Live Episode! Dollar Shave Club: Michael Dubin

Hey, it's Guy here, and today we've got a brand new live episode for you. It's my conversation with Michael Dubin, who founded Dollar Shave Club. And that conversation happened in LA just a few weeks ago. But before we start the show, Just one quick favor. For the past few weeks, I've been asking you to consider making a donation to your local public radio station all this month. And the idea behind it isn't just to, you know, ask for money, but it's to ask for your support, because public radio stations depend on your contributions to function. It's how they can bring you the news programs you love and the cultural programs you love and Even this show, it's how they can broadcast our show on the radio. So if you can, please consider donating, go to donate.

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Uh From NPR, it's how I built this. about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they don't. I'm Guy Roz, and on today's show, how Michael Dubin turned eight years of experience in improv comedy and video marketing. to the billion dollar

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