Guy Raz

"Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture"--

The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs

How I Built This

Heiki Riesenkampf

I felt that the stories told in the book were too simplistic. The podcasts are way better.

Mani Mohan

What a wonderful read. Inspirational, empathetic, and informational as always. Just like his podcast. I think I'd go back to read this now and then.

This is a book on entrepreneurship, put together by Guy Raz, author and podcaster. Inspired by his podcast of the same title, How I Built This dives into the stories of battle-scarred entrepreneurs who shared their war stories, battles, losses, and wins. From these stories came lessons, insights, and some words of inspiration. It took me 2 months to finish this book because I was reading other books. But this can be finished in one sitting. I have highlighted many parts of this book starting with the introduction to its conclusion. Raz is a great storyteller. You should read it not just once, but several times. 

Erwin Lemuel Oliva

Keven Wang

Guy Raz’s reporter background really shines in this book. He could have taken the easy way out, posting transcripts of the podcast. But he really spends time building the narrative and a framework for entrepreneurs.

Piet Terheyden

If you like the podcast, you will probably like the book as well!

I was expecting more stories that I hadn't already heard about (in the podcast or elsewhere) but that was not really the case. If you haven't listened to the podcast or could use a summary of its most popular interviews, the book is for you. The pace slowed down a bit towards the end and I personally would have preferred to have less "inspirational" parts but still found a large amount of insights.

I can recommend the audio version of the book, as it's read by Guy Raz himself.

Peter Hagen

Fascinating collection of diverse startup stories, showing just how many paths to personal success there are.

How I Built This The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs

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