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🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Have you ever wondered how some of the biggest companies like Chobani, OpenAI or Michael Kors got started? On the podcast How I Built This, Guy Raz interviews the world’s best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands from day 1. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their long journey to eventual success. How I Built This with Guy Raz is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.
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0:00.0 | How I built this is a podcast you're probably going to like where host Guy Ross talks to founders |
0:06.0 | behind some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies to learn how they built them |
0:10.2 | from the ground up. Guy has sat down with hundreds of entrepreneurs behind well-known companies |
0:15.2 | in every industry like PayPal, Chobani, OpenAI, Michael Cores, Sunbomb and Orange Theory, |
0:21.9 | as well as entrepreneurs working to solve some of the biggest problems of our time, |
0:26.3 | like developing technology that pulls energy from the ground to heat and cool homes, |
0:30.7 | or even figuring out how to make drinking water from air and sunlight. |
0:34.8 | But how I built this isn't just about the perfect success stories. Guy and his guests also |
0:40.3 | explore some of the darker moments and challenges that are a huge part of any entrepreneur story, |
0:45.5 | like learning to manage risk, the challenges of raising money and being able to learn from your |
0:50.4 | mistakes. On a recent episode of the show, Guy spoke with Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya. |
0:56.4 | Today Chobani is one of the best-known yogurt companies in the world, but Hamdi's entrepreneurial |
1:01.6 | journey was far from easy. At 18, Hamdi said goodbye to everything and everyone he knew in Turkey, |
1:07.6 | and emigrated to the United States where he eventually started a business selling fetiches. |
1:12.6 | After two grueling years, just as he was starting to make a little money, |
1:17.0 | Hamdi stumbled upon what would end up becoming a huge opportunity while sorting through the |
1:21.7 | junk mail that had been piling up on his desk. You're about to hear a clip from how I built this, |
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1:36.2 | I opened the envelope. I don't know but it comes from, of course, it's interesting. I opened it. |
1:40.7 | I look at it. It's literally an ad. It says, fully equipped yogurt plant for sale. |
1:49.1 | And I throw them into the garbage. I continue. And I still don't know why. I went back to that |
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