From Stanford Students to Co-CEOs [Entire Talk]
Culture
Mission and culture are essential to taking a company from its earliest days to unbelievable growth.
Duration
50:44
Part of Series
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Season
Season 22
Episode
7
Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri are co-founders and co-CEOs of Pair Eyewear. Since its inception, Pair Eyewear has put consumers at the center of the innovation process, ensuring that the brand is at the forefront of redefining the eyewear experience by offering continual customizability, freedom of choice, and affordability for glasses. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Emily Ma, Edelstein and Kondamuri share their journey from coming up with an idea as Stanford students, to finding their first employees, to building company culture through rapid growth.
Video clips from: From Stanford Students to Co-CEOs [Entire Talk]
- 50:44Mission and culture are essential to taking a company from its earliest days to unbelievable growth.
- 5:06To grow unnaturally fast, you need to do risky things.
- 1:37To encourage dedicated purchasing behavior, grow a community.
- 3:49Approaching the right expert with the right vision is a founder’s superpow
- 2:49Founders start as a company’s culture leaders, then hire managers to continue the work.