Day 54 of 100 · Consumer

Warby Parker

Four classmates were angry that spectacles cost as much as an iPhone.

Started atWharton, University of Pennsylvania
Founded2010
FoundersNeil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, David Gilboa & Jeffrey Raider
CountryUSA

How it started

They started selling glasses online from a Philadelphia apartment while still in business school.

The lesson for your campus Anger at a price is a valid business thesis.

Why every campus needs an Innovation-Hub

Why we are telling this story

The next company on a list like this one has not been founded yet. Right now it is a student in a lecture hall with an idea nobody has asked about, and no room to build it in. Innovation-Hub is that room: a permanent space inside your institution where students from every department explore, experiment, collaborate and prototype.

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Pick a question — or write your own — and get a grounded answer about how Warby Parker was actually built.

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The next one comes from your campus

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