How I Built This Transcripts
Free transcripts for 68 episodes of How I Built This. Open any episode to read the transcript excerpt — the complete transcript and AI summary are free by email.
Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It
Aug 3, 202675 min13,176 wordsAdvice Line with Chris Riccobono of UNTUCKit
Jul 30, 202646 min10,400 wordsSweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.
Jul 27, 202672 min16,046 wordsAdvice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox
Jul 23, 202641 min8,791 wordsToast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
Jul 20, 202651 min10,145 wordsAdvice Line with Kenneth Cole
Jul 16, 202645 min9,443 wordsSun Bum: Tom Rinks. The Secrets of a Master Brand Builder (2023)
Jul 13, 202675 min15,991 wordsAdvice Line with Jeni Britton of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (2025)
Jul 9, 202648 min10,781 wordsCatalina Crunch: Krishna Kaliannan. From Homemade Keto Cocoa Puffs to Breakfast Aisle Breakthrough
Jul 6, 202663 min12,795 wordsAdvice Line with Ronnen Harary of Spin Master/PAW Patrol
Jul 2, 202643 min9,495 wordse.l.f. Cosmetics: Joey Shamah. The Dollar Store Formula That Built a Cosmetics Giant
Jun 29, 202674 min14,566 wordsAdvice Line with Susan Griffin-Black of EO Products
Jun 25, 202643 min8,863 wordsSTARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct
Jun 22, 202674 min14,848 wordsAdvice Line with Shazi Visram of Happy Family Organics
Jun 18, 202645 min9,384 wordsBuild-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
Jun 15, 202664 min13,477 wordsAdvice Line with Christina Tosi of Milk Bar
Jun 11, 202645 min9,335 wordsShopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019)
Jun 8, 202658 min11,602 wordsAdvice Line with Tim Ferriss (August 2025)
Jun 4, 202647 min8,595 wordsUGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.
Jun 1, 202688 min15,899 wordsAdvice Line with Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation
May 28, 202646 min8,246 wordsJustin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.
May 25, 202687 min17,008 wordsAdvice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur
May 21, 202648 min9,612 wordsNVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company
May 18, 202667 min12,039 wordsAdvice Line: New Offerings, Bigger Markets
May 14, 202641 min8,813 wordsRoom & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
May 11, 202661 min11,029 wordsAdvice Line with Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed
May 7, 202643 min8,256 wordsBeautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
May 4, 202672 min14,664 wordsAdvice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
Apr 30, 202644 min8,660 wordsShep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand.
Apr 27, 202668 min13,247 wordsAdvice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns
Apr 23, 202640 min8,610 wordsKIND bars: Daniel Lubetzky. From peace in the Middle East to a $5 billion snack bar
Apr 20, 202665 min12,714 wordsAdvice Line with Chieh Huang of Boxed
Apr 16, 202651 min10,822 wordsiRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 202663 min10,653 wordsAdvice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle
Apr 9, 202642 min8,547 wordsWingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting Exit
Apr 6, 202678 min14,010 wordsAdvice Line with Angie & Dan Bastian of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP
Apr 2, 202649 min9,265 wordsdiapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
Mar 30, 202673 min15,214 wordsAdvice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025)
Mar 26, 202640 min8,648 wordsVital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg
Mar 23, 202668 min14,630 wordsAdvice Line with Hernan Lopez of Wondery
Mar 12, 202644 min8,242 wordsBobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business
Mar 9, 202658 min10,618 wordsAdvice Line with Miguel McKelvey of WeWork
Mar 5, 202644 min8,855 wordsKettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand
Mar 2, 202660 min10,314 wordsAdvice Line with Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post
Feb 26, 202641 min7,509 wordsSquare: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
Feb 23, 202671 min14,448 wordsAdvice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps
Feb 19, 202648 min9,502 wordsSpinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M
Feb 16, 202660 min12,313 wordsAdvice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite
Feb 12, 202646 min8,937 wordsNetflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant
Feb 9, 202684 min14,292 wordsAdvice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment
Feb 5, 202646 min9,073 wordsHOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza
Feb 2, 202655 min10,874 wordsAdvice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Jan 29, 202653 min11,040 wordsTaylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon
Jan 26, 202669 min13,451 wordsAdvice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyers
Jan 22, 202640 min8,032 wordsGymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
Jan 19, 202680 min16,926 wordsAdvice Line with Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker
Jan 15, 202645 min9,036 wordsLa Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020)
Jan 12, 202668 min13,827 wordsAdvice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024)
Jan 8, 202653 min11,102 wordsAdvice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business
Jan 1, 202643 min9,227 wordsSkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed
Dec 29, 202584 min16,185 wordsAdvice Line with Todd Graves of Raising Cane's
Dec 25, 202550 min12,034 wordsFaherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores.
Oct 13, 202573 min15,592 wordsCraigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet
Sep 29, 202565 min10,198 wordsDon Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
Sep 1, 202559 min11,730 wordsCrumbl: Jason McGowan
Aug 11, 202564 min14,455 wordsChobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022)
Jul 14, 202588 min16,959 wordsRick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves (2021)
Jul 7, 202577 min16,173 wordsUNTUCKit: Chris Riccobono
Jun 23, 202573 min16,133 words
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