This is the Entrepreneur of Thought Leaders series.

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Today I am delighted to welcome Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Condomery to ETL.

Sophia is the co-founder and co-CEO of Pear Eyewear.

Since its inception, pair eyewear has put consumers at the center of the innovation process,

ensuring that the brand is at the front of redefining the eyewear experience by offering

continual customizability, freedom of choice, and affordability for glasses.

In her role, Sophia leads brand marketing and creative and development initiatives in addition

to overseeing web and product

design. She was named an honorary for Forbes under 30 in 2020. Prior to co-founding pair

eyewear, Edelstein earned her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, which was where she

and her co-founder Nathan discovered that current eyeglass options were limited, expensive,

and not at all that fun.

From there, the duo made it their mission to respond to a long overdue marketplace need

to bring countless, affordable, stylish eyeglass options to make eyeglass experiences more enjoyable.

Nathan Connori as the co-founder and co-ceo pair I wear, motivated by his own negative experience

of wearing glasses as a child led me to.

Per is reinventing the entire glasses of experiences to be more empowering and fashionable for

kids while affordable and stress-free for parents.

When Nathan got his glasses at eight years old, it was daunting.

Like most kids, he was self-conscious and embarrassed to wear them to school because of the stigma existing around glasses.

After sharing his story with his co-founder, Sophia, the two wondered why nobody had redesigned glasses to be more fun and dynamic.

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