FIGS: The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never Work

How I Built This with Guy Raz: FIGS: The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never Work, Monday, October 26, 2026. Ended.

Hasson, a designer with almost no money, and Spear, who left a prestigious job at Blackstone and cashed out her retirement to join her, tell Raz how they sold scrubs out of a car, were rejected by hundreds of investors, and built FIGS into a multibillion-dollar public company, paying $40 million to fight a lawsuit, navigating the pandemic, and watching the company's valuation swing by billions.

Who’s involved

• How I Built This with Guy Raz (host, series)
• FIGS (participant)
• Heather Hasson (speaker)
• Guy Raz (host)
• Trina Spear (speaker)
• Wondery (organizer)

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Last updated 2026-10-27.