How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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.

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NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company May 18, 2026
Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant February 9, 2026
Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker January 15, 2026
Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair October 30, 2025
Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft October 23, 2025
Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash October 2, 2025
(July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp August 25, 2025
Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström March 17, 2025
Twitter, Medium and Blogger: Ev Williams May 6, 2024
Framing the future of eyecare with Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa of Warby Parker December 14, 2023
Affirm: Max Levchin (Part 2 of 2) June 20, 2022
Discord: Jason Citron March 7, 2022
Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut July 12, 2021
Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar February 8, 2021
Dropbox: Drew Houston November 9, 2020
How I Built Resilience: Niraj Shah and Steve Conine of Wayfair August 29, 2020
Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine (2018) August 24, 2020
How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore May 21, 2020
How I Built Resilience: Live with Stewart Butterfield and Steve Holmes May 9, 2020
Live From The HIBT Summit: Stewart Butterfield January 30, 2020
Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine April 16, 2018
Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal (2016) February 19, 2018
Lyft: John Zimmer February 13, 2017
Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal December 26, 2016
Airbnb: Joe Gebbia October 17, 2016
Instagram: Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger September 19, 2016

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