All How I Built This Episode Recaps

Browse all episode recaps for How I Built This hosted by Guy Raz.

• Scrub Daddy: Aaron Krause. How a Failed Experiment Became a Billion-Dollar Sponge (2026-03-16)
• Advice Line with Hernan Lopez of Wondery (2026-03-12)
• Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business (2026-03-09)
• Advice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork (2026-03-05)
• Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand (2026-03-02)
• Advice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post (2026-02-26)
• Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company (2026-02-23)
• Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps (2026-02-19)
• Spinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M (2026-02-16)
• Advice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite (2026-02-12)
• Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant (2026-02-09)
• Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment (2026-02-05)
• HOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza (2026-02-02)
• HOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza (2026-02-02)
• Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban (2026-01-29)
• Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon (2026-01-26)
• Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyers (2026-01-22)
• Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder (2026-01-19)
• Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder (2026-01-19)
• Advice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker (2026-01-15)
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020) (2026-01-12)
• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020) (2026-01-12)
• Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024) (2026-01-08)
• Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024) (2026-01-08)
• Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018) (2026-01-05)
• Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018) (2026-01-05)
• Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business (2026-01-01)
• Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business (2026-01-01)
• SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed (2025-12-29)
• SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed (2025-12-29)
• Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's (2025-12-25)
• Advice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's (2025-12-25)
• Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee. How cat-themed Russian Roulette changed game night forever (2025-12-22)
• Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee. How cat-themed Russian Roulette changed game night forever (2025-12-22)
• Advice Line with Bobby Trussell of Tempur-Pedic (2025-12-18)
• 93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever (2025-12-15)
• Advice Line with Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring (2025-12-11)
• Khan Academy: Sal Khan. From Tutoring His Cousins to Teaching the World For Free (September 2020) (2025-12-08)
• Advice Line with Jane Wurwand of Dermalogica (December 2024) (2025-12-04)
• Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map. (2025-12-01)
• Advice Line with Bill Creelman of Spindrift (2025-11-27)
• Hydro Flask: Travis Rosbach. How a thirsty surfer changed the water bottle industry (2025-11-24)
• Advice Line with Anthony Casalena of Squarespace (2025-11-20)
• Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand. (2025-11-17)
• Advice Line with Chet Pipkin of Belkin International (2025-11-13)
• Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel (2025-11-10)
• Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements (2025-11-06)
• Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business. (2025-11-03)
• Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair (2025-10-30)
• Nuts.com: Jeff Braverman. From Corner Store to Snacktime Powerhouse (2025-10-27)
• Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft (2025-10-23)
• Magnolia: Chip & Joanna Gaines. From House Flipping to Household Name (2025-10-20)
• Advice Line with Stacy Madison of Stacy’s Pita Chips (2025-10-16)
• Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores. (2025-10-13)
• Advice Line with Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club (2025-10-09)
• Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand (2025-10-06)
• Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash (2025-10-02)
• Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet (2025-09-29)
• Advice Line with Randy Hetrick of TRX (2025-09-25)
• Poppi: Allison and Stephen Ellsworth. From Farmers Market Vinegar Drink to $2B Soda Sensation (2025-09-22)
• Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty (2025-09-18)
• Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global (2025-09-15)