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Creativity is always intense.
Nothing creates cool like scarcity.
Creativity is a business imperative.
Warby Parker is a data-driven company.
Creativity flows when curiosity is stoked.
Be personable to everyone you interact with.
Self-aware employees make a self-aware company.
Warby Parker designs experiences, not products.
Asking for money can be especially intimidating.
My grandfathers on both sides were entrepreneurs.
Brands are only powerful if they're real and authentic.
A good collaboration pushes the boundaries of both partners.
If you're entitled, you likely think you know more than you do.
Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity.
At Warby Parker, we say that we're customer focused but medium agnostic.
The word 'hackathon' was born out of 'marathon' for a reason. It's exhausting.
Millennials are eager to make an impact, which makes them ideal for start-ups.
The key to an ideal workplace, in one hyphenated word, is this: self-awareness.
Within an office, it's important to create opportunities for anonymous feedback.
In general, obsolete technology is obsolete for a reason. Monocles are no exception.
Social enterprise is at its most impactful when the goal is empowerment, not relief.
If you think about what are glasses, they are the best example of form and function.
Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.
When it comes to marketing, creative resources are often worth far more than dollars.
We have been very focused on eyeglasses in particular because it's a massive industry.
Successful entrepreneurs are pretty methodical about the problem they're trying to solve.
My goal is to get in bed by 11. That rarely happens. But I celebrate when it does happen.
All companies - and not just startups - face the same eternal challenge: resource allocation.
At its best, entrepreneurship creates jobs, solves problems, and galvanizes creative thinking.
Share your personality with interviewers, but keep a professional filter safely adhered to it.
Young people entering the job market seek employment at companies with values that match theirs.
Hackathons are an amazing way to engage the team, foster collaboration, and knock out great work.
On the day it launched, Warby Barker received more than twice as many visits as our regular site.
One of my favorite products at Warby Parker also happens to be our worst-selling item: the monocle.
If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm.
We've built our own technology platform in-house, which operates our website and powers our retail stores.
I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.
It never gets old watching someone receive their first pair of glasses and regain their vision and their life.
For better or worse, cash is the oxygen of your business, and you can't last long in any environment without it.
A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed.
I previously worked as the director of VisionSpring, a non-profit dedicated to distributing glasses to people in need.
If you peek behind the curtain at any type of company, you'll see that things are far less organized than you'd expect.
All those articles that scold Millennials for their supposed entitlement? Forget them. Millennials are great employees.
Walking in the morning improves my whole day. I think more clearly, my points of view are sharper, and I'm more decisive.
By creating a feedback culture within your office, you ensure that people continue to learn, grow, and challenge themselves.
Venture capital is an inherently optimistic form of investment - which is both its primary strength and its primary weakness.
No matter what product or service your company offers, people have a way of finding out if you are genuinely providing value.
A workplace that encourages self-awareness is an environment where the most productive, curious, and innovative people thrive.
When we were creating Warby Parker, for us it was about having a positive impact on the world and having a strong social mission.
It's not easy to keep good sleep habits as an entrepreneur, especially at the early stages when there's always a fire to put out.