilience: Live with Sarah LaFleur
In this episode of How I Built This: Resilience Edition, MM LaFleur founder and CEO Sarah LaFleur discusses how her womenswear brand navigated sudden retail closures through product repositi…
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31m How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore
Guy Raz interviews DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore to explore how operational agility, digital adaptation, and mental resilience help businesses thrive during sev…
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1h 22m Jo Loves: Jo Malone CBE
In this episode of How I Built This, perfumer Jo Malone chronicles her inspiring path from a council estate upbringing to creating global luxury brand Jo Malone London, surviving cancer, and…
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29m How I Built Resilience: Live with Tobias Lütke and Jon Stein
In this resilience-focused episode, Guy Raz interviews Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke and Betterment founder Jon Stein to examine how technological acceleration, adaptive leadership, and disciplin…
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26m How I Built Resilience: Live with Samin Nosrat and Alice Waters & Fanny Singer
Host Guy Raz convenes culinary icons Samin Nosrat, Alice Waters, and Fanny Singer to explore how domestic cooking improvisation, community food networks, and sensory rituals foster resilienc…
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1h 3m Impossible Foods: Pat Brown
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown about walking away from a prestigious career in academia to invent plant-based meat that repli…
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21m How I Built Resilience: Live with Stewart Butterfield and Steve Holmes
In this Resilience Edition of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Stewart Butterfield of Slack and Steve Holmes of Springfree Trampoline to examine how their businesses managed unprece…
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29m How I Built Resilience: Live with Christina Tosi and Gary Erickson & Kit Crawford
Host Guy Raz interviews Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi alongside Clif Bar co-CEOs Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford to explore how business leaders navigate crisis through rapid operational pi…
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1h 5m Cotopaxi: Davis Smith
In this episode of NPR's 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Davis Smith on how his upbringing in Latin America and early business ventures inspired him to create Cotopa…
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28m How I Built Resilience: Live with José Andrés
In this live episode of NPR's 'How I Built Resilience,' Guy Raz interviews chef and humanitarian José Andrés about World Central Kitchen's COVID-19 relief operations. Andrés discusses mobili…
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1h 4m Fitbit: James Park
In this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz speaks with Fitbit co-founder and CEO James Park about how he overcame dot-com failures, navigated complex hardware manufacturing hurdles,…
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19m How I Built Resilience: Live with Simon Sinek
Author and leadership expert Simon Sinek joins Guy Raz on 'How I Built Resilience' to discuss how applying an infinite mindset, empathetic leadership, and a commitment to service helps busin…
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1h 9m Brooklinen: Vicki and Rich Fulop
Rich and Vicki Fulop share the founding story of Brooklinen, detailing how an overpriced hotel bedding experience inspired them to overcome logistics crises, venture rejections, and lean boo…
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20m How I Built Resilience: Live with David Neeleman and Tristan Walker
Host Guy Raz speaks with aviation founder David Neeleman and Walker & Company CEO Tristan Walker to explore how businesses navigate unprecedented crises through empathetic leadership, operat…
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1h 9m Sweetgreen: Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman
On this episode of 'How I Built This,' host Guy Raz speaks with Sweetgreen co-founders Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman about transforming a modest 500-square-foot salad shop into a multi-b…
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1h 6m S'well: Sarah Kauss
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews S'well founder Sarah Kauss about how she bootstrapped an insulated water bottle startup into a $100 million fashion-forward globa…
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1h 6m Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: Ken Grossman
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Ken Grossman about founding Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, tracing how he transformed a closet homebrewing hobby into a pio…
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56m Ben & Jerry's: Ben Cohen And Jerry Greenfield (2017)
In this archival episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield about how two childhood friends turned a renovated Vermont gas station into an iconic glo…
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1h 7m Birchbox: Katia Beauchamp
Katia Beauchamp recounts founding Birchbox to pioneer the subscription commerce industry, navigating intense retail skepticism, hypergrowth challenges, and corporate restructuring to build a…
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42m Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison as they chronicle their journey from rural Ireland to revolutionizing global interne…
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1h 32m Video Artist: Casey Neistat
In this episode of How I Built This, digital creator Casey Neistat reflects on his journey from a high school dropout and teenage father to a pioneering filmmaker, viral YouTube icon, and te…
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16m Live From The HIBT Summit: Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Recorded live at the 'How I Built This Summit,' Guy Raz interviews Jeni Britton Bauer, founder of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, about building an authentic food brand, mastering dairy chemistr…
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54m Lululemon Athletica: Chip Wilson (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Chip Wilson about pioneering the global athleisure movement with Lululemon Athletica, navigating explosive direct-to…
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1h 4m Eventbrite: Julia Hartz
In this episode of NPR's How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz about leaving her Hollywood television career to bootstrap a self-service online …
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17m Live From The HIBT Summit: David Neeleman of JetBlue Airways
In this live How I Built This summit interview, JetBlue and Azul founder David Neeleman discusses leveraging neurodiversity as an entrepreneurial asset, building frontline service cultures, …
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42m Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, Ron Shaich details how he transformed a modest Boston cookie shop into Au Bon Pain and Panera Bread, pioneering the fast-casual restaurant industry throu…
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1h 14m M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur
In this episode of How I Built This, Sarah LaFleur recounts how her frustration with rigid, impractical corporate clothing led her to co-found M.M.LaFleur, scaling it into a multimillion-dol…
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15m Live From The HIBT Summit: Stewart Butterfield
Recorded live at the How I Built This Summit, Guy Raz interviews entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield on how he steered two failed gaming projects into tech giants Flickr and Slack, sharing key …
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42m Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales (2018)
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to explore how an experimental side project evolved into one of the world's most vital non-profi…
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1h 13m Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram
In this episode of How I Built This, host Guy Raz interviews Shazi Visram, founder of Happy Family Organics, tracing her journey from pureeing baby food in her apartment kitchen to scaling a…
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1h 4m Spindrift: Bill Creelman
Spindrift founder Bill Creelman explains how he navigated personal financial risk, complex supply chain hurdles, and industry skepticism to disrupt the beverage market with a hundred-million…
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15m Live From The HIBT Summit: Marcia Kilgore
Recorded live at the How I Built This Summit, host Guy Raz interviews serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore about her intuitive ideation framework, resilient work ethic, and tactical strategies…
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46m Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
This episode of 'How I Built This' explores how Michael Dell transformed a college dorm room computer upgrade business into a global tech empire through hands-on technical curiosity, direct …
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