Warby Parker co-founder & co-CEO Dave Gilboa
Dave Gilboa is co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, the eyewear brand that started with a pair of lost glasses while he was studying at Wharton Business School.
In 2010, he and three friends pooled their savings and bought the company’s URL for $9.
Almost everyone they spoke to said the idea would not work. Dave joins us to talk about the brand’s early days, being so frugal they practically refused to buy pens, experimenting with retail, handling rejection, raising more than half a billion dollars before going public, and staying focused on mission and purpose.
He also shares new details about Warby Parker’s partnership with Google to develop AI-powered eyewear, and why he believes smart glasses may finally become a thing.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Spotify, or listen to the audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music.
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