# The Business Method: Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders & the World’s Most Successful People 🎧πŸ”₯ Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342.md RSS feed: https://TheBusinessMethod.podbean.com/feed.xml Official site: https://thebusinessmethod.podbean.com/ Author: Chris Reynolds Episodes: 666 ## Resource Most people will never get five minutes with someone who’s built a billion-dollar company. The Business Method Podcast gives you dozens of them. Chris Reynolds sits down with billionaires, billion-dollar founders and high-level operators to uncover how the top 0.01% think, build, scale, and lead. With 600+ episodes since 2015, the show goes far beyond surface-level success stories, diving into the mental models, strategic decisions, failures, breakthroughs, and operating principles behind extraordinary companies and lives. Guests have included Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline; Drayton McLane, former owner of the Houston Astros and billionaire entrepreneur; Richard Koch, author of The 80/20 Principle; Monty Moran, former CEO of Chipotle; Geoffrey Kent, founder of Abercrombie & Kent; Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group; Jason Fried, founder of Basecamp; Roland Frasier, investor and entrepreneur with 24+ exits; and other elite founders, investors, and operators. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342.md ## Episodes - [Ep. 574 | From a $49 Billion Real Estate Empire to Rescuing 7,000 Children | Paul Hutchinson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-574-from-a-49-billion-real-estate-empire-to-rescuing-7-000-children-paul-hutchinson) β€” 2026-07-15T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 573 | From Swiss Special Forces to a $1 Billion Exit | Sam Goodner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-573-from-swiss-special-forces-to-a-1-billion-exit-sam-goodner) β€” 2026-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 572 | From Broke to $1.2 Billion, the Female CEO Who Rebuilt a Global Brand | Angelica Fuentes.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-572-from-broke-to-1-2-billion-the-female-ceo-who-rebuilt-a-global-brand-angelica-fuentes) β€” 2026-04-01T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 571 | The Man Who Built The North Face Into a Global Icon | Hap Klopp](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-571-the-man-who-built-the-north-face-into-a-global-icon-hap-klopp) β€” 2026-02-12T10:00:00+00:00 - [Ep.570 | How Waze Co-Founder Uri Levine Built Two Billion-Dollar Startups](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-570-how-waze-co-founder-uri-levine-built-two-billion-dollar-startups) β€” 2025-12-11T10:00:00+00:00 - [Ep.569 | Billionaire Episode: Tim Draper - The Most Successful Venture Capitalist of Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-569-billionaire-episode-tim-draper-the-most-successful-venture-capitalist-of-today) β€” 2025-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 568 | Building a City from Scratch: The Visionary Behind Hiranandani Gardens ~ Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-568-building-a-city-from-scratch-the-visionary-behind-hiranandani-gardens-dr-niranjan-hiranandani) β€” 2025-08-03T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 567 | How a Brooklyn Cable Guy Built a $4B Global Media Empire ~ Larry Namer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-567-how-a-brooklyn-cable-guy-built-a-4b-global-media-empire-larry-namer) β€” 2025-07-09T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#195 | It’s Not the Idea - It’s the Billion Dollar Execution | Suneera Madani](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-195-it-s-not-the-idea-it-s-the-billion-dollar-execution-suneera-madani) β€” 2025-06-11T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#194 | Disrupt the Average & Own the Market ~ Ross Buhrdorf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-194-disrupt-the-average-own-the-market-ross-buhrdorf) β€” 2025-06-04T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep.566 | How This Female Founder Built a Billion-Dollar Company by her 35th Birthday ~ Suneera Madhani](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-566-how-this-female-founder-built-a-billion-dollar-company-by-her-35th-birthday-suneera-madhani) β€” 2025-05-14T09:00:00+00:00 - [Ep.565 | A $3.9B Exit with HomeAway & His Next Billion-Dollar Venture | Ross Buhrdorf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-565-a-3-9b-exit-with-homeaway-his-next-billion-dollar-venture-ross-buhrdorf) β€” 2025-04-19T03:33:44+00:00 - [Ep.564 | Special New Years Eve Interview w/ the $50 Billion Man Jay Abraham](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-564-special-new-years-eve-interview-w-the-50-billion-man-jay-abraham) β€” 2025-03-27T02:02:39+00:00 - [HP#193 | The #1 Secret of Billionaire Founders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-193-the-1-secret-of-billionaire-founders) β€” 2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 - [HP#192 | Escape the Victim Trap: How Accountability Transforms Your Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-192-escape-the-victim-trap-how-accountability-transforms-your-life) β€” 2025-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 - [HP#191 | Filtering Through the Mind of a Billion-Dollar Woman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-191-filtering-through-the-mind-of-a-billion-dollar-woman) β€” 2024-08-14T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#190 | BILLIONAIRE EPISODE | From Extreme Poverty to One of the Richest Women in the World Part II](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-190-billionaire-episode-from-extreme-poverty-to-one-of-the-richest-women-in-the-world-part-ii) β€” 2024-08-07T10:29:46+00:00 - [HP#189 | From Extreme Poverty to One of the Richest Women in the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-189-from-extreme-poverty-to-one-of-the-richest-women-in-the-world) β€” 2024-07-31T14:23:30+00:00 - [Ep.563 ~ Building Your Own Luxury Cruise LineΒ  ~ Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-563-building-your-own-luxury-cruise-line-manfredi-lefebvre-d-ovidio) β€” 2024-07-10T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#188 ~ Money is an Instrument of Freedom ~ Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-188-money-is-an-instrument-of-freedom-manfredi-lefebvre-d-ovidio) β€” 2024-06-26T10:59:50+00:00 - [Ep.562 ~ 10 Years to $1Million & a Few More Years to $1Billion from the Pioneer of Luxury Travel ~ Geoffrey Kent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/ep-562-10-years-to-1million-a-few-more-years-to-1billion-from-the-pioneer-of-luxury-travel-geoffrey-kent) β€” 2024-06-12T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#187 ~ The Importance of Acting on Your Instinct ~ Geoffrey Kent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-187-the-importance-of-acting-on-your-instinct-geoffrey-kent) β€” 2024-06-05T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#186 ~ 10 Years to $1Million - 20 Years to $1Billion ~ Geoffrey Kent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-186-10-years-to-1million-20-years-to-1billion-geoffrey-kent) β€” 2024-05-29T09:00:00+00:00 - [HP#185 ~ How to Get Business From The Richest Person in the World ~ Geoffrey Kent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-185-how-to-get-business-from-the-richest-person-in-the-world-geoffrey-kent) β€” 2024-05-08T11:13:24+00:00 - [HP#184 ~ This One Easy-to-Do Thing Will Have the Biggest Impact on Your Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-business-method-interviewing-billionaires-billion-dollar-founders-the-world-s-most-successful-people-1026342/hp-184-this-one-easy-to-do-thing-will-have-the-biggest-impact-on-your-life) β€” 2024-04-24T09:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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