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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 20211h
Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
As college students in the late 1980s, Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan launched two projects that came to define their trajectories as entrepreneurs: the "punky but poppy" band Chunk, and the scrappy...
6 Dec 20211h 17min
