Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson

We knew the business. That we had wasn't working. And so with the last bit of cash that we had. We managed to pull in every single favour that we had left, um our friends and family had said, Look, we really love you guys, but we're not we're not giving you any more money. This is a terrible business, like well done, but

Enough's enough. From MPR, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how a Buddhist Monk and a stressed out marketing consultant sat down at a Starbucks. and wound up launching Headspace.

Meditation app that has millions of users around the world. So we've had several episodes that feature co-founders, and if there's one thing that's clear, it's that all of them brought different skills to the table. At Method, Adam Lowry mixed the ingredients to make the soap, Eric Ryan designed the now iconic bottles. At Reddit, Steve Huffman did the coating, Alexis O'Hanian did the content. And at a way, Jen Rubio focused on building buzz for the suitcases. Steph Corey figured out how to get them made. So you get the point, right? And it's almost hard to imagine any of these companies making it without both co-founders. And that is also probably the case with today's story. because it's a story of two totally different people with totally different strengths.

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