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. New episodes release on Mondays and Thursdays.
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- 5 Hello, My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That StickAlexandra Watkins · 1× across 1 episode
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- 7 No Experience Necessary: Why Betting on Yourself in Your Twenties is the Best Decision You'll Ever MakeRonan Harari · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 Nursery StyleSerena Dugan and Lily Kanter · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 Pets Are FamilyErica Sinner · 1× across 1 episode PA
- 11 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Biochemistry of Infant Formula Manufacturing Practicesunknown · 1× across 1 episode TB
- 13 The Birth of a BrandBrian Smith · 1× across 1 episode
- 14 The E-Myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber · 1× across 1 episode
- 15 The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz · 1× across 1 episode
- 16 The Innovator's DilemmaClayton Christensen · 1× across 1 episode
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- 3 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 5× across 5 episodes
- 4 The Lean StartupEric Ries · 5× across 5 episodes
- 5 Book of MormonJoseph Smith · 3× across 3 episodes
- 6 OriginalsAdam Grant · 3× across 3 episodes
- 7 Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill · 3× across 3 episodes
- 8 Against All GrainDanielle Walker · 2× across 2 episodes
- 9 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerKai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin · 2× across 2 episodes
- 10 Blue Ocean StrategyW. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne · 2× across 2 episodes
- 11 Breaking the Vicious CycleElaine Gottschall · 2× across 2 episodes
- 12 Burn RateAndy Dunn · 2× across 2 episodes
- 13 Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson · 2× across 2 episodes
- 14 Daring GreatlyBrené Brown · 2× across 2 episodes
- 15 Diet for a Small PlanetFrances Moore Lappé · 2× across 2 episodes
- 16 Driven to DistractionDr. Hallowell · 2× across 2 episodes
- 17 Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday · 2× across 2 episodes
- 18 Europe Through the Back DoorRick Steves · 2× across 2 episodes
- 19 FoundationIsaac Asimov · 2× across 2 episodes
- 20 Good to GreatJim Collins · 2× across 2 episodes
- 21 HTML for DummiesEd Tittel · 2× across 2 episodes
- 22 Happy Wives ClubFawn Weaver · 2× across 2 episodes
- 23 Healthy in a HurryDanielle Walker · 2× across 2 episodes
- 24 I Am InvincibleNorma Kamali · 2× across 2 episodes
- 25 Jack Daniel's LegacyUnknown · 2× across 2 episodes
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- 30 The E-Myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber · 2× across 2 episodes
- 31 The Essential New York Times CookbookAmanda Hesser · 2× across 2 episodes
- 32 The Innovator's DilemmaClayton Christensen · 2× across 2 episodes
- 33 The Joy of CookingIrma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker · 2× across 2 episodes
- 34 The Paradox of ChoiceBarry Schwartz · 2× across 2 episodes
- 35 The Sports GeneDavid Epstein · 2× across 2 episodes
- 36 Think AgainAdam Grant · 2× across 2 episodes
- 37 Travel as a Political ActRick Steves · 2× across 2 episodes
- 38 When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleHarold S. Kushner · 2× across 2 episodes
- 39 10 Real SATsCollege Board · 1× across 1 episode
- 40 10% HappierDan Harris · 1× across 1 episode
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- 45 All Marketers Are LiarsSeth Godin · 1× across 1 episode
- 46 Always Home: A Memoir of My Leaky LifeFanny Singer · 1× across 1 episode
- 47 American FlannelSteven Kurutz · 1× across 1 episode
- 48 Amusing Ourselves to DeathNeil Postman · 1× across 1 episode
- 49 An Abundance of KatherinesJohn Green · 1× across 1 episode
- 50 Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1× across 1 episode
- 51 Beyond DisruptionRenee Mauborgne · 1× across 1 episode
- 52 Bhagavad GitaUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 53 BibleVarious · 1× across 1 episode
- 54 Blue Ocean ShiftRenee Mauborgne · 1× across 1 episode
- 55 Born to RunBruce Springsteen · 1× across 1 episode
- 56 BossypantsTina Fey · 1× across 1 episode
- 57 Bowling AloneRobert Putnam · 1× across 1 episode
- 58 Brewing Up a BusinessSam Calagione · 1× across 1 episode
- 59 Bringing Down the HouseBen Mezrich · 1× across 1 episode
- 60 Built for a Better World: How Seventh Generation Pioneered a Movement That Changed the Purpose of BusinessJeffrey Hollander · 1× across 1 episode BF
- 61 Cars and Trucks and Things That GoRichard Scarry · 1× across 1 episode
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- 63 Chicken Soup for the SoulJack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen · 1× across 1 episode
- 64 Collected Works of Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges · 1× across 1 episode CW
- 65 Conscious CapitalismJohn Mackey · 1× across 1 episode
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