Warby Parker Co-Founder: Glasses Can Empower Communities

Two glasses companies have a revolutionary idea: Spectacles should be cheap, and anyone who needs them should be able to have a pair.

Warby Parker pitches its product to customers as stylish specs. But underneath the chic is a business model set to change the way glasses are distributed. For each pair sold, the company donates another to VisionSpring, a non-profit dedicated to selling those donated glasses in poorer communities worldwide. 

The companies strive to empower those associated with Warby Parker glasses, and aim to make a huge dent in the 700 million people worldwide in need of glasses. Read more...