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Recommends the How I Built This episodes with Airbnb co-founders Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky as further reading on building a marketplace.
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Podcast
How I Built This
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. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds. How I Built This is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
58 Hacker News mentions · 17 episodes
Episodes recommended on Hacker News
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Listened to Bob Moore's story of founding Bob's Red Mill in his 50s on How I Built This today; the commenter says age seems to be only in our minds.
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Bob's Red Mill: Bob Moore
with Bob Moore
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Not a book but there's a good episode of the How I Built This podcast that gives a great overview.
@ewhanley
10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention
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Their How I Built This episode was pretty interesting, especially their account of why they stopped cutting prices below $99.
@el_benhameen
Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores.
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You can listen to the How I Built This podcast about it, pretty interesting
@fierro
Advice Line with Randy Hetrick of TRX
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A recent How I Built This episode covers Zipline, the company doing real drone deliveries.
@amorriscode
Delivering the future in drones with Keller Rinaudo Cliffton of Zipline
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Recommends the NPR How I Built This episode on Springfree trampolines as another great inventor story.
@adamredwoods
Bonus Episode! Ask Guy Anything: December 2021
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The Atlassian episode of How I Built This is the podcast version of this article's story.
@a_c
Atlassian: Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
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Find the How I Built This Wayfair episode very interesting: they built several businesses, then raised money to build one brand.
@andyidsinga
Wayfair: Niraj Shah & Steve Conine (2018)
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Heard about him first on How I Built This; it's a good listen.
@amrrs
Zappos: Tony Hsieh (2017)
with Tony Hsieh
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Really great story on doing things that don't scale, finding a niche but loyal customer base, and expanding organically.
@abuckenheimer
Live Episode! Peloton: John Foley
with John Foley
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Recommends Anthony Casalena's episode, noting he was a one-man show starting out and the founding story is worth hearing.
@tpowell
Squarespace: Anthony Casalena
with Anthony Casalena
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NPR How I Built This interviewed Tony Xu and covered the same questions as the linked DoorDash piece.
@kumarm
DoorDash: Tony Xu
with Tony Xu
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Intimate conversations with very successful entrepreneurs; the Nolan Bushnell episode on Atari and Chuck E. Cheese was especially motivating.
@tootie
Atari & Chuck E. Cheese's: Nolan Bushnell (2017)
with Nolan Bushnell
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Highly recommends NPR's How I Built This, citing its many episodes, including one with Yvon Chouinard.
@drej
Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard (2016)
with Yvon Chouinard
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Also check out this interview from the founders on "How I Built This" podcast.
@kqr2
Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler
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NPR's How I Built This had an interesting interview with the Beyond Meat founder on how they got started and the challenges they've faced.
@shostack
Live Episode! Beyond Meat: Ethan Brown
with Ethan Brown
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How I Built This especially is of incredible quality
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Entrepreneurial without the Silicon Valley kool-aid or being too mainstream. Guy is an excellent interviewer and a very entertaining host.
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Likes NPR podcasts, especially From Scratch and How I Built This, which they feel the HN community would enjoy.
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Recommends the How I Built This podcast from NPR as a show worth listening to.
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How I built this is not a tech podcast but I think there is a lot of good lessons to learn.
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A great podcast series from NPR. The Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard interview was inspiring.
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An incredibly well done podcast about how entrepreneurs built their businesses, likely interesting to HN readers.
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Recommends How I Built This with Guy Raz and Gimlet's Startup as podcasts about startups.
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Interviews founders about the humble beginnings of their companies, like Airbnb, Mark Cuban, WeWork, and Lyft.
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There's a great How I Built This episode about Patagonia cofounder Yvon Chouinard and his values.
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Listen to an inspiring podcast while running; "How I Built This" is their favourite, and they reserve it for runs for motivation.
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Interesting hearing the stories of the founders on how they built their business, from Southwest Airlines to Atari to Chipotle.
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The grittiest founder story the commenter has heard: over-promised to suppliers, customers, and investors, made it work, and the company stayed on precarious footing for about a decade.
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Listen to the AirBnB story on the podcast "How I built this" for how Airbnb got started before YC.
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All episodes of How I Built This by Guy Raz on NPR; especially Barry Diller Part I and II on Masters of Scale.
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Found the How I Built This episode with Perry Chen from Kickstarter quite insightful on social enterprise.
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Recommends How I Built This for honest founder stories from childhood onward, showing that business success takes time, hard work, and resilience.
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If anyone is interested in learning more about Sir James Dyson there is a good interview with Dyson on NPR's "How I built this"
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Highly recommends the NPR show, saying every interview is good regardless of company or industry, and that guests acknowledge luck plays a role.
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The commenter found the Instagram story interesting and links the "How I Built This" episode on it.
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Listen to the How I Built This episode with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger; Systrom's reflection on what comes after building a company is worth hearing.
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Highly suggests the Jake Burton episode, an incredibly moving and honest look at the beginnings of snowboarding.
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There was a good podcast about the founding period on NPR's How I Built This. Worth checking out.
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NPR's How I Built This covers the origins of Warby Parker, the eyeglass company started to combat insane prices.
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The best by far on general entrepreneurship and startups is How I Built This with Guy Raz on NPR.
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He did a great podcast episode on How I Built This too.
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Highly recommends everyone give How I Built This a listen, comparing its host Guy Raz favorably to Lex Fridman.
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Recommends the How I Built This episode about Method, calling it a great story.
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Listen to the podcast How I Built This - it does a better job of going deep and addressing both failures and successes.
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An excellent podcast full of very interesting stories, with big names as guests.
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Chip Wilson's How I Built This episode on inventing board shorts and founding Lululemon is really interesting.
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Commenter heard the How I Built This episode on Quaise's microwave drilling for geothermal and calls the idea of repurposing coal plant turbines brilliant.
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A lot of professional journalist-led podcasts are really excellent, with concise audio like on-demand talk radio.
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How I built this. Stories made me admire products a lot more.
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I would highly recommend listening to "How I Built This".
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Recently listened to a How I Built This episode with a PayPal mafia member; covers Peter Thiel's knack for spotting economic downturns.
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Commenter loves Guy Raz's How I Built This; notes failure, pivoting, and persistence recur in almost every success story.
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Tricks like this when starting out are pretty common, and founders openly admit them on public radio, so it's worth a listen.
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Hearing other founders' stories is inspiring, and listening together helped my wife and me think about our business.
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