Advice Line with Norma Kamali of Norma Kamali (2024)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Iconic fashion designer Norma Kamali joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early stage founders. Plus, Norma shares her take on balancing a strong creative vision with the financial realities of building a worldwide brand.

First we meet Ahmed in the U.K,, who’s refining a narrative for his eyeglass store concept in hopes of attracting investors. Then Bob in Chicago, who wants to change how people view lunch with his fast casual soup restaurants. And Adreana in Sacramento, who’s wondering if outside investment is the best way to scale her inclusive activewear business.

Thank you to the founders of Cambridge Spectacle Company, Sunny Bowls and the Love Her Shop for being part of the show.

If you’d like to be featured on a future Advice Line episode, leave us a one minute message that tells us about your business and a specific question you’d like answered. Send a voice memo to [email protected] or call 1-800-433-1298.

And be sure to listen to Norma Kamali’s founding story as told by Norma on the show in 2021.

This episode was produced by Kerry Thompson. It was edited by John Isabella. Our audio engineer was Neal Rauch.

You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram and sign up for Guy’s free newsletter at guyraz.com.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to how I built this early and ad-free right now.
0:05.7	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.3	This podcast is brought to you by Squarespace.
0:13.4	Squarespace is the all-in-one website platform designed to help you stand out and succeed online.
0:19.9	Whether you're just starting out or scaling your business,
0:23.3	Squarespace gives you everything you need to claim your domain,
0:26.7	showcase your offerings, grow your brand, and get paid all in one place.
0:32.0	I talk to business owners every single week,
0:34.2	and so many of them rely on Squarespace to connect with their customers
0:38.0	and keep track of their growth. With Squarespace's collection of cutting-edge design tools,
0:44.0	anyone can build a bespoke online presence that perfectly fits their brand. Plus, make smarter
0:50.6	business decisions with Squarespace's intuitive, built-in analytic tools.
0:55.8	Ready to get started?
0:57.1	Go to Squarespace.com and use code built for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.
1:04.5	Trust isn't just earned.
1:06.5	It's demanded.
1:07.3	Whether you're a startup founder navigating your first audit or a seasoned security professional scaling your GRC program, proving your commitment to security has never been more critical or more complex.
1:21.1	That's where Vanta comes in. Businesses use Vanta to establish trust by automating compliance needs across over 35 frameworks like SOC2 and ISO-2701, centralized security workflows, complete questionnaires up to five times faster, and proactively manage vendor risk.
1:41.9	Vanta not only saves you time, it can also save you money. A new IDC
1:47.6	white paper found that Vanta customers achieve $535,000 per year in benefits, and the platform
1:55.9	pays for itself in just three months. Join over 9,000 global companies like Atlassian, Quora, and Factory, who use Vanta to manage
2:05.8	risk and prove security in real time.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Guy Raz | Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Guy Raz | Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.