How I Built This with Guy Raz

Spanx: Sara Blakely (2017)

How I Built This with Guy Raz ›

29:28 | Jul 3rd, 2017

6 recommendations

We're hard at work planning our upcoming live shows, so we bring you this favorite from the last year: Spanx. At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she ca...Show More



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ggarnhart recommended:Aug 2nd, 2017

One of the best How I Built This episodes was also one of the first. Spanx's Startup story is charming and fun.

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mueleric recommended:Feb 18th, 2022

I thought this episode was:

🌅 A beautiful story
💛 Honest
💪 Inspirational
🧐 Intriguing
💯 A must listen
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mm recommended:Dec 20th, 2021

Truly one of my fave How I Built This episodes of all time. The woman is just made of true hustle!

I thought this episode was:

😊 Delightful
🤣 Absolutely hilarious
💪 Inspirational
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aninatd recommended:May 14th, 2020

Great episode. Sara Blakely is an inspiring entrepreneur!

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aliceko recommended:Nov 12th, 2019

Sara Blakely was my very first female entrepreneurial role model - and still is. She’s incredibly modest, savvy, whip smart, and real. I will never get tired of listen Wing to her story of how she got Spanx into the stores of high end department stores. And this was before internet and social media....Show More

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