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" Hackathons are an amazing way to engage the team, foster collaboration, and knock out great work. "
Neil Blumenthal
Way
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" The word 'hackathon' was born out of 'marathon' for a reason. It's exhausting. "
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Born
" Within an office, it's important to create opportunities for anonymous feedback. "
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" On the day it launched, Warby Barker received more than twice as many visits as our regular site. "
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" Warby Parker designs experiences, not products. "
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" We've built our own technology platform in-house, which operates our website and powers our retail stores. "
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Own
Retail
Stores
" If you think about what are glasses, they are the best example of form and function. "
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You
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" 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. "
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Sleep
Good
" Asking for money can be especially intimidating. "
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Intimidating
Money
Asking
" All companies - and not just startups - face the same eternal challenge: resource allocation. "
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Just
Resource
" Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity. "
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Details
Authenticity
Create
" If faced with two competitive candidates, every company will hire the person who evinces more enthusiasm. "
Neil Blumenthal
Enthusiasm
Company
Will
" By creating a feedback culture within your office, you ensure that people continue to learn, grow, and challenge themselves. "
Neil Blumenthal
Challenge
You
People
" All those articles that scold Millennials for their supposed entitlement? Forget them. Millennials are great employees. "
Neil Blumenthal
Forget
Employees
Great
" Every generation trash-talks younger generations. Baby boomers labeled Generation X a group of tattooed slackers and materialists; Generation Xers have branded millennials as iPhone-addicted brats. "
Neil Blumenthal
Group
Baby
Generation
" No matter what product or service your company offers, people have a way of finding out if you are genuinely providing value. "
Neil Blumenthal
Service
You
Value
" It may seem premature, but you need to be thinking of your exit from the moment you accept capital, because at that moment, you've made an explicit agreement with an investor that he or she will eventually be able to gain liquidity. "
Neil Blumenthal
She
Thinking
Accept
" It never gets old watching someone receive their first pair of glasses and regain their vision and their life. "
Neil Blumenthal
Someone
Vision
Glasses
" I completely believe in the lean startup and minimum viable product; I just I think that people are setting the threshold for minimum viable too low. "
Neil Blumenthal
Just
Think
Product
" For many startups, ideating is the fun part: coming up with ingenious schemes to grab eyeballs and start conversations. But before you dive into that stage, take a step back and define your goals. "
Neil Blumenthal
Back
Fun
Goals
" Self-aware employees make a self-aware company. "
Neil Blumenthal
Company
Employees
Make
" Just because one company is able to succeed with a specific model doesn't mean others will follow with equal or any success. "
Neil Blumenthal
Company
Success
Succeed
" Share your personality with interviewers, but keep a professional filter safely adhered to it. "
Neil Blumenthal
Personality
Professional
Filter
" We've built a company that distributes a pair of eyeglasses to someone in need for every pair sold; that purchases carbon offsets; and that hosts mentoring programs at the office. "
Neil Blumenthal
Company
Someone
Pair
" At Warby Parker, we use the survey platform Culture Amp to take employee engagement surveys that help us become ultra-responsive to the needs of our teams. "
Neil Blumenthal
Help
Survey
Become
" The rules of optical dispensing vary from state to state. Dispensing eyeglasses is not that complicated, and even if it were complicated, there should be uniform rules. "
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State
Uniform
Even
" When it comes to marketing, creative resources are often worth far more than dollars. "
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Far
More
Worth
" Millennials are eager to make an impact, which makes them ideal for start-ups. "
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Impact
Eager
Ideal
" Every moment contains an opportunity to create feelings of satisfaction and excitement in a customer. It's up to retailers to make it happen. "
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Moment
Opportunity
Up
" When we were creating Warby Parker, for us it was about having a positive impact on the world and having a strong social mission. "
Neil Blumenthal
World
Strong
Positive