How to start, launch, and build a successful venture ... Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This offers priceless insights and inspiration ...PodcastsEventsAboutContactHowtostart,launch,andbuildasuccessfulventureBasedonthehighlyacclaimedNPRpodcast,HowIBuiltThisofferspricelessinsightsandinspirationfromtheworld’stopentrepreneurs.OrderGuy'sNewBookAmazonBooks-A-MillionBarnes&NobleHoughtonMifflinHarcourtHudson BooksellersIndieBoundTargetAmazonCanadaIndigoBooks Music&CaféAudibleInternationalEditionsGreatideasoftencomefromasimplespark:AsoccerplayerontheNewZealandnationalteamnoticesalltheunusedwoolhiscountryproducesandfiguresoutawaytoturnthemintoshoes(Allbirds).AformerBuddhistmonkdecidestheverybestwaytospreadhismindfulnessteachingsisbylaunchinganapp(Headspace).Asandwichcartvendorfindsawaytoreuseleftoverpitabreadandturnsitintoamultimillion-dollarbusiness(Stacy’sPitaChips).Award-winningjournalistandNPRhostGuyRazhasinterviewedmorethan200highlysuccessfulentrepreneurstouncoveramazingtruestorieslikethese.InHowIBuiltThis,hesharestipsforeveryentrepreneur’sjourney:fromtheearlydaysofformulatingyouridea,toraisingmoneyandrecruitingemployees,tofendingoffcompetitors,tofinallypayingyourselfarealsalary.Thisisamust-readforanyonewhohaseverdreamedofstartingtheirownbusinessorwonderedhowtrailblazingentrepreneursmadetheirowndreamsareality.HearWhatPeopleAreSayingThisbookisallaboutinspiration–toldwithblood,sweat,andtears.You’llcomeawayrefreshed.Andreadytohitthegroundrunning.-MarkCuban,entrepreneur,'shark'onSharkTank,andproprietoroftheDallasMavericksFeaturinghisprobingyetwelcomingnarrativevoice,Razpresentsstoriesthatserveassolidlessonsinentrepreneurship.Whilethesynthesesofthelessonsareuseful,itisthelearningcurve—thestory-by-storybuildingofbusinessacumen—thatimpartsthemostwisdom...Yearsofbusinesswisdomdistilledintoanentertainingandusefulnarrative.-KirkusReviewsDrawingoninterviewswithsuccessfulbusinesspeopleconductedforhispodcast(fromwhichthisbookgetsitsname),Razdistillslessonsfor