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Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)

Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)

FromHow I Built This with Guy Raz


Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)

FromHow I Built This with Guy Raz

ratings:
Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Twenty-five years ago, after Mei Xu emigrated from China to the U.S., she loved going to Bloomingdale's to gaze at their housewares. She eventually started making candles in her basement with Campbell's Soup cans, an experiment that led to the multi-million dollar company Chesapeake Bay Candle. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," we check back with Dan Kurzrock and Jordan Schwartz, who turned up-cycled beer grain into a snack bar called ReGrained.
Released:
Jun 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.