Raising Cane's: Todd Graves
By his early 20s, Todd Graves knew exactly what he wanted to do—open a restaurant near Louisiana State University that would make four things better than anyone else: chicken fingers, crinkle-cut frie...
25 Huhti 20221h 22min
HIBT Lab! WeWork: Miguel McKelvey
When Miguel McKelvey was first featured on How I Built This in 2017, his company was growing at an astounding rate. WeWork was considered the unicorn of unicorns. But after reaching a $47 billion valu...
21 Huhti 202229min
Zola: Shan-Lyn Ma
In a way, Shan-Lyn Ma started attending business school when she was 11 years old and hasn't stopped since. She was hooked on entrepreneurship after winning her first business competition in grade sch...
18 Huhti 20221h 10min
HIBT Lab! Colin and Samir: Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry
Introducing: How I Built This Lab, a sandbox where we explore all kinds of ideas around entrepreneurship. For our very first episode of How I Built This Lab, Guy sits down with Colin Rosenblum and Sam...
14 Huhti 202237min
Florentine Films: Ken Burns
As a boy, Ken Burns was captivated by the power of film and dreamed of being the next Alfred Hitchcock or John Ford. But in college, he discovered that stories about American history could be just as ...
11 Huhti 20221h 17min
Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)
When Andy Dunn was in business school, his housemate Brian Spaly created a new type of men's pants: stylish, tailored trousers that fit well in both the hips and thighs. Together, they started the men...
4 Huhti 20221h 7min
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Home Furnishings: Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams
After working in the furniture and home goods industry for over a decade, Mitchell Gold took a risky bet and decided to start his own furniture company. In 1989, he went into business with his romanti...
28 Maalis 20221h 6min
WordPress & Automattic: Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg turned his early passion for blogging into a flourishing business and an unshakeable idea: that users should be able to share and tweak the code that powers their websites, and that mos...
21 Maalis 20221h 17min
