How I Built This

The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs

By: Guy Raz

Narrated by: Guy Raz

Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture.

Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy’s Pita Chips).

Award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz has interviewed more than 200 highly successful entrepreneurs to uncover amazing true stories like these. In How I Built This, he shares tips for every entrepreneur's journey: from the early days of formulating your idea, to raising money and recruiting employees, to fending off competitors, to finally paying yourself a real salary. This is a must-listen for anyone who has ever dreamed of starting their own business or wondered how trailblazing entrepreneurs made their own dreams a reality.

©2020 Guy Raz (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Great book for aspiring entrepreneurs

I loved every minute of this. I’ve heard some of these business’s stories before, but Guy Raz managed to uncover aspects that feel more real and put their founding into a much more relatable perspective. He seems to ask the right questions and really gain the trust of the founders he interviews. I’m left feeling like a really can start the business I want to start!

Loved the story

Guy Raz did a fantastic job writing these stories and an even better job narrating them with the emotion and inflection indicative of his iconic voice. I recommend this book for all entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs.

Love it!

I love the podcast and the book! Thank you, Guy, for lighting my fire even more!!!

Great audio book

Lots of great stories that inspire and motivate you to follow your dreams and do something great in life.

Great book for current and future business leaders

Loved it. Listened 3 times in a two week period. Guy does a great job writing and reading this excellent book.