Neil Blumenthal

No matter what product or service your company offers, people have a way of finding out if you are genuinely providing value.

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

My grandfathers on both sides were entrepreneurs.

Social enterprise is at its most impactful when the goal is empowerment, not relief.

When a person has work, she has income and can achieve financial self-sustainability. She can prioritize her family's health and education. Her standing in the community is lifted, and so is her confidence.

Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.

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

The key to an ideal workplace, in one hyphenated word, is this: self-awareness.

There are two elements to nailing a job interview: form and substance. 'Form' describes the outer layer of your character - your manners, your demeanor, your social skills. 'Substance' describes the inner core of your character - your intellect, your empathy, your creativity.

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.

Every moment contains an opportunity to create feelings of satisfaction and excitement in a customer. It's up to retailers to make it happen.

I believe that the concept of 'design' encompasses every aspect of customers's exposure to a brand, from the moment they hear about us to the first time they visit our store to the process of ordering and anticipating the arrival of their glasses.