Investor Connect - 701 - Lawrence Chavez of EveryDay Contacts
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Lawrence Chavez, CEO at EveryDay Contacts.\xa0 EveryDay Contacts is a premium daily disposable contact lens, doctor-enabled, subscription-based, direct-to-consumer company designed for both patients and eye care professionals. Built around a unique technology that enhances the wettability of the silicone hydrogel daily disposable lenses, EveryDay Contacts is coming to market with a model that supports proper eye health by ensuring the eye care professional is part of the value chain. Contact lens users receive the benefit of a premium daily disposable contact lens with all the advantages of a D2C model. The independent eye doctor benefits by reconnecting with their patient and recapturing the $500M of lost contact lens revenue that \u201cwalk\u201d to other retail channels. Lawrence has 20+ years of finance, operations management, and strategic marketing experience in a variety of entrepreneurial businesses. Lawrence has been involved with a number of startups as both an entrepreneur and investor. He serves on the Board of ABQid, a startup accelerator working at the intersection of entrepreneurship and economic development. In addition, he serves as Venture Partner at Flywheel Ventures and previously managed Flywheel\u2019s New Mexico Gap Fund I, seed fund. Lawrence also advises Startup Teen, an organization created to promote entrepreneur education for mid and high school students. Past boards include the New Mexico Venture Capital Association, Coronado Ventures Forum, and Innovate El Paso. Lawrence has a Bachelor\u2019s of Accounting from New Mexico State University and Master\u2019s in Marketing from Texas A&M University. Lawrence speaks about starting a business in the contact lens industry and some of the challenges startups face. He shares what information sources have helped him the most and discusses one thing his business did that he never expected. You can visit EveryDay Contacts at , and on LinkedIn at . Lawrence can be contacted at , on LinkedIn at , on Twitter at , and via telephone at (505)459-8212.\xa0 _____________________________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: \xa0\xa0 Check out our other podcasts here: \xa0 For Investors check out: \xa0 For Startups check out: \xa0 For eGuides check out: \xa0 For upcoming Events, check out \xa0\xa0 For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .