Guests

Andy Dunn
Co-founder of Bonobos and former CEO for 11 years, Andy Dunn built the digitally native menswear brand before its sale to Walmart. He is the author of Burn Rate and founder of the social app Pie.

Ryan Halrigo
Ryan Hellriegel is the founder of RollFlex, a wellness company developing recovery tools for common injuries like tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, and shin splints. An entrepreneur and athlete from San Diego, his mission is to help people get back to doing what they love with less pain.

Scott Tannen
Scott Tannen is the founder and CEO of Boll & Branch, a luxury bedding company he launched in 2014 with his wife Missy. The brand focuses on ethical and sustainable production, and has grown to 275 employees and 15 retail locations.

Melita Cyril
Melita Cyril founded Q for Quinn to create organic, chemical-free socks and underwear after her son's eczema. A Rotman MBA and former derivatives trader/management consultant, she now leads the family business with her husband Nigel (COO). Mother of three, she builds healthy, sustainable essentials.
Michelle Cosentino
Michelle Cosentino is the founder of Top Banana, a vintage-inspired tennis apparel brand for women based in Westport, Connecticut.
Christy Stewart
Founder of Inner Wealth Supplements, a Calgary-based supplement brand focused on women's hormonal health. With a background in molecular biology and biochemistry, Stewart creates science-backed supplements for PMS, perimenopause, and lean muscle mass.

Benjamin David Francis MBE
Benjamin David Francis MBE is the co-founder, CEO and majority owner of Gymshark, the fitness apparel brand he started in 2012 at 19 while studying at Aston University. The British billionaire built Gymshark from his bedroom into a global empire.

Jonathan Neman
Jonathan Neman is Co-Founder & CEO of Sweetgreen, the mission-driven healthy food brand he launched in 2007. Born in Los Angeles, he graduated from Georgetown University. He was a guest on the How I Built This podcast to share how he built the multi-billion dollar salad chain.

Dini McCullough Amozurrutia
Former lawyer Dini McCullough Amozurrutia founded small-batch, all-butter crust Dini's Divine Pies during the pandemic. The DC metro operation has pulled $200K in sales over two years via farmers markets, pop-ups, and wholesale. She guested on How I Built This and is fundraising for her next phase.

Joey Cornell
Joey Cornell founded Dak Dak Wings. The Villa Park, IL fast-casual spot, featured on the How I Built This podcast, specializes in double-fried Korean wings. An Elmhurst native, Johnson & Wales grad, and CPA, he developed the concept after his time in York’s La Brigade restaurant program.

Evan Spiegel
Evan Thomas Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. He launched Snapchat in 2011 while at Stanford, became the world's youngest billionaire in 2015, and has led Snap's evolution from a messaging app into an AR and camera company.
Jean-Pierre Parent
Jean-Pierre Parent is the CEO of Soma Kombucha, a sustainable kombucha brewing company with taprooms across Washington and Oregon. A former yoga teacher, he founded the business to foster community connection through craft beverages.