How I Built This with Guy Raz

Advice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post

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

Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps

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

Advice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite

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

Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment

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

Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban

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

Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyers

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

Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker

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

Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024)

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

Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business

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

Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's

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

Advice Line with Bobby Trussell of Tempur-Pedic

93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever

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

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

Advice Line with Jane Wurwand of Dermalogica (December 2024)

Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

Advice Line with Bill Creelman of Spindrift

Hydro Flask: Travis Rosbach. How a thirsty surfer changed the water bottle industry

Advice Line with Anthony Casalena of Squarespace

Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand.

Advice Line with Chet Pipkin of Belkin International

Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel

Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements

Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business.

Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair

Nuts.com: Jeff Braverman. From Corner Store to Snacktime Powerhouse

Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft

Magnolia: Chip & Joanna Gaines. From House Flipping to Household Name

Advice Line with Stacy Madison of Stacy’s Pita Chips

Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores.

Advice Line with Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club

Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand

Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash

Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet

Advice Line with Randy Hetrick of TRX

Poppi: Allison and Stephen Ellsworth. From Farmers Market Vinegar Drink to $2B Soda Sensation

Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty

Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global

Advice Line with Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles

Carlton Calvin: Razor. The wild rise, collapse, and reinvention of a mobile toy empire.