Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity.

Avoid the 'squeaky wheel gets the grease' habit of overreacting to the loudest feedback. The first time you hear a particular piece of feedback, treat it like a clue and do some investigating. Find out how deep it goes - maybe it stops at the surface and won't be an issue, maybe not.

A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed.

A workplace that encourages self-awareness is an environment where the most productive, curious, and innovative people thrive.

Every generation trash-talks younger generations. Baby boomers labeled Generation X a group of tattooed slackers and materialists; Generation Xers have branded millennials as iPhone-addicted brats.

At Warby Parker, we say that we're customer focused but medium agnostic.

Self-awareness is a trait - or maybe 'practice' is the more accurate way to put it - that everyone can always improve at. It is part emotional intelligence, part perceptiveness, part critical thinking. It means knowing your weaknesses, of course, but it also means knowing your strengths and what motivates you.

At its best, entrepreneurship creates jobs, solves problems, and galvanizes creative thinking.

If you think about what are glasses, they are the best example of form and function.