How I Built This

NPR

Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. Read more

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Episodes

Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global

09/15/2025 01:08:05Advice Line with Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles

09/11/2025 00:55:46 Carlton Calvin: Razor. The wild rise, collapse, and reinvention of a mobile toy empire.

09/08/2025 01:13:50Advice Line: Playing to Your Strengths

09/04/2025 00:37:56Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple

09/01/2025 00:59:35 Show all episodes

Our take on How I Built This podcast

How I built this tells the story behind the start of the world's most successful companies. In every episode, Guy Raz interviews inventors, entrepreneurs, and idealists to unveil the thoughts and experiences behind the designers, strategists, and leaders who built the great brands, companies, and trends setting the industry and consumer clock right now. How I built this is produced by NPR and one of the most popular and respected podcasts in the business world since it launched in 2016.