Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Andy Puddicombe is not your typical entrepreneur—in his early twenties, he gave away everything he owned to train as a Buddhist monk. But after ten years, he decided he wanted to bring the benefits of his meditation techniques to more people. While running a meditation clinic in London, Andy met Rich Pierson, who had burned out on his job at a high-powered London ad agency. Together, they founded Headspace in 2010. Over ten years later, Headspace's guided meditation app has users in 190 countries and an annual revenue of over $100 million. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:07.0	Download the app today.
0:09.0	When you leave home, can you ever really go back?
0:12.0	Made a version!
0:13.0	Soccer legend Leo Messi and I both left Argentina as kids.
0:17.0	You know you're that piece of a puzzle that doesn't fit anywhere.
0:20.0	To so many immigrants, football is a way to reconnect.
0:23.0	Listen to the last cop in the embedded podcast feed
0:26.0	to hear the latest collaboration from MPR and Fududo Studios.
0:30.0	Hey everyone and happy new year!
0:32.0	You know, we wanted to set just the right mood for 2022.
0:36.0	So we're running an episode that is so full of joy and good vibes
0:40.0	and of course great advice.
0:42.0	It's one of our favorites from the archives, the story of Headspace.
0:46.0	Hope you enjoy.
0:51.0	We knew the business that we had wasn't working.
0:54.0	And so with the last bit of cash that we had,
0:57.0	we managed to pull in every single favor that we had left.
1:01.0	Our friends and family, it said, we really love you guys
1:04.0	but we're not giving you any more money.
1:06.0	This is a terrible business like well done but enough's enough.
1:14.0	From MPR, it's how I built this.
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