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. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds. New episodes release on Mondays and Thursdays.
Stewart Butterfield’s entrepreneurial path demonstrates how significant business innovations often emerge from the wreckage of failed projects. After two attempts to build massively multiplayer online games, Butterfield repurposed internal communication and photo-sharing tools into Flickr and Slack, respectively. These...
In this episode of "How I Built This," Guy Raz interviews Patrick and John Collison, the brothers who founded Stripe, a $9 billion online payment processing company. They discuss their upbringing in rural Ireland, their early interest in coding, and their first successful business, Octomatic. The conversation delves in...
Jane Wurwand transformed the skincare industry by identifying a critical gap in the United States market: the absence of professional-grade, education-focused skin treatments. Leveraging her background as a trained beautician, she and her partner Raymond founded the International Dermal Institute to bridge the training...
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