Podcast Episodes

Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global

Episode 765

Many of us don’t know our neighbors anymore — and Nirav Tolia wanted to change that. He walked away from millions in stock options at Yahoo and eventually co-founded Nextdoor, the hyperlocal social n…

Published on 8 hours ago

Advice Line with Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles

Episode 764

Priority Bicycles founder and CEO Dave Weiner joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Dave shares his strategy for keeping sales steady and positioning…

Published on 4 days, 8 hours ago

Carlton Calvin: Razor. The wild rise, collapse, and reinvention of a mobile toy empire.

Episode 763

In the summer of 2000, Razor scooters were everywhere—on sidewalks, in schools, even in Silicon Valley offices. At the center of it all was Carlton Calvin, an ex-lawyer turned toy mogul who had alrea…

Published on 1 week ago

Advice Line: Playing to Your Strengths

Episode 762

This week, Guy is joined by Lady Gaga’s former manager Troy Carter, Joe Gebbia of Airbnb, and Sadie Lincoln of barre3 in a special mashup episode of the Advice Line about playing to your business’s s…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple

Episode 761

What does it take to turn a Brooklyn beer salesman into the king of iced tea?

In the early 1990s, the iced tea market was dominated by Lipton, Nestea, and Snapple. But Don Vultaggio saw an opening. A …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Advice Line with Tim Ferriss

Episode 760

Entrepreneur, author, and podcaster Tim Ferriss joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Tim shares the inspiration behind his latest venture, Coyote— a…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

(July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp

Episode 759

In 2001, three web designers built a quirky email tool called Mailchimp.

It wasn’t their main business.

It wasn’t even meant to make real money.

For years, Ben Chestnut and his partners survived on web-…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Advice Line with Jamie Siminoff of Ring (August 2024)

Episode 756

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three founders about balancing short- and long-term goals.  

Today, we meet Vico, an industrial designer in s…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Madison Reed: Amy Errett

Episode 757

Amy Errett had a successful career in finance and venture capital before taking a leap into an entirely new business: hair color. When her wife complained about the indignities of coloring her hair a…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Exclusive Update: The Chef Who Shocked the Culinary World and Why He’s Changing Course Again—Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park

Episode 758

In 2021, Daniel Humm shook up the dining world by making his 3-Michelin-star restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, 100% plant-based.

No meat. No butter. No cream.

It was a first in fine dining, igniting glo…

Published on 1 month ago