Warby Parker and Inspired Vision

November 17, 2012

In this season of Young Visionaries, we talk to entrepreneurs tackling social, cultural, and environmental goals by harnessing entrepreneurial principles and out-of-the-box thinking to create positive change.

David Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal are the co-founders of Warby Parker, a New York-based eyewear company that gives a pair of glasses to a needy person in the developing world for each pair the company sells. The company’s founders are convinced that businesses can act as a force for good — and still earn a profit. They’re on a mission to see that hypothesis come to fruition.

See how the company is growing the business and maintaining its social vision.

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This story originally appeared at Entrepreneur.com This story originally appeared at Entrepreneur.com

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Diana Ransom is the editor of YoungEntrepreneur.com, as well as a contributing editor at Entrepreneur.com and columnist for Entrepreneur’s Startups magazine. She's written about small businesses and startups for The Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News, SmartMoney.com and FastCompany magazine. Ransom lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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