Guests

Evan Wallace is the co-founder and former CTO of Figma, the collaborative design platform. He studied computer science at Brown University, where he met Dylan Field and built the rendering engine and multiplayer collaboration service that became Figma's foundation. Wallace left Figma in 2021 to pursue open-source projects.

1 episode

Jesse Hodge is the founder of ModTab, a cold plunge and recovery brand. He appeared as a caller on the NPR How I Built This Advice Line episode seeking guidance from Perry Chen of Kickstarter on growing his business.

1 episode

Joe Fontana is the founder and owner of Fry the Coop, a Chicago-based fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in Nashville hot chicken. He grew the concept from a single location into one of the Midwest's fastest-expanding chicken brands, known for bold flavor and strong community appeal.

1 episode

Katherine Kervis is the founder of Hitch, a hot sauce brand. She appeared as a caller on the NPR How I Built This Advice Line episode to seek advice from Perry Chen of Kickstarter on building and growing her food brand.

1 episode

Perry Chen is an artist. He is co-founder and Chairman of Kickstarter. He stepped down as CEO in October 2013. A guest on the How I Built This podcast, he uses technology to democratize creative work, and stresses community as the core of any successful Kickstarter campaign.

1 episode

Bill Keith is co-founder of Perfect Snacks and Green Fat. He grew up in a nomadic family of 13 siblings and built Perfect Snacks from his father's original recipe into a national brand in over 35,000 retail locations before selling a majority stake to Mondelez International.

1 episode

Leigh Keith is co-founder and Chief of Brand & Mission at Perfect Snacks. She started the company with her siblings in 2005 based on their father's homemade protein bar recipe, growing it from a van-based operation to a brand acquired by Mondelez International in 2019.

1 episode

Co-founder and former CEO of Sir Kensington's (acquired by Unilever in 2017). Advisory Partner at Cranemere, Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company, and Director of New Culture, True Food Kitchen, and TRUFF.

1 episode

Vicky Tsai is the co-founder and former CEO of Tatcha, a luxury Japanese skincare brand acquired by Unilever in 2019. A Harvard Business School graduate, she launched Tatcha in 2009 after leaving Wall Street and building the company from her parents' garage.

2 episodes

Cody Johnson founded Grand Tongo, a DEET-free insect repellent brand that uses Picaridin and is now available at Target and QVC nationwide.

1 episode

Entrepreneur Ikechukwu Oguegbu founded Veii Apparel, an activewear brand launched in 2019 while he was a student-athlete at the University of Maryland.

1 episode

Canadian chocolatier Kenesha Lewis founded One More Cocoa, a boutique chocolate brand in Whitby, Ontario that blends gourmet chocolate with Jamaican heritage and Caribbean flavors.

1 episode