How I Built This with Guy Raz

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.

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Every guest on How I Built This with Guy Raz

585 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Lara Merriken
Advice Line with Lara Merriken of LÄRABAR (October 2024) · 4 episodes

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Larry Liu
Weee!: Larry Liu · Mar 2024

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Laura Ballance
Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan · Dec 2021

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Lauren Neustadter

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Leah Solivan
Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · 4 episodes

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Lena Phoenix

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Lily Hevesh
HIBT Lab! Hevesh5: Lily Hevesh · Apr 2023

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Lindsey Boyd
The Laundress: Lindsey Boyd · Jul 2020

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Lisa Baird
How I Built Resilience: Lisa Baird of National Women's Soccer League · Mar 2021

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Lisa Poncia

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Lisa Price
Lisa Price Of Carol's Daughter At The HIBT Summit · 3 episodes

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Lloyd Armbrust
HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust · Apr 2022

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Loren Poncia
How I Built Resilience: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch · Jan 2021

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Lorenzo Lewis
HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis · Mar 2023

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Lucie Basch
The surprise that's saving food with Lucie Basch of Too Good To Go (2023) · 2 episodes

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Luke Holden
How I Built Resilience: Luke Holden and Ben Conniff of Luke's Lobster · 2 episodes

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Lynda Weinman
Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin · Sep 2021

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Lyndon Cormack
Advice Line with Lyndon Cormack of Herschel Supply Co. · Feb 2025

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Madeline Haydon
nutpods: Madeline Haydon · May 2024

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Manish Chandra
Poshmark: Manish Chandra · Feb 2024

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Manoj Bhargava
5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava · Mar 2017

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Marc Ecko
ECKO UNLTD and COMPLEX: Marc Ecko · Jun 2024

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Marc Merrill

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Marcia Kilgore
Advice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025) · 5 episodes

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Mariana Matus
HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli · Feb 2023

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Mark Atlan
Meet The HIBT Fellows: Mark Atlan & Zach Correa · May 2021

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Mark Constantine
Lush Cosmetics: Mark Constantine · Oct 2020

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Mark Gainey
Strava: Mark Gainey and Michael Horvath · May 2022

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Mark Lawrence
SpotHero: Mark Lawrence · Mar 2025

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Mark Ramadan
Advice Line with Mark Ramadan of Sir Kensington's (June 2024) · 2 episodes

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Mark Sisson
Primal Kitchen: Mark Sisson · Mar 2024

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Marques Brownlee
HIBT Lab! MKBHD: Marques Brownlee · Nov 2022

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Mary Waldner
Mary's Gone Crackers: Mary Waldner · Jul 2023

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Matanya Horowitz
When robots recycle with Matanya Horowitz of AMP Robotics · Jul 2023

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Matt Gibson
HIBT Lab! New Culture: Matt Gibson and Inja Radman · Apr 2023

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Matt Meeker
BARK: Matt Meeker · Nov 2024

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Matt O’Hayer
Vital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg · Mar 2026

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Maureen Kelly
Advice Line with Maureen Kelly of Tarte Cosmetics · 2 episodes

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Maxine Clark
Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire · Jun 2026

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Mei Xu
Advice Line with Mei Xu of Chesapeake Bay Candle and Blueme · 3 episodes

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