Advice Line with RJ Scaringe with Rivian

Hello and welcome to the advice line on how I built this lab. I'm Guy Raz. This is the place where we help try to solve your business challenges, and each week I'm joined by a legendary founder, a former guest on the show, who will help me try to help you. And so if you are building something and you need advice, go ahead and give us a call and you might just be the next guest on the show. Our number is 1-800-433-1298. Send us a one minute message with your name, a bit about your business, and the issues or questions that you'd like help with. Or You can send us a voice memo at hibt at id.wondery.com.

and make sure to tell us how to reach you. Also don't forget to sign up for my newsletter. It's filled with insights and ideas from the world's greatest entrepreneurs. You can sign up for free at guyroz.com or on Substack, and we'll put all this info in the podcast description. Alright, let's go. Joining me this week is RJ Scarynch, he's the founder and CEO of the electric vehicle company Rivian. RJ, it's great to have you back on the show. It's great to be here. You were first on High Built, you've been on twice. We were first on the show back in 2022, and if you guys haven't heard that story, we will put a link in the episode description.

I really recommend that everyone go and check out this episode if you haven't heard it before, or even if you have, because Your story, RJ, is not it's not a typical story we talk about on how I built this because you entered one of the most challenging industries possible, right? It's highly technical, dominated by legacy players, and of course that's the automotive industry. And it's an electric car company to boot. Um of course fast forward twenty twenty one.

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