Optical Business News Podcast

Daniel speaks with Louis Fullagar, owner of Spexaddict, founder of the Luxury Eyewear Forum, and Marketing Director for the Loft Eyewear Shows about The Loft San Francisco.

This is an encore presentation from May of 2018 where Daniel speaks with Bob Hillman and Larry Bell of Fabulous Fanny's about their new eyewear line and listen to some of their fascinating stories of optical days gone by.  

Daniel speaks with Carrie Wilson about her new training program that has had 100% success pass rate so far and about her book and classes as well as the pluses and minuses of certification and licensure.

Daniel Speaks with Suzanne Sendel about her reinvention into the world of optical. 

Daniel Feldman and Scott Balestreri team up to talk about some of the truth and lies in optical in this new series.

In this week’s show, Daniel speaks with Dr. Adam Ramsey of Iconic Eye Care in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Jody Shuler of Eyecrave Optics in Watertown, New York, about opening their own dream stores…what they would do differently and what advice they would give others considering opening their own stores.

This podcast originally aired in August of 2018. Daniel speaks with Lenscrafters founder, E. Dean Butler about the past and future of eye care. 

Daniel speaks with noted high society eye guy, Shane Baum, the founder and CEO of Baum Vision and Leisure Society.

Daniel speaks with brand strategist, Richard Bell about branding.  

Daniel speaks with Brett Plotzker and Jeremy Bluvol, the co-founders of Patch.

Daniel speaks with the founder of Le Kevin, the new eyewear fashion accessory company, Michele Quastel.

Daniel speaks with Valerie Vittu, the founder and owner of Margot & Camille Optique in Philadelphia about her journey into independent eyewear.   

Daniel speaks with David Even Salk,  probably THE authority on blue light in eye care today, the longtime owner of Focal Point Opticians, eClips, and Blue Logic Lenses. 

Daniel speaks with Katherine Denney, alias Kat The Glasses Girl about Eye Nerds and Kat Eye Optical.

Daniel speaks with the founder and CEO of Tekā Eyewear, Tom Kramer. 

Daniel speaks with Frances Scholz, optician and owner of Backyard Spectacles out of Alaska.

Daniel speaks with Stephanie Haenes, ABOC, co-owner, and founder of The Art Of Optiks stores in Minnesota.

We speak with Cathy Ives, the queen of all things ecological and optical just in time for Earth Day.

Daniel speaks with Jason Kirk, half of the infamous Kirk & Kirk Eyewear all the way from London, England.

Daniel speaks with Nikki Griffin the owner of Of EyeStyles Optical and Boutique about starting and running your own optical shop.