(Founder Stories) Warby Parker: “Less Than 1% Of Eyeglasses Were Sold Online”

In episode II of Chris Dixon's Founder Stories interview with Warby Parker's co-founders, David Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal, the trio discuss topics spanning Warby Parker's social responsibility efforts to the state of e-commerce. Speaking to setting up shop in Manhattan, Gilboa (who previously lived in San Francisco) says, "I was sort of brainwashed into thinking that if you wanted to launch a startup, particularly anything Internet based, you had to do it in the Bay area." His views have since changed.

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