# Advice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258/advice-line-with-marcia-kilgore-of-beauty-pie-june-2025 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258/advice-line-with-marcia-kilgore-of-beauty-pie-june-2025.md Podcast: [How I Built This with Guy Raz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258) Published: 2026-03-26T07:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fc2fd26c-9fb7-49f2-b64b-65853699e45a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/fc2fd26c-9fb7-49f2-b64b-65853699e45a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258/episodes/advice-line-with-marcia-kilgore-of-beauty-pie-june-2025 Duration seconds: 2435 ## Resource Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore — founder of brands like Beauty Pie and Soap & Glory — joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders managing uncertainty and risk.  Today, we meet Victor in Fort Worth, the co-founder of a Mexican-style sweets and treats venture who wonders if he should focus on expanding brick-and-mortar operations, retail presence, or both. Then Lydia in Seattle, a former disease researcher who is ready to grow her small batch botanical skincare line, but needs help overcoming her fear of failure to get to the next step. And Jack in San Francisco, the founder of a custom bike bag and accessories brand who’s trying to figure out how to maintain customer excitement throughout the entire purchasing process so as not to lose momentum.  Thank you to the founders of Sol Dias, Clērstory, and Wompy Bikes for being part of our show. And stick around to hear a brief update on all three callers! If you’d like to be featured on a future Advice Line episode, leave us a one-minute message that tells us about your business and a specific question you’d like answered. Send a voice memo to hibt@id.wondery.com or call 1-800-433-1298. And be sure to listen to Marcia Kilgore’s original How I Built This episode as told by Marcia on the show in 2018.  This episode was produced by Carla Esteves with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Andrea Bruce. Our audio engineer was Cena Loffredo. You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram and sign up for Guy's free newsletter at guyraz.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258/episodes/advice-line-with-marcia-kilgore-of-beauty-pie-june-2025/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz-714258/advice-line-with-marcia-kilgore-of-beauty-pie-june-2025.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.