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How I Built This with Guy Raz
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Smash Notes has 60 notes from 6 episodes of How I Built This with Guy Raz, hosted by Guy Raz. Each note answers one question with the moment it was said, so you can read it or play just that part. Topics: Business.
Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
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Trending questions
- 01What Was Dell's Olympic Project?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 02Why Did Dell Go Public in 1988?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 03Why Was Dell Told to Stop Making Computers?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 04How Soon Did Dell's On-site Service Double Sales?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 05How Was Dell Twice as Fast for Half the Price?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 06How Did Michael Dell Make Over $18,000 at 17?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 07How Much Was Dell Making at Age 21?Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- 08What Is Airbnb.org's Plan for Free Housing?Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”
- 09How Did COVID Change the Way Brian Chesky Runs Airbnb?Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”
- 10What Did Barack Obama Tell Brian Chesky About Loneliness?Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”
Episodes with Notes
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Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)Before it became fashionable to start a tech company in your dorm room, Michael Dell did exactly that. In 1983, he began selling upgrade kits for PC's out of his dorm at UT… -
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”Brian Chesky was 26 when he and his co-founders launched Airbnb, turning a few air mattresses in a San Francisco apartment into one of the most successful startups of all time… -
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Advice Line with Tope Awotona of CalendlyToday’s callers: Dominic in London faces challenges with profitability and scaling for his foldable bike helmet. Then, Ivana in Vancouver wonders how to maintain the momentum of… -
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FIGS: Trina Spear and Heather Hasson. The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never WorkHeather Hasson and Trina Spear saw an opportunity nobody else seemed to notice: millions of healthcare workers were spending long days in uncomfortable, ill-fitting scrubs. So… -
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reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von AhnIn 2000, Luis von Ahn was starting his PhD in computer science when he attended a talk and happened to learn about one of Yahoo's biggest problems: automated bots were signing up… -
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How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of AirbnbIn the early stages of the lockdown, Airbnb was in a freefall: it lost 80 percent of its business and laid off a quarter of its staff. But CEO Brian Chesky tells Guy that as…
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