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The Story of a Brand

Caddis - Why You Should Own Your Age

The Story of a Brand

Ramon Vela

Business, Entrepreneurship

5145 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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“To make aging cool,” that's the mission of Caddis. Today we have Tim Parr, the Founder and CEO of Caddis, a corrective eyewear brand.

Tim was a guitar player before starting Caddis, and even before playing music, he worked in brand strategy consulting. He had a bicycle as well as an apparel company. Caddis began as a reading glass company but has evolved into a lifestyle brand on a mission to make “aging cool.”

According to him, raising money was one of the most challenging parts. With the coming of a lead investor, the brand's progress became easier. He mentions that when he realized that they were not in the reading glass business rather the age business where glasses are the door prize. This epiphany was a game-changer for him.

In the first half, he talks about:

* Gratefulness
* Overview of the brand
* What pushed him
* Bluegrass music
* Did his creative background helped him
* Challenges
* Why is lead investor was critical for momentum
* Game changer

Join Ramon Vela and Tim Parr as they break down the inside story on The Story of a Brand.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Recorded at Mute Six Studios.

0:07.9

This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast.

0:11.6

And he's not your average host.

0:14.0

This is the story of a brand with your host, Ramon Vela.

0:20.6

So it started, what started off as a reading glasses company, which we had a white space

0:27.6

that we identified in the world, over time it grew into an age business.

0:36.6

So right now we are a company that internally what we say is our

0:44.3

bottom line is that we're trying to make aging cool. And it's something that lifestyle brands

0:50.7

haven't touched probably ever because it's a taboo subject. So that's, that's long and short of it.

0:59.6

That's our mission. I am Alexandra Collis, director of customer experience for Princess Polly. Our

1:09.3

demographic is Gen Z. And this is the I

1:12.4

expect a response now. I call them the now customer. Our CX teams engage across every single

1:17.5

channel. It is very important that we meet our customers where they are. And Gorgeous allows us

1:23.2

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1:28.6

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1:34.6

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1:41.8

solution trusted by innovative retail and e-commerce brands like CB2,

1:45.5

coach, and thousands of Shopify brands. On average, attentive consumers see 25 times ROI and 18.5%

1:53.3

of online revenue driven by SMS. Ready for SMS to become one of your top three revenue channels?

1:59.2

Learn how to get started with your free trial

2:01.1

by requesting a demo at attentive mobile. Hey everyone, this is Ramon Vela, and this is another episode

2:08.7

of the story of a brand. Like always, we have an amazing person that we're featuring, and brand,

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