If you think about what are glasses, they are the best example of form and function. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Successful entrepreneurs are pretty methodical about the problem they're trying to solve. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm. — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
Share your personality with interviewers, but keep a professional filter safely adhered to it. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
One of my favorite products at Warby Parker also happens to be our worst-selling item: the monocle. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity. — Neil Blumenthal Authenticity Copy Share Image
One of the core values of the startup world is that you must have a list of core values. Like all abstract… — Neil Blumenthal Abstract Copy Share Image
For every Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, there's 30 other entrepreneurs that started their business after working for several years. — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
It's not easy to keep good sleep habits as an entrepreneur, especially at the early stages when there's always a fire to… — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
From the beginning, we believed that it was possible to develop direct relationships with customers at a relatively cheap cost, and our… — Neil Blumenthal Beginning Copy Share Image
I previously worked as the director of VisionSpring, a non-profit dedicated to distributing glasses to people in need. — Neil Blumenthal Charity Copy Share Image
When a person has work, she has income and can achieve financial self-sustainability. She can prioritize her family's health and education. Her… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
For many startups, ideating is the fun part: coming up with ingenious schemes to grab eyeballs and start conversations. But before you… — Neil Blumenthal Communication Copy Share Image
I personally try to buy the best-quality items at the best price that do the least harm and from companies that are… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Avoid the 'squeaky wheel gets the grease' habit of overreacting to the loudest feedback. The first time you hear a particular piece… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Self-awareness is a trait - or maybe 'practice' is the more accurate way to put it - that everyone can always improve… — Neil Blumenthal Awareness Copy Share Image
It may seem premature, but you need to be thinking of your exit from the moment you accept capital, because at that… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Hackathons are an amazing way to engage the team, foster collaboration, and knock out great work. — Neil Blumenthal Amazing Copy Share Image
Within an office, it's important to create opportunities for anonymous feedback. — Neil Blumenthal Anonymous Copy Share Image
We've built our own technology platform in-house, which operates our website and powers our retail stores. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
When it comes to marketing, creative resources are often worth far more than dollars. — Neil Blumenthal Dollars Copy Share Image
For better or worse, cash is the oxygen of your business, and you can't last long in any environment without it. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Millennials are eager to make an impact, which makes them ideal for start-ups. — Neil Blumenthal Generation Copy Share Image
Young people entering the job market seek employment at companies with values that match theirs. — Neil Blumenthal Investing Copy Share Image
All companies - and not just startups - face the same eternal challenge: resource allocation. — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
We have been very focused on eyeglasses in particular because it's a massive industry. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
We have never met with politicians. I don't know the first thing about how to get heard. My suspicion is that it's… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Every moment contains an opportunity to create feelings of satisfaction and excitement in a customer. It's up to retailers to make it… — Neil Blumenthal Customer Copy Share Image
All those articles that scold Millennials for their supposed entitlement? Forget them. Millennials are great employees. — Neil Blumenthal Entitlement Copy Share Image
During times of plenty - when venture funding is abundant and startups multiply like rabbits - every business looks like a winner. — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
I wanted to open up a stand to sell dried fruit and beef jerky where we lived in Greenwich Village. I was… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
The rules of optical dispensing vary from state to state. Dispensing eyeglasses is not that complicated, and even if it were complicated,… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
The trick to maximizing your team's productivity is to create a workspace that's flexible, so it can be altered according to the… — Neil Blumenthal Company Copy Share Image
Millennials in particular get a lot of flack for their supposed entitlement and narcissism, but these evaluations have never matched my experience… — Neil Blumenthal Entitlement Copy Share Image
Just as a company needs a strategy to capture market share, a company needs a strategy to encourage actions that reflect their… — Neil Blumenthal Business Copy Share Image
For any collaboration to work, each partner must have a strong sense of identity. If one overpowers the other, it's like mixing… — Neil Blumenthal Collaboration Copy Share Image
Building a consistent experience and firm identity was instrumental in our ability to swiftly build our online presence, open four stores as… — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
