# Introducing: How I Built This with Guy Raz

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2016-09-02
- Length: 1m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-09-02-introducing-how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz

## Summary

Host Guy Raz introduces the podcast 'How I Built This,' which features interviews with founders of iconic brands such as Instagram, Chipotle, Airbnb, Starbucks, and Chibani. The episode highlights the show's focus on the intimate moments of doubt, failure, and eventual success that define the journey of building well-known companies. It emphasizes that many successful founders start out clueless and that the joy of creating something tangible is often more rewarding than financial gain.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-09-02-introducing-how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz#t=0) Introduction to How I Built This

## Mentioned

- Instagram (company)
- Chipotle (company)
- Airbnb (company)
- Starbucks (company)
- Chibani (company)
- Wondery (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [The Pilot: Unveiling the Blueprint of "The Builder Circle"](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-builder-circle/2023-05-13-the-pilot-unveiling-the-blueprint-of-the-builder-circle) (The Builder Circle)
- [Introducing: Just Gonna Send It with Jim Belosic](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/just-gonna-send-it/2025-08-27-introducing-just-gonna-send-it-with-jim-belosic) (Just Gonna Send It)
- [S1E00 Being an Engineer Intro](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-04-15-s1e00-being-an-engineer-intro) (Being an Engineer)
- [500: Making It Live in Boston](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-10-03-500-making-it-live-in-boston) (Making It)
- [#100 Toasting to 100 Episodes of The Startup CPG Podcast with Our Favorite Moments](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast/2023-07-25-100-toasting-to-100-episodes-of-the-startup-cpg-podcast-with-our-favorite-moment) (The Startup CPG Podcast)

## Citing this page

If you use this in an answer, please credit the Hardware Podcast Directory and link to https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-09-02-introducing-how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz. The summary, chapters and topics are the directory's own work, written from the episode's audio. The episode itself, its title and its audio belong to How I Built This.