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How I Built This with Guy Raz
861 episodes · by Guy Raz | Wondery
About How I Built This with Guy Raz
How I Built This with Guy Raz is a podcast with 861 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. 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.New episodes release on Mondays and Thursdays. Listen to How I Built This on the Wondery App or wherever you listen to your podcasts. You can lis... PodLexicon indexes every episode of How I Built This with Guy Raz and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on How I Built This with Guy Raz
Founder backgrounds and complementary skills Origin and market gap identification Early demand and inventory challenges Growth through wholesale and DTC shift Capital raising and investor risks Acquisition and restructuring Lessons on resilience and legacy Immigrant Roots and Family Resilience
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Advice Line with Carlton Calvin of Razor — August 20, 2026Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants — August 17, 2026Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty (September 2025) — August 13, 2026MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant. — August 10, 2026Advice Line: "Strategy Sessions" — August 06, 2026Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It — August 03, 2026Advice Line with Chris Riccobono of UNTUCKit — July 30, 2026Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company. — July 27, 2026Advice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox — July 23, 2026Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business. — July 20, 2026Advice Line with Kenneth Cole — July 16, 2026Sun Bum: Tom Rinks. The Secrets of a Master Brand Builder (2023) — July 13, 2026Advice Line with Jeni Britton of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (2025) — July 09, 2026Catalina Crunch: Krishna Kaliannan. From Homemade Keto Cocoa Puffs to Breakfast Aisle Breakthrough — July 06, 2026Advice Line with Ronnen Harary of Spin Master/PAW Patrol — July 02, 2026e.l.f. Cosmetics: Joey Shamah. The Dollar Store Formula That Built a Cosmetics Giant — June 29, 2026Advice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products — June 25, 2026STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct — June 22, 2026Advice Line with Shazi Visram of Happy Family Organics — June 18, 2026Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire — June 15, 2026Advice Line with Christina Tosi of Milk Bar — June 11, 2026Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019) — June 08, 2026Advice Line with Tim Ferriss (August 2025) — June 04, 2026UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company. — June 01, 2026Advice Line with Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation — May 28, 2026Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter. — May 25, 2026Advice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur — May 21, 2026NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company — May 18, 2026Advice Line: New Offerings, Bigger Markets — May 14, 2026Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant — May 11, 2026Advice Line with Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed — May 07, 2026Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company — May 04, 2026Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue — April 30, 2026Shep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand. — April 27, 2026Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns — April 23, 2026KIND bars: Daniel Lubetzky. From peace in the Middle East to a $5 billion snack bar — April 20, 2026Advice Line with Chieh Huang of Boxed — April 16, 2026iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon — April 13, 2026Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle — April 09, 2026Wingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting Exit — April 06, 2026Advice Line with Angie & Dan Bastian of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP — April 02, 2026diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021) — March 30, 2026Advice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025) — March 26, 2026Vital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg — March 23, 2026Advice Line: What’s Your Value? — March 19, 2026Scrub Daddy: Aaron Krause. How a Failed Experiment Became a Billion-Dollar Sponge — March 16, 2026Advice Line with Hernan Lopez of Wondery — March 12, 2026Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business — March 09, 2026Advice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork — March 05, 2026Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand — March 02, 2026
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