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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Craig Culver
Culver's: Craig Culver · Oct 2022

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Craig Newmark
Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet · Sep 2025

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Curran Dandurand
Advice Line with Jeff and Curran Dandurand of Jack Black Skin Care · Apr 2025

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Curt Jones
Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones · Sep 2019

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Curt Richardson
Advice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox · 2 episodes

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Cynt Marshall
Live From The HIBT Summit: Cynt Marshall, Chieh Huang, and Sadie Lincoln on Leadership · 2 episodes

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Cynthia Tice
Lily’s Sweets: Cynthia Tice · Sep 2024

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Daina Trout
Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020) · 2 episodes

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Dalbir Singh

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Danae Ringelmann
93 Rejections, One Revolution: How Indiegogo Changed Crowdfunding Forever · Dec 2025

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Daniel Humm
Exclusive Update: The Chef Who Shocked the Culinary World and Why He’s Changing Course Again—Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park · 2 episodes

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Daniel Lubetzky
KIND bars: Daniel Lubetzky. From peace in the Middle East to a $5 billion snack bar · Apr 2026

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Daniela Corrente
How I Built Resilience: Daniela Corrente of Reel · Dec 2020

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Danielle Walker
Healing through food with Danielle Walker of Against All Grain (2022) · 2 episodes

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Danny Winer
Hexclad: Danny Winer · Apr 2025

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Darina Garland
Ooni Pizza Ovens: Darina Garland and Kristian Tapaninaho · Nov 2022

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Dave Anderson
Famous Dave's: Dave Anderson (2020) · 2 episodes

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Dave Dahl
Dave's Killer Bread: Dave Dahl · Jul 2019

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Dave Ferguson
HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson · Jan 2023

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Dave Weiner
Advice Line with Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles · 2 episodes

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David Karr
Guayakí Yerba Mate: David Karr and Chris Mann · Nov 2022

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David Kelley
HIBT Lab! IDEO: David Kelley · Jul 2022

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David Liu

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David Neeleman
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue · 5 episodes

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David Nussbaum
“Beaming” people anywhere in the world with David Nussbaum of Proto · Mar 2024

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Daymond John
Advice Line with Daymond John of FUBU · 3 episodes

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Dennis Gross
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare: Dennis and Carrie Gross · Mar 2025

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Deval Patrick
How I Built Resilience: Live with Deval Patrick · Jun 2020

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Dhar Mann
Dhar Mann Studios: Dhar Mann · Apr 2024

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Dinesh Tadepalli
Meet The HIBT Fellows: Dinesh Tadepalli & Jennifer Zeitler · May 2021

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Dominique Ansel
The Cronut and Dominique Ansel Bakery: Dominique Ansel · Jun 2024

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Don Katz
Audible: Don Katz · Nov 2021

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Don Vultaggio
Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple · Sep 2025

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Donnel Baird
Reinvesting in our cities with renewable energy with Donnel Baird of BlocPower (2022) · 2 episodes

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Drew Harrington

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Eileen Fisher
Eileen Fisher: Eileen Fisher (2017) · 2 episodes

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Elan Lee
Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee. How cat-themed Russian Roulette changed game night forever · Dec 2025

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Elisa Villanueva Beard
How I Built Resilience: Elisa Villanueva Beard of Teach For America · Jan 2021

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Elizabeth Cutler

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Ellen Latham
Orangetheory Fitness: Ellen Latham · Apr 2023

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