Guy Raz is the host and co-creator of the smash NPR program, How I Built This and author of a new book by the same name. On the show, Guy provides entrepreneurs a platform to share their company’s origin stories and the trials and tribulations involved in getting their companies off the ground. In the new book, Guy goes deeper, reflecting on all he’s learned about what makes founders click. 

In addition to How I Built This, Guy is the co-creator of TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World, the first NPR podcast for kids. His programs reach over 14 million people every month. 

Before becoming one of the best-known podcasters in history, Guy was a war reporter and foreign correspondent. In 2000 NPR named Guy the bureau chief in Berlin where he covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He was just 25 years old. During his six years abroad, he reported from more than 40 countries including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Macedonia. For his reporting from Iraq, Guy won both the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Daniel Schorr Journalism prize. His reporting has contributed to two duPont awards and one Peabody awarded to NPR. 

Guy worked as CNN’s Jerusalem correspondent from 2004-2006, after which he returned to NPR and served as defense correspondent, covering the Pentagon and the US military. 

Learn more about Guy on his website. 

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Produced and edited by Mike Carano

Topics addressed in this episode include: Entrepreneurship, venture capital, Entrepreneurs, Founders, start-ups, startups, leadership, radio, NPR, innovation, Sara Blakely, Spanx, Jim Koch, Boston Beer.

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