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Neil Blumenthal on the TechTO stage

Neil Blumenthal

Co-founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

RetailNew YorkOn TechTO stages since 2020

Neil Blumenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, the eyewear company he started in 2010 to sell glasses direct to consumers. He joined TechTO Retail in April 2020, six weeks into the pandemic, to talk with Alex Norman about how a retailer processes new information and acts on it fast.

On the TechTO stage ×1

TECHTO RETAIL16:40

TechTO Retail (April 20, 2020) — Neil Blumenthal

Retail · April 2020
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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Neil ↗

In their words

the name of the game in a crisis like this is flexibility

TechTO Retail, Apr 2020 · watch at 12:32 ↗

if you don't know what's going on and you're in uncertain times how do you maintain as much flexibility as possible

TechTO Retail, Apr 2020 · watch at 12:59 ↗
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Around the web ×2

Article
Warby Parker co-CEO: How implicit trust and constant communication helped build my $2.6 billion companyCNBC
2026
Interview
Warby Parker's Neil Blumenthal on what's next for the brandRetail Dive
2025

Quick answers

Who is Neil Blumenthal?

Co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, the New York eyewear company that sells prescription glasses direct to consumers online and through its own stores. He co-founded it in 2010 while at Wharton.

Why did he speak at TechTO?

TechTO Retail, an online event on 20 April 2020 about adapting to sudden shifts in consumer demand. Alex Norman interviewed him about decision-making under uncertainty in the first weeks of the pandemic.

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