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Guy Raz and Jack Conte provide advice to three entrepreneurs: a coffee shop owner looking to create a honeymoon-themed subscription service, a food kit company wanting to expand to adult audiences, and a handwriting program founder seeking to market her product to schools.
Michael Dubin transforms a chance encounter with a warehouse full of razors into Dollar Shave Club, creating a viral marketing video that disrupts the razor market and leads to a billion-dollar Unilever acquisition in just five years.
In this Advice Line episode, entrepreneurs seek guidance on leveraging AI, social media strategies, and reigniting business growth, with insights from successful founders Randy Hetrick, Todd Graves, and Mei Xu.
Todd Graves joins Guy Raz to help three early-stage founders navigate business challenges, offering advice on franchising, financing, and expansion strategies across a coffee, pasta, and sandwich business.
Bobby Trussell of Tempur-Pedic joins Guy Raz on the Advice Line to help three early-stage founders from the seafood, paddleboarding, and life jacket industries solve their business challenges while offering insights on growth, scaling, and fundraising.
Three tech entrepreneurs transform the funding landscape by creating an open, democratic crowdfunding platform that challenges traditional gatekeepers and helps creators bring their projects to life during the 2008 financial crisis.
Entrepreneurs Scott Tannen of Boll & Branch and Jamie Siminoff of Ring offer advice to three early-stage business owners about bootstrapping, scaling, and finding unique market positioning across organic clothing, UV protection apparel, and stylish binoculars.
Jane Wurwand joins Guy Raz on the Advice Line to help three early-stage founders - a vegan baby food company, a parent fitness community, and a performance underwear brand - navigate challenges of scaling, building community, and maintaining product quality.
Meredith Baer, a former screenwriter, discovered home staging at 50 and transformed it into a multi-million dollar business, staging hundreds of high-end homes across major U.S. cities without raising outside capital.
Bill Creelman joins Guy Raz to help three early-stage entrepreneurs solve business challenges - a pickle beer maker, a Hawaiian flannel shirt company owner, and a kombucha business founder - offering advice on scaling, marketing, and focusing their efforts.
Three early-stage entrepreneurs seek advice from Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena on challenges ranging from marketing custom mattresses, launching first aid products in a competitive market, to introducing a digital companion app for eating disorder recovery.
Chet Pipkin joins Guy Raz to offer advice to three early-stage entrepreneurs: Daniel from EarthSuds, Meredith from Sideline Bags, and Ryan from Rolflex, helping them navigate challenges in product design, inventory management, and B2B sales.
Tom Hale transforms from a desk-bound environmental planner to a trailblazing entrepreneur, founding Backroads, an active travel company that now runs over 5,000 trips annually across 60+ countries, by embracing passion, persistence, and a unique approach to active travel experiences.
A thoughtful recap of a retreat exploring life's most valuable assets beyond money, including health, relationships, parenting, risk management, and redefining success through intentional living and personal growth.
Software engineer Natalie Gordon transforms her overwhelming baby store experience into Babylist, a universal baby registry platform that grew from a side project during naptime to a $500M business, revolutionizing how parents prepare for and receive support during their first months of parenthood.
Wayfair co-founder Niraj Shah joins the show to offer advice to three early-stage entrepreneurs about betting on themselves, defining their brands, and navigating the challenges of growing a business.
Jeff Braverman transformed his family's struggling $1 million nut store into a $100 million direct-to-consumer snack business by leveraging the early internet, Google AdWords, and innovative marketing strategies, ultimately keeping the business family-owned.
Lyft co-founder John Zimmer advises three early-stage founders on expanding their products internationally, securing inventory financing, and balancing work-life balance while building purpose-driven businesses.
Stacy Madison joins Guy Raz to help entrepreneurs solve their business challenges by offering advice to callers with unique businesses like a pizza steel brand and a Pisco spirits company.
Mike and Alex Faherty turn their childhood dream of a clothing brand into a $250 million business by blending surf culture with luxury fashion, defying traditional retail strategies by embracing wholesale, brick-and-mortar, and online sales across 80 stores.
Michael Dubin joins Guy Raz to help entrepreneurs solve their business challenges by offering advice to founders of a cheese company, a mobile mini golf business, and a wildland firefighter uniform manufacturer.
Vijen Patel and Drew McKenna disrupt the dry cleaning industry by creating PressBox, a locker-based laundry service that expands to multiple cities before being acquired by Procter & Gamble and transformed into Tide Cleaners.
Tony Hsu of DoorDash offers advice to three entrepreneurs about business challenges, discussing strategies for product expansion, fundraising, consumer education, and maintaining authentic growth.
Tony Hsu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, joins Guy Raz to help entrepreneurs solve business challenges by offering advice to callers from diverse industries like chocolate, knives, and grass-fed meat.
Craig Newmark accidentally creates a simple email list in San Francisco that evolves into Craigslist, a groundbreaking online classified ads platform that disrupts traditional advertising with its minimalist design and community-focused approach.
Randy Hetrick returns to the advice line to help entrepreneurs solve their business challenges by offering insights and guidance to three founders seeking strategic advice on scaling their businesses.
Steven and Allison Ellsworth transform their apple cider vinegar home brew into Poppy, a prebiotic soda sensation that sold to Pepsi for nearly $2 billion in just five years, revolutionizing the soda category through creative branding, strategic positioning, and viral marketing.
Bobbi Brown shares advice to entrepreneurs and discusses her journey of launching Jones Road Beauty after her 25-year non-compete with Estee Lauder expired, offering insights and guidance to three different business founders in various industries.
Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles joins Guy Raz to help entrepreneurs solve their business challenges through an advice-driven podcast episode. The episode features calls from three business owners seeking guidance on scaling, marketing, and managing their unique ventures in industries ranging from coffee syrup to lavender farming and custom dog treats.
Carlton Calvin transformed his entrepreneurial journey from selling niche toy crazes like pogs and fingerboards to building the iconic Razor brand, turning a sleek scooter into a global phenomenon and expanding into electric ride-on vehicles through keen market instincts and adaptability. Despite facing multiple business collapses, he persevered and ultimately created a lasting mobility toy company that continues to innovate and capture new market trends.