Built Different with Ian Schwartzman

Little Spoon Co-Founder and CEO Ben Lewis discusses how a devastating 11th-hour rejection from Whole Foods ultimately saved his fresh baby food startup, and opens up about the challenges of launching a parenting brand before having children of his own.

Carbone Fine Food CEO Eric Skae discusses his 35-year journey from driving delivery routes for Arizona Iced Tea to scaling a $100 million premium pasta sauce brand.

Interior design icon Victoria Hagan discusses how to scale a highly personalized creative business and the critical role of trust when working with high-profile clients.

The Vita Coco Company Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Michael Kirban, reveals the unconventional journey of building a multibillion-dollar beverage category from scratch, and how he survived seven years of massive debt before finally turning a profit.

She Pivots Host and Giants Co-Owner Emily Tisch Sussman opens up about the reality of severe career burnout, the struggle to balance motherhood with a demanding political career during the pandemic, and how walking away from her former identity allowed her to build a new empire.

Earn Your Leisure founders Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings detail their journey from traditional educators and advisors to the architects of a massive financial literacy movement.

Cousins Maine Lobster co-founders Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac sit down to reveal the true story behind their incredible entrepreneurial journey. From launching a single food truck in LA with only about 50 social media followers to unexpectedly getting recruited for Season 4 of Shark Tank by a casting director waiting in their line.

KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky discusses the emotional and strategic journey behind creating a $5 billion snack brand, and how his father's Holocaust survival story inspired his life's mission to unite people.

Ian Schwartzman sits down with Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harary to discuss the art of turning simple toys into billion-dollar global franchises.

Famed culinary explorer Andrew Zimmern opens up about his 35-year sobriety journey, the lucky Jay Leno break that saved Bizarre Foods, and the genius contract negotiation that built his television empire.

Don Vultaggio, Founder and Chairman of AriZona Beverage Company, built an empire on a $0.99 can. He sits down with Build Different host Ian Schwartzman to talk about how he got started, his advice to entrepreneurs, and how he's made a profit on every can of AriZona Iced Tea he's sold.