Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
Vincent Kitirattragarn grew up in a Thai-Chinese-American household, which meant eating congee and lemongrass chicken, while also ordering chicken McNuggets with his younger brothers. He dreamed of op...
24 Jan 20221h 7min
Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
In the 1980s—the early days of cable television—John Hendricks got stuck on an idea he couldn't shake: to create a channel that would teach people cool things in an entertaining way. In college he had...
17 Jan 20221h 13min
M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur (2020)
When she was working corporate jobs in New York City, Sarah LaFleur hated getting dressed in the morning; the choices in her closet felt overwhelming, many items didn't fit right or wore out too quick...
10 Jan 20221h 8min
Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)
Andy Puddicombe is not your typical entrepreneur—in his early twenties, he gave away everything he owned to train as a Buddhist monk. But after ten years, he decided he wanted to bring the benefits of...
3 Jan 20221h 8min
Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King (2019)
Kathleen King was 11 years old when she started baking cookies to sell at her family's farm stand on Long Island. After college, she opened a small bake shop, and eventually started selling her cookie...
27 Des 202156min
Bonus Episode! Ask Guy Anything: December 2021
What makes a good How I Built This story? Why do our episodes take weeks to produce? How does Guy prepare for an interview? As a bonus this week, Guy wanted to take some time and answer a bunch of you...
23 Des 202114min
Spin Master/PAW Patrol: Ronnen Harary
Ronnen Harary built a 4 billion dollar toy company without relying on market research or focus groups. Instead, he believed wholeheartedly in intuition: the "ah-hah" moment that comes from thinking li...
20 Des 20211h 6min
Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
In 2010, rocket scientists Robbie Schingler and Will Marshall set an ambitious goal for themselves: to launch an aerospace mission with the speed and agility of a Silicon Valley startup. They set up ...
13 Des 20211h
