Guests

Christy Clement is the founder of Vashon Island Coffee Dust, a specialty coffee flavoring brand based on Vashon Island, Washington. She appeared as a caller on the How I Built This Advice Line episode 843.

1 episode

Whitney White Kozlowski is the founder of The Beau Collective, a fitness and retail business based in Park City, Utah. She appeared as a caller on the How I Built This Advice Line episode 843.

1 episode

German-Canadian entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Shopify, the e-commerce platform powering millions of merchants worldwide. A former programmer and snowboarder, he built Shopify from a snowboard shop to a $150 billion public company.

1 episode

Emily Bordner is the founder and creative director of EB&Co, a Kansas City-based women's accessories brand specializing in sizeless gifting. She launched the brand in 2012 after earning her MBA at Rockhurst University and working as a visual merchandising designer at Hallmark.

2 episodes

Kimberly Becker is the founder and designer of K. Becker Designs, a slow-fashion clothing brand for women over 40 based in Woolwich, Maine. A RISD graduate in textile design, she spent a decade working in Manhattan garment district before launching her own label.

2 episodes

Lauren Menard is the CEO and co-founder of GOB, a compostable earplug company built from mycelium. Based in Oakland, she previously worked as a bio-designer at Baukunst and PROWL Studio.

2 episodes

Tim Ferriss is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers and the host of The Tim Ferriss Show, downloaded over one billion times. Based in Austin, Texas, he is also an early-stage investor and founder of the Saisei Foundation.

2 episodes

Brian Smith is the founder of UGG, the iconic sheepskin footwear brand. Born in Australia, he launched UGG in 1978 with a $500 loan and 500 imported boots, building it into a global billion-dollar brand before selling to Deckers in 1995.

1 episode

Caroline Buck is co-founder and CMO of Petaluma, an Oakland-based Certified B Corp making plant-based sustainable dog nutrition. She launched the brand with her husband Garrett Wymore, earned a B.A. in Government & Public Policy from Dartmouth, and was a guest on the How I Built This podcast.

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Jeffrey Hollender co-founded Seventh Generation. He led the brand as CEO from 1988 to 2010, growing it into a leading authentic natural products brand. He now runs Hollender Sustainable Brands, teaches as an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and has launched four social enterprises over 40 years.

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Kristina Molinaro co-founded Dayton-based woodworking brand Twenty Five and Pine with her husband Nick. TikTok helped them grow the business to full-time operations, and the pair were featured on NPR’s How I Built This podcast.

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Phil Halstead is co-owner of Red Truck Orchards, the Northport, Michigan cherry brand featured on How I Built This. A 40-year cherry industry veteran, he runs the business with his wife Sarah Hallstedt out of Hallstedt Homestead Cherries, a first-generation U-Pick farm in Leelanau County.

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