# How I Built This

> How I Built This is Guy Raz’s entrepreneurship media franchise, launched at NPR in 2016. Its edited founder interviews and Advice Line episodes make business formation accessible through specific stories of doubt, decisions and failure. In September 2026, Raz announced he was acquiring full ownership from NPR and partnering with Vox Media for video, distribution and live-event expansion.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Founders:** Guy Raz (Creator and host; announced acquisition of full ownership in September 2026)
- **Products:** How I Built This with Guy Raz, How I Built This Summit, How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs, How I Built This Resilience, Advice Line
- **Notable:** Launched September 12, 2016., September 2026 partnership announcement reports more than 700 published episodes and hundreds of millions of downloads., Vox reports Webby and Ambie recognition and two iHeartRadio Best Business & Finance Podcast awards.

## Products & services

- **How I Built This with Guy Raz** — Edited interviews tracing how founders built recognizable businesses; free episodes on Mondays and Thursdays as listed in October 2026.
- **How I Built This Summit** — Live founder conversations and community gathering; first summit held in San Francisco in 2018.
- **How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs** — Guy Raz’s book drawing lessons from interviews with entrepreneurs.
- **How I Built This Resilience** — Live video conversations about founders’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- **Advice Line** — Guy Raz and returning founders address specific questions submitted by early-stage entrepreneurs.
- **Video expansion** — Announced for later in fall 2026 through Vox Media; not described as launched as of October 9.

## Achievements

- Launched September 12, 2016.
- September 2026 partnership announcement reports more than 700 published episodes and hundreds of millions of downloads.
- Vox reports Webby and Ambie recognition and two iHeartRadio Best Business & Finance Podcast awards.
- Guy Raz’s How I Built This book became a New York Times bestseller.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Raz announced he was acquiring full ownership from NPR and partnering with Vox Media. Video is planned for later that fall, twice the episode output for early 2027, with renewed live experiences also planned.
- **2026-10** — The tenth-anniversary episode revisited founder moments with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff; the current feed also published Advice Line with Thrive Market’s Nick Green.

## Links

- Website: https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HowIBuiltThis
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howibuiltthis/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowIBuiltThis/

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