How I Built This

I've been listening to "How I Built This" on my commutes over the last week. I find the stories very interesting and engaging, sometimes even inspiring.

But I am also aware that these are Founder's stories told from the Founder's perspective, and correspondingly I sometimes wonder about the line between fact and self-hero-worship.

But I like it enough to continue to listen.

Excellent podcast so far. If you're just getting started, here are the ones I'd recommend checking out first:

1) Instagram - probably of the most interest to this community

2) Clif Bar - this one is really interesting to understand

3) Spanx - particularly relevant to those of us pursuing things as a side hustle.

Well, that pretty much covers all of the stories. :)

This looks promising. They started quite recently, in September 12. I like the diversity of the founders they have already already talked to. Includes everything from panty makers to Instagram founders to media moghuls.

Have listened to the first four episodes (I think a fifth one is out today). This is on my list of favorite podcasts. Each one is quite inspiring.

I love this podcast. I am always torn with so many startup podcasts coming out. On one hand, they are kind of inspirational and entertaining. On the other they are kind of startup porn, only showing successes, and only from the successful founders pov. It's sort of mind candy I save for doing the books or cleaning up.

I really enjoyed the Instagram episode. It seemed very honest and raw. They talked about things they got right and wrong, and inspiration for major parts of the app that helped make it a success.

I encourage everyone to listen to it.

The title is a not-so-subtle dig at the phrase, "You didn't build that."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_didn%27t_build_that

I've listened to Clif Bar's story, really interesting, inspiring, and... enchanting.

This is what the startup podcast series from gimlet should look like. But I suggest you guys listening to their podcast about Twitch. There are two episodes for that. It goes along the same line as Instagram episode by NPR

How I Built This is also available on the NPR One app, where I discovered it. (Guy Raz also hosts the TED Radio Hour, which I don't think is as good.) NPR One is like Pandora for public radio and it's awesome. They really did a fantastic job with the app and the service. More people need to know about it.

Nice thanks