On this episode, Dave offers up six things you would need when starting a new business. Then, they chat with friend Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, all about his journey to starting his company, the glasses market for Asian men with wide faces, the future of AI in retail, and more. Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying Guest: Neil Blumenthal Video Producer: Victoria Valencia Audio: Victoria Valencia Majordomo Media Production: Noelle Cornelio and Kelsey Rearden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
All right, we have a six pack for you tonight.
We also have an interview with my good friend Neil Blumenthal.
You may be wondering, who is Neil Blumenthal?
Well, you might be familiar with the company he founded.
It's called Warby Parker.
Little company called Warby Parker, where I'm proud to be a model because they have made, finally made glasses for big heads and flat faces.
Why are you laughing?
It's wonderful that you're a model now that they had to design a whole line specifically for you to model.
Yeah, they're like, oh, my God, the size of these glasses, who can we find?
Who can we possibly find?
So they went into, like, chat cheapity algorithm.
Like, we need somebody with the largest head that has a podcast.
Just for the record, I don't think there's a single person that has a podcast that has a larger head than me.
Ooh, I like that.
That's right.
That's right.
So by default, I'm a model, whether they like it or not, for a line of glassware.
But that's not why we're having Neil on.
Hopefully, this is gonna become a recurring bit where I think tentatively, the interview, what we call Neil, explains, yeah, he's a smart guy.
He knows a lot about the world, business, et cetera, entrepreneurship, and.