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How I Built This with Guy Raz

Tell us your favorite HIBT episode and you might hear your voice on the show! Here’s how.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.831.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Take a listen to this message from Guy, then email us the file at [email protected]. We'll play some of your favorites in the ad breaks of future episodes!

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0:00.0

Hi Guy, my name is Grace and I'm from Reston, Virginia. I have too many favorite episodes. I can't possibly pick just one, but I will never forget where I was when I heard Jamie Siminoff from Ring talk about the crisis that almost crushed his

0:15.3

company and then how his wife responded. I learned how moments of grace in the

0:20.2

darkest of times can make all the difference in the world.

0:23.7

Wow that is such a nice note from Grace.

0:25.8

Thank you and yeah we all love that episode too.

0:28.9

It's Guy by the way here and ever since I ask

0:31.4

listeners to submit voice memos of their favorite episodes,

0:34.4

we've gotten some incredible responses like the one you just heard.

0:38.0

It's a nice way to spread a little joy and to put your voice on our show. Here, let me play you a few more.

0:45.0

Without a doubt, my favorite episode of all time is the AirB&B1. I think back often to them

0:51.0

selling Obama and McCain serial as the definition of doing whatever it takes to keep

0:58.9

your business alive for just one more day.

1:02.2

My favorite episode was with Sarah Blakely from Spanks. When she brought her idea for a footless

1:08.1

panty hose to the manufacturer, they thought that she was crazy and that nobody would want it and when I first

1:14.0

submitted my product idea to a manufacturer they thought the same thing.

1:18.1

My favorite episode is the one with Danny Meyer of Shake Shack and it's especially the part where he says

1:25.0

that in order to be in business you have to learn to love problems.

1:29.3

It changed my whole perspective on how I run my business.

1:33.0

And if you want to submit your favorite episodes,

1:35.0

grab your smartphone and record a short memo like less than 30 seconds

1:40.0

and tell us your name, where do you live,

1:42.0

and which episode is your favorite and why.

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