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Wirecutter: Brian Lam

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I was so obsessed with just doing this service and like say taking a two hour shopping experience and making it a 30 second shopping experience. With the lead. Containing. The thing we thought you should get.

Thought it was such a great idea that didn't exist. But I also wanted to grow things. Really slowly. Because I was so burnt out, for the first year I could only basically work ten hours a week. But

I was not. at all sure of how we were gonna make money. Ever. Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Guy Raz and on the show today, how Brian Lamb built a blog to review tech gadgets and gear.

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