Guy Raz
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creator/host podcasts: @TGCWithGuyRaz @HowIBuiltThis @wowintheworld & Wisdom From the Top 2X NY Times/WSJ Bestselling Author ORDER MY BOOK: https://t.co/ByTxrS8pyX
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Joined April 2009
Okay I was interviewed by @guyraz for his really good podcast How I Built this. This is about how I got craigslist going. Guy's a really good interviewer, so he got me to go deeper than I ever have. It's "Craig Newmark, the Forrest Gump of the Internet"
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Podcast Episode · How I Built This with Guy Raz · 09/29/2025 · 1h 5m
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From “toy fad” to billion-dollar brand. In 2000, Razor was selling 1M scooters a month—with zero ads, zero investors, just playground buzz. The craze crashed. Most founders would’ve quit. Carlton Calvin reinvented: e-scooters, RipStiks, Crazy Carts. 25 years later, Razor is
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Allison Ellsworth turned vinegar into a $2B soda brand. From mixing apple cider vinegar with fruit + sparkling water in her kitchen → farmers markets → Whole Foods → Shark Tank (9 months pregnant!) → TikTok virality → Pepsi buyout. This is how Poppi was born. Full story
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14 years ago, I had a conversation with @marcmaron that changed my life. It inspired me to leave news journalism and mainstream media and chart my own course. It was scary but Marc gave many people like me a template and a model. Thanks for what you built, Marc.
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In this special Weekends on All Things Considered podcast, Guy Raz sits down with comedian Marc Maron, whose podcast, "WTF" is one of the most popular out there. Maron discusses how the show is like...
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LinkedIn is shaking up the creator economy by sharing ad revenue with content creators for the first time. Through its BrandLink program, 30 B2B creators, including stars like Steven Bartlett and Guy Raz, will earn a slice of ad revenue from their videos. This follows a 36% surge
LinkedIn is making a game-changing move: for the first time, the platform will share advertising revenue directly with content creators. This bold step is designed to capitalize on a 36% year-over-year surge in video viewership, as professionals increasingly turn to video for
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Hear the full episode here: https://t.co/GJVcxxuUh3
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This week on How I Built This, William shares how he went from rock bottom... To a $2.3 billion exit. It’s a story about risk, resilience, and redemption. You don’t want to miss it.
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The turning point? Building one of the first smart TVs in America—before most people even knew what that meant.
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With a second shot at life, William launched a new company: Vizio. It started with a consulting gig… And a bold bet: Make TVs cheaper, smarter, and accessible to everyone.
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At one point, he was nearly $25 million in debt. And then— A near-death experience changed his life forever.
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It wasn’t his first time playing this game. Years earlier, William built a booming computer monitor company the same way... Then lost everything.
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He simplified the supply chain. Cut out the middlemen. And slashed prices so aggressively, he made flat-screens affordable for everyday people.
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In the early 2000s, flat-screen TVs cost $15,000. Yeah… $15K. For a television. William Wang thought that was insane. So he changed the game.🧵
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Great reminder from @guyraz 's newsletter this morning. The road to anything good is paved with a bunch of no's and setbacks and rejections and not yets. Keep goin'!
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Listen to our new episode of The Great Creators with @guyraz to hear about Josh Brolin’s robust acting career… that started with a fake resume!
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We’re joined by the amazing photographer and artist JR on #TheGreatCreators this week! His work has been featured all around the world, including at Lincoln Center and in the Olympics. Check out the full episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. @guyraz
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Learn more about @AnnaKendrick47’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, on the full episode of The Great Creators! Listen on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts, and watch Woman of the Hour on Netflix. @guyraz
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Co-writers @Lin_Manuel and @eisadavis came on #TheGreatCreators to tell @guyraz about their new musical concept album, Warriors. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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There is no such thing as a saturated market - Guy Raz https://t.co/cWEvPsoTOx
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