Introducing: How I Built This with Guy Raz

<p>When Guy Raz interviews business leaders from the world’s biggest companies on <em>How I Built This, </em>he’s looking for more than anecdotes of success.&nbsp;</p><p>Guy has spoken with the founders of some of the world’s best-known companies about their journey to where they are today. His goal is to inspire you with their stories, to provide you with a roadmap to learn how to think differently and to approach challenges like they’re opportunities, just like an entrepreneur.</p><p>By his early 20s, Todd Graves knew exactly what he wanted to do—open a restaurant that would make four things better than anyone else: chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast, and coleslaw. From the opening day of Raising Cane’s in 1996, Todd expanded the chain to 600 stores and 3 billion dollars in sales. But in the early days, he and his partner Craig Silvey got rejected from every bank in Baton Rouge. Even their carefully-researched business plan got a B-minus from a professor, who thought their menu needed healthier options like salad...&nbsp;</p><p>Follow “How I Built This with Guy Raz” on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen one week early on Amazon Music or early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app:&nbsp;<a href="http://wondery.fm/HIBT-wecrashed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wondery.fm/HIBT-wecrashed</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>