How I Built This with Guy Raz

Advice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork

Today’s callers: Jane in Minnesota wants to scale her artful pants brand while staying true to her locally-made mission. Then Melissa in New Mexico wonders how to respond to diminishing returns on dig...

2026-03-05

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Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand

Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand Most founders expand the “right” way: local → regional → national → international. Cameron Healy totally skipped the “national” part.&nbsp...

2026-03-02

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Advice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post

Today’s callers: Jess from Washington seeks counsel on structuring a collaboration between her sympathy cards company and a pet products brand. Then, Caroline from Colorado wonders if she should build...

2026-02-26

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Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company

Most entrepreneurs think the hardest part of building a company is the product. For Jim McKelvey — co-founder of Square — the hardest part was the system around the product. Because Square wasn’t ju...

2026-02-23

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Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps

Today’s callers: Yadi from New York thinks through an expansion strategy for her college campus-based empanada business. Then, Zachary from New York looks for ways to break into big retailers with his...

2026-02-19

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Spinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M

Before Spinbrush became the top selling toothbrush in the U.S—and before Procter & Gamble paid $475M for it—John Osher was a teenager selling earrings for $4.99.  In this episode, John walks...

2026-02-16

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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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