March 14th, 2013

Warby Parker Co-Founder Launches Harry’s, Bringing The Startup’s Buy-One-Donate-One Model To Shaving

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Warby Parker co-founder Jeff Raider has teamed up with his old friend Andy Katz-Mayfield to bring a little of that Warby Parker magic to shaving with the launch of Harry’s. In other words, to take a market that is dominated by a small handful of players pushing artificially priced products (with no respect to the quality of the product), bring it online to help remove the friction and high costs… → Read More

November 1st, 2012

Big Money For Cheap Razors: Dollar Shave Club Raises $9.8M, Launches In Canada

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Dollar Shave Club, the startup offering a subscription razor service that costs as little as $1 per month (plus shipping), has raised $9.8 million in Series A funding.

Co-founder and CEO Michael Dubin said the new round, which was led by Venrock, will allow the company to develop “the next iteration of Dollar Shave Club” and “to really grow into the lifestyle service” that he wants it to be. He… → Read More