Bonobos: Andy Dunn (2019)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

When Andy Dunn was in business school, his housemate Brian Spaly created a new type of men's pants: stylish, tailored trousers that fit well in both the hips and thighs. Together, they started the men's clothing company Bonobos, which became an instant hit due to the pants' signature flair and innovative e-commerce experience. But within a few years, Andy hit challenging roadblocks, including a struggle with depression and a falling-out with his co-founder and friend. Despite many moments of crisis, Andy steered Bonobos to massive success, and in 2017, it was acquired by Walmart for a reported $310 million.

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0:30.0	Hey everyone, so next week you'll start seeing two episodes of how I built this
0:35.0	in your feeds every single week.
0:37.0	And as you probably know, you can follow how I built this on Amazon Music, Apple,
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0:44.0	But I want to let you know that you can actually listen to the next episode of how I built this right now,
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0:59.0	So while our team works to add more content to the feed for all of our listeners,
1:03.0	we thought we'd visit some favorite episodes from the archive.
1:06.0	This week, it's my conversation with Andy Dunn, the co-founder of Bonobos.
1:10.0	It first ran in January of 2019.
1:13.0	It's a good one and I hope you enjoy it.
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