Neil Blumenthal and his friends (later turned co-founders) were tired of paying outrageous prices for their glasses, so they did what any crazy and ambitious entrepreneur would: they set out to disrupt the eyewear industry by cutting out the middleman. Warby Parker launched in 2010 and hit their first-year sales goals in three weeks. Fast forward five years ... Show More
Dec 2024
Turf Wars, Tree Men & Murder: Inside the world of Christmas tree selling in NYC
Christmas trees are big business in NYC. Running a tree lot takes grit and experience, and even then, it's a tough network to break into. All of the lots in the city are divided into separate territories, owned by only a handful of entrepreneurs. We spent the day working for NYC' ... Show More
12m 53s
Oct 2024
Where do tennis balls go when they die?
Every year, the US throws out roughly 125 million tennis balls. That's enough to fill 21 Boeing 737s to the brim. And until recently, tennis balls were impossible to recycle. That's right, every ball ever produced would eventually end up in a landfill where it could take 400 year ... Show More
7m 27s
Feb 2018
Warby Parker: Dave Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal (2016)
In 2008, it was nearly impossible to buy a fashionable, affordable pair of glasses online. That simple frustration inspired the idea behind Warby Parker – and disrupted the eyewear industry. PLUS for our postscript "How You Built That," an update on Bellyak, a kayak where you lie ... Show More
31m 27s
Nov 2022
Brand while you build, w/Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal & Dave Gilboa
Some aspects of your brand will be defined by what customers tell you; others, by what you tell them. In their stories of how they scaled Warby Parker from scrappy e-commerce site to comprehensive eyewear and eye care juggernaut, co-founder and co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gi ... Show More
45m 52s
Sep 2025
Dave Gilboa, co-Founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker
Warby Parker’s has serious AI glasses plans with Google. Tom Gardner, Tim Beyers, and Dave Gilboa discuss: Explaining Warby Parker’s business to a 10-year-old Plans for those AI glasses Capital allocation at Warby Parker Hosts: Tom Gardner and Tim Beyers Guest: Dave Gilboa Engine ... Show More
23m 59s
Sep 2021
👀 “The Dumbledore of DTC” — Warby Parker’s stock. Amazon’s robo-pooch. Debt Ceiling’s drama.
Warby Parker just went public with $56 worth of eyeglasses, but its greatest creation isn’t shades — it’s its business model. Amazon’s biggest new product of the year is a lineup of robots to take over your home, your body, and fly through your kitchen. And the Debt Ceiling drama ... Show More
19m 27s
Aug 2021
EP 128 Payam Honari & Ziad Tariq, Founders of ADASAT
In this episode of Dubai Works, we're joined by Payam Horani and Ziad Tariq, both co-founders of ADASAT, the regions leading platform for premium eyewear.After 25 years of expertise in the optical field, the founders launched ADASAT in September of 2019. Today, they have transfor ... Show More
47m 55s
Jul 2017
Nike’s Co-founder on Innovation, Culture, and Succession
Phil Knight, former chair and CEO of Nike, tells the story of starting the sports apparel and equipment giant after taking an entrepreneurship class at Stanford and teaming up with his former track coach, Bill Bowerman. Together (and with the help of a waffle iron) they changed h ... Show More
19m 39s