Kinko’s: Paul Orfalea
Kinko’s copy shops were once so ubiquitous that the name became a kind of shorthand for photocopying. Paul Orfalea started the first shop in 1970 in a tiny converted hamburger stand near UC Santa Barb...
21 Aug 20231h 1min
Making garbage useful with Tom Szaky of TerraCycle
Tom Szaky runs a recycling company, but he’d rather live in a world where recycling was obsolete... Today, his company recycles everything from shampoo bottles and makeup containers to snack wrappers ...
17 Aug 202343min
Solo Stove: Spencer and Jeff Jan
Over a nine-year period, Spencer and Jeff Jan grew Solo Stove from a DIY project into a 9-figure brand. Their original idea was modest: work a four-hour week and earn a passive income from a DTC campi...
14 Aug 20231h 1min
When our phones are just phones with Kai Tang and Joe Hollier of Light
Most of us are dependent on our smartphones. In fact, Americans spend an average of three hours a day on these devices — devices that only came into existence relatively recently. Designers Kai Tang a...
10 Aug 202332min
Orgain: Andrew Abraham
A life-threatening diagnosis changed the course of Andrew Abraham’s career and led him to found some of the most popular nutritional drinks and powders on the market. After recovering from his illness...
7 Aug 20231h 13min
Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
There’s a new car coming to market that will probably make its owners search out the sunniest spots in the parking lot...Aptera Motors is designing and manufacturing this car: a plug-in electric hybri...
3 Aug 202339min
The Tetris Company: Henk Rogers
Tetris is one of the most popular video games of all time, and Henk Rogers helped make it happen. He first discovered the game at a convention in 1988, and immediately saw how elegant and addictive it...
31 Jul 20231h 7min
When AI is your personal tutor with Sal Khan of Khan Academy
The COVID-19 pandemic changed education forever. But Sal Khan says an even bigger educational revolution is just around the corner …This week on How I Built This Lab, Sal returns to the show to talk a...
27 Jul 202337min
