Build With Rob
Rob Dyrdek
Build With Rob is a show about building amazing companies while building an amazing life. Whether you’re a seasoned or aspiring entrepreneur, climbing the corporate ladder, or seeking to live an optimized, balanced life, Rob Dyrdek’s advice will help propel you toward your goals.
Rob Dyrdek builds & invests in startups, takes them to multi-million dollar exits, and shares lessons along the way. His one-of-a-kind venture creation studio, Dyrdek Machine, is a company that builds companies by systematically fusing art, science and magic to manufacture amazing through a process called The Machine Method.
In each episode, Rob provides mentorship to entrepreneurs looking to grow their companies and achieve the best version of themselves. With each guest laying out their visions for life and business and following up with questions for each, Rob gives actionable advice in his two greatest areas of mastery: building businesses and deep life optimization.
On occasion, Rob sits down with his portfolio partners to discuss how the company was created, how the partnership took shape, and share valuable lessons they have learned along the way.
It’s all about being the best version of yourself, doing the things that give you energy every day, minimizing those that take energy from you, and creating harmony to live an extraordinary life. Rob is here to help you achieve that dream.
Listen to Build With Rob on Apple, Spotify, and most podcast platforms.
To be a guest on the show and talk to Rob about your life and business visions, go to dyrdekmachine.com/guest and submit a video.
Rob Dyrdek builds & invests in startups, takes them to multi-million dollar exits, and shares lessons along the way. His one-of-a-kind venture creation studio, Dyrdek Machine, is a company that builds companies by systematically fusing art, science and magic to manufacture amazing through a process called The Machine Method.
In each episode, Rob provides mentorship to entrepreneurs looking to grow their companies and achieve the best version of themselves. With each guest laying out their visions for life and business and following up with questions for each, Rob gives actionable advice in his two greatest areas of mastery: building businesses and deep life optimization.
On occasion, Rob sits down with his portfolio partners to discuss how the company was created, how the partnership took shape, and share valuable lessons they have learned along the way.
It’s all about being the best version of yourself, doing the things that give you energy every day, minimizing those that take energy from you, and creating harmony to live an extraordinary life. Rob is here to help you achieve that dream.
Listen to Build With Rob on Apple, Spotify, and most podcast platforms.
To be a guest on the show and talk to Rob about your life and business visions, go to dyrdekmachine.com/guest and submit a video.
Episodes
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May 6, 2021 • 49min
4: How We Learned to Pre-Pivot w/ Outstanding Foods’ Bill Glaser
Bill had all the experience in the world, but none of it was in food. When he partnered with a top vegan chef to create the pigless bacon chip and create a new snack category, he ran into massive co-packer issues . With product already in stores, he had to pull off an unprecedented 11th hour pivot to save the company. He did, in record time, and the experience drove Rob to add the “pre-pivot” to the Machine Method. Learn more about this episode.
Apr 29, 2021 • 50min
3: Market Testing a Brand Changes Everything w/ Mindright's Chris "Bernie" Bernard
Rob and Bernie knew exactly how to market Mindright’s mood enhancing, feel good blend of nootropic superfood ingredients. Then the test market told them they were absolutely, unquestionably wrong. This is about the importance of validating our assumptions, rather than assuming we’re right, and being willing to evolve our instincts to create something even more profound. Learn more about this episode.
Apr 22, 2021 • 51min
2: How to Build a Company for Exit w/ Superjacket’s Shane Nickerson
Shane first entered Rob’s orbit as a story editor on Rob & Big. Together, they formed Superjacket, which went on to produce all of Rob’s MTV shows. Superjacket was created with a 3-year timeline to sell, which, with a lot of hard work and a little magic, succeeded right on schedule. Before they even started the company, they leveraged their unique advantages, agreed on a clear goal, mapped every action to that goal, and the goal was realized. Learn more about this episode.
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Apr 22, 2021 • 1h 4min
1: Welcome to the Dyrdek Machine - A Primer
Rob flies solo, taking us on a journey through everything we need to know about Dyrdek Machine, the Machine Method , the Machine Core Elements , the Machine Principles , Do-or-Dier leadership qualities, and how it all comes together to build amazing businesses and achieve success. Learn more abut this episode.
Mar 31, 2021 • 4min
Introduction: Build with Rob
Entrepreneur Rob Dyrdek builds and invests in startups, raises venture capital, and takes them all the way to multi-million dollar exits. If you are an entrepreneur, aspiring entrepreneur, marketer, brand builder, investor, businessperson, just love unique consumer products, or have a nugget of an idea you think could be a company one day, then Build With Rob is for you. Throughout this show, you’ll hear ideas validated, built, changed, shaped and eventually sold for millions. See it. Believe it. Do it. Subscribe.
