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What How I Built This with Guy Raz Says About Communication
26 episodes about communication
<p>Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode,...
Key Insights on Communication
The person asking questions actually controls and directs the conversation, not the one giving answers
- Dr. Christina Maher combines software engineering, finance, and neuroscience backgrounds to develop brain-computer interfaces for enhanced human communication
- Future brain-to-brain communication could bypass language limitations, enabling direct neural activity transmission between individuals
- "Weird wins" - startups can thrive building products touching disagreement, persuasion, and sexuality that big tech committees explicitly avoid due to brand risk
- People who get prenups usually don't get divorced, suggesting the vulnerable conversation required builds relationship skills
- Communication and education help average people access medical wisdom and research they wouldn't otherwise have
- Tucker Carlson allegedly under DOJ investigation for back-channel communications with Iranian IRGC officials via text
- Case revealed terabytes of MSS officer communications, emails, and classified documents for first time in US history
Episodes
Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
Advice Line with Sarah LaFleur of M.M. LaFleur
NVIDIA: Jensen Huang. From near collapse to becoming the world’s biggest company
Advice Line: New Offerings, Bigger Markets
Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
Beautycounter: Gregg Renfrew. She Built Beautycounter to $1B… Then Got Fired From Her Own Company
Shep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand.
iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle
Wingstop: Antonio Swad. A Brilliant Idea — And a Nail-Biting Exit
Advice Line with Angie & Dan Bastian of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP
diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
Advice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025)
Vital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg
Advice Line: What’s Your Value?
Scrub Daddy: Aaron Krause. How a Failed Experiment Became a Billion-Dollar Sponge
Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business
Kettle Chips: Cameron Healy. The Wild Bet That Made a Brand
Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
Netflix: Reed Hastings. “We’re Not a Family.” The Provocative Idea That Helped Build a Streaming Giant
Advice Line with Jon Stein of Betterment
HOKA: Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Mermoud. The “Clown Shoe” That Became a $2B Bonanza
Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon
Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
Advice Line with Jack Conte of Patreon (December 2024)
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