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How I Built This with Guy Raz

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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, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.
How I Built This is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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  1. Advice Line with Tope Awotona of Calendly

    1 h 0 min

  2. FIGS: Trina Spear and Heather Hasson. The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never Work

    1 h 11 min

  3. Advice Line with Seth Berkowitz of Insomnia Cookies

    Episode 88143 min

  4. Sweet Loren’s: Loren Castle. How A Recipe Makeover Built a National Cookie Brand

    Episode 8801 h 8 min

  5. Advice Line with Tara Bosch of SmartSweets

    Episode 87947 min

  6. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League (2023)

    Episode 8781 h 21 min

  7. Advice Line with Nick Green of Thrive Market

    Episode 87745 min

  8. 10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention

    Episode 8761 h 15 min

  9. Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring (2025)

    Episode 87547 min

  10. Seventh Generation: Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollender. A Partnership that Flourished—until it Failed. (2021)

    Episode 8741 h 35 min

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  1. Advice Line with Danny Meyer of Shake Shack

    Episode 87344 min

  2. Banza: Brian Rudolph. The Chickpea Pasta That Nearly Turned to Mush

    Episode 8721 h 2 min

  3. Advice Line with Michelle Wahler of Beyond Yoga

    Episode 87143 min

  4. Thrive Causemetics: Karissa Bodnar. How a Beauty Business Made Millions for a Mission

    Episode 87052 min

  5. Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store

    Episode 86943 min

  6. Bogg Bag: Kim Vaccarella. The $100 Million Business She Almost Abandoned

    Episode 8681 h 27 min

  7. Advice Line with Ben Goodwin of Olipop

    Episode 86751 min

  8. Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them

    Episode 8661 h 24 min

  9. Advice Line with Daymond John of FUBU

    Episode 86545 min

  10. YETI: Roy and Ryan Seiders. How Two Brothers Turned a $400 Cooler Into a $2 Billion Brand

    Episode 8641 h 29 min

  11. Advice Line with Carlton Calvin of Razor

    Episode 86345 min

  12. Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants

    Episode 8621 h 23 min

  13. Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty (September 2025)

    Episode 86150 min

  14. MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business.They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.

    Episode 8601 h 9 min

  15. Advice Line: "Strategy Sessions"

    Episode 85947 min

  16. Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It

    Episode 8581 h 19 min

  17. Advice Line with Chris Riccobono of UNTUCKit

    Episode 85747 min

  18. Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.

    Episode 8561 h 16 min

  19. Advice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox

    Episode 85542 min

  20. Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.

    Episode 85454 min

  21. Advice Line with Kenneth Cole

    Episode 85346 min

  22. Sun Bum: Tom Rinks. The Secrets of a Master Brand Builder (2023)

    Episode 8521 h 19 min

  23. Advice Line with Jeni Britton of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (2025)

    Episode 85149 min

  24. Catalina Crunch: Krishna Kaliannan. From Homemade Keto Cocoa Puffs to Breakfast Aisle Breakthrough

    Episode 8501 h 7 min

  25. Advice Line with Ronnen Harary of Spin Master/PAW Patrol

    Episode 84944 min

  26. e.l.f. Cosmetics: Joey Shamah. The Dollar Store Formula That Built a Cosmetics Giant

    Episode 8481 h 18 min

  27. Advice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products

    Episode 84747 min

  28. STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct

    Episode 8461 h 17 min

  29. Advice Line with Shazi Visram of Happy Family Organics

    Episode 84548 min

  30. Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire

    Episode 8441 h 6 min

  31. Advice Line with Christina Tosi of Milk Bar

    Episode 84349 min

  32. Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019)

    Episode 8421 h 2 min

  33. Advice Line with Tim Ferriss (August 2025)

    Episode 84151 min

  34. UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.

    Episode 8401 h 32 min

  35. Advice Line with Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation

    Episode 83949 min

  36. Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

    Episode 8381 h 31 min

  37. Advice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur

    Episode 83752 min

  38. NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company

    Episode 8361 h 11 min

  39. Advice Line: New Offerings, Bigger Markets

    Episode 83545 min

  40. Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant

    Episode 8341 h 5 min

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