How I Built This with Guy Raz

Advice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite

Today’s callers: Mia from Germany wants to know how to balance her pottery business between an online shop and a YouTube channel. Then, Jen from Connecticut is looking for ways to reach more families ...

2026-02-12

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Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant

Netflix shouldn’t have survived. In 1997, Blockbuster owned home entertainment—9,000 stores, a business fueled by late fees, and a brand that felt untouchable. Netflix was a scrappy DVD-by-mail exper...

2026-02-09

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Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment

Plus, Jon’s take on why now is a good time to start a business — in spite of market uncertainty.    Today’s callers: Dan from Washington considers new offerings beyond his core loose l...

2026-02-05

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HOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza

In the late 2000s, two French mountain athletes set out to build a running shoe that captured the feeling of flying.  Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas “Nico” Mermoud had spent decades inside the innov...

2026-02-02

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Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban

Plus, Mark on his most challenging venture yet: revolutionizing the prescription drug market in America. First we meet Lucy from Washington DC, considering an opportunity to bring her upside-down pe...

2026-01-29

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Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon

A bright blue guitar covered in orange koi fish vanished from a museum display … and Swifties immediately knew what it meant. That distinctive guitar—the one Taylor Swift used to record Speak Now—had...

2026-01-26

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Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyers

Plus, how candor has been a more effective press strategy than talking points for (the literal) Mrs. Meyers. First we meet Allison in California, seeking marketing ideas for her novel wig designs wh...

2026-01-22

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Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder

Before Gymboree became a cultural icon in the 80s and 90s, it was just one lonely new mom trying to find connection. Joan Barnes started hosting weekly playgroups for parents… and demand exploded. Wha...

2026-01-19

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Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker

Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, how AI integrations with glasses are helping us see the wo...

2026-01-15

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La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020)

When Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti met at a grunge concert in Seattle in the 1980s, they were an unlikely pair. But they shared a love for great coffee, and the two friends began to dream about open...

2026-01-12

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Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024)

Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders about marketing and building community. First we meet Zac from Indiana,...

2026-01-08

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Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018)

It started with a massive pile of razors sitting in a Rancho Cucomonga warehouse, and Michael Dubin’s chance meeting of the man who wanted to get rid of them. In 2010, Michael was working in marketin...

2026-01-05

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Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business

This week, Guy is joined by TRX exercise straps founder Randy Hetrick, chicken restaurant giant Raising Cane’s Todd Graves, and Chesapeake Bay Candle Company founder Mei Xu in a special episode of the...

2026-01-01

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SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed

For decades, snack companies believed Americans wanted everything sweeter. More sugar. More chocolate. More indulgence. But what if that assumption was wrong? In this episode, a mother-daughter tea...

2025-12-29

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Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's

Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders who are each considering a big, next step to grow their businesses. First, Evan in ...

2025-12-25

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Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee. How cat-themed Russian Roulette changed game night forever

Exploding Kittens began as a jerry-rigged version of Russian Roulette — a deck of cards hastily modified with a Sharpie. But what happened next is one of the most improbable success stories in the cre...

2025-12-22

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Advice Line with Bobby Trussell of Tempur-Pedic

Tempur-Pedic founder Bobby Trussell joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Bobby talks about his new book, The Logic That God Exists. First, Lyf from ...

2025-12-18

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93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever

What happens when three outsiders try to reinvent access to money… during the worst financial crisis in decades? Before Kickstarter. Before GoFundMe. Before crowdfunding became a thing, there was I...

2025-12-15

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Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring

CEO and co-founder of Boll & Branch, Scott Tannen joins Ring founder Jamie Siminoff and Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage entrepreneurs. Plus, Jamie and Guy talk ab...

2025-12-11

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Khan Academy: Sal Khan. From Tutoring His Cousins to Teaching the World For Free (September 2020)

Khan Academy offers hundreds of free tutorials in fifty languages, and has 170 million monthly global users.  It all began in 2009 when Sal Khan walked away from a high-paying job to start a bus...

2025-12-08

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