Advice Line with Tim Ferriss (August 2025)

Hey everyone, so this week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the archives. It's an advice line conversation with entrepreneur, author, and podcaster Tim Ferris. And stick around to the end because we checked back in with the callers to hear what's happened since this episode first aired back in August of 2025. We'll be back next week with a brand new advice line episode featuring Christina Tosi from Milk Bar. Super fun episode, can't wait for you guys to hear that. And without further ado, here is the episode for this week. Enjoy. Mm. Hello, and welcome to the advice line on how I built this lab. I'm Guy Roz. This is the place where we help try to solve your business challenges. Each week, I'm joined by a legendary founder, a former guest on the show, who will help me try to help you. And if you're building something and you need advice, give us a call, and you just might be the next guest on the show. Our number is 1-800-4525.

four three three one two nine eight. Send us a one minute message that tells us about your business and the issues or questions that you'd like help with. And you can also send us a voice memo at H IBT at ID dot wonder.com and make sure to tell us how to reach you. And also, don't forget to sign up for my newsletter. It's full of insights and ideas from some of the world's greatest entrepreneurs. You can sign up for free at gyros.com or on Substack. And we'll put all of this info in the podcast description. Alright. Let's get to it. Joining me this week is Tim Ferris. He's an entrepreneur, investor, host of the Tim Ferris Show, and author of many books, including the Four Hour Work Week. Tim, it's great to have you back on the show. Thanks for having me back. So nice to see you.

Uh you two, Tim, you are first. on how I built this back in twenty twenty. And as always for anyone listening, if you haven't heard that episode, it's so good. We'll put a link to it in the episode description, so check it out. In that episode, Tim, we talked about your time as a student and the learning Japanese and how you got a sales job out of college and then you started your own business, a supplement company, and then of course You published your first book, which many people know you for, the four hour work week and initially you couldn't even find a publisher. And the story of how you managed to use your blog to get it out there and sold millions of copies. Became a massive

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