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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Melissa Butler
The Lip Bar (TLB): Melissa Butler (2020) · 2 episodes

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Melissa Urban
Whole30: Melissa Urban · Apr 2024

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Meridith Baer
Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map. · Dec 2025

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Michael Acton Smith

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Michael Dell
Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018) · 2 episodes

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Michael Dubin
Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin, From Zero to a Billion Dollar Exit in Five Years (December 2018) · 3 episodes

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Michael Horvath
How I Built Resilience: Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey of Strava · Feb 2021

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Michael Houlihan

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Michael Kirban
Vita Coco: Michael Kirban · Aug 2020

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Michael Kors
Michael Kors: Michael Kors · Mar 2023

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Michael Preysman
Advice Line with Michael Preysman of Everlane · 2 episodes

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Michael Rubin
Fanatics: Michael Rubin · Jan 2025

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Michelle Wahler
Beyond Yoga: Michelle Wahler · Feb 2025

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Miguel McKelvey
Advice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork · 4 episodes

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Mike Faherty

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Mike Pfotenhauer
Osprey Packs: Mike Pfotenhauer · Feb 2023

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Mike Radenbaugh
Rad Power Bikes: Mike Radenbaugh · Sep 2020

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Mike Rypka
Torchy's Tacos: Mike Rypka · Jul 2025

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Mike Sinyard
Specialized Bicycle Components: Mike Sinyard · Jul 2024

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Miles Copeland
I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland · Dec 2022

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Missy Park
Title Nine: Missy Park (October 2021) · 2 episodes

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Missy Tannen
Boll & Branch: Scott and Missy Tannen · Nov 2024

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Mitchell Gold
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Home Furnishings: Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams · Mar 2022

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Monica Nassif
Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyer's · 2 episodes

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Monique Rodriguez
Mielle Organics: Monique Rodriguez · May 2023

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Morgan DeBaun
How I Built Resilience: Live with Morgan DeBaun · Jul 2020

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Morra Aarons-Mele
How I Built Resilience: Morra Aarons-Mele of Women Online · Dec 2020

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Nancy Twine
Briogeo Hair Care: Nancy Twine (2020) · 2 episodes

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Natalie Gordon
Babylist: Natalie Gordon. How a new mom used nap time to build a $500M business. · Nov 2025

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Nelson Gonzalez

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Newsha Ghaeli

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Nick DiGiovanni
HIBT Lab! Osmo Salt: Nick DiGiovanni · Jan 2023

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Nick Green
Thrive Market: Nick Green · Aug 2024

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Nicolas Jammet
Sweetgreen: Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman · Apr 2020

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Nicolas Mermoud

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Nicole Argüelles

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Nicole Bernard Dawes
Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them · Aug 2026

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Nikhil Arora
Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez · Nov 2021

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Niklas Zennström
Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström · Mar 2025

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Nirav Tolia
Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global · Sep 2025

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