We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Patrick Eckstein. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Patrick below.
Patrick, appreciate you joining us today. What do you think Corporate America gets wrong in your industry?
The consolidation of sunglass and eyewear companies as well as distributors under only a few large corporations creating a monopoly.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I am a minimalist and have always had a desire to make high quality products that could mirror my active, on-the-go lifestyle. We make sunglasses and apparel using the highest quality materials in the world. We strive to make the highest quality products can do more with less. I am most proud of our small, independent team that we all work together and support each other in making the best products for our customers that we our customers like family.
We’d love to hear about how you keep in touch with clients.
We rely heavily on both email and text message. What sets us apart is that we ask ourselves “how can we deliver value beyond our products?” we try to deliver that via email and text message platforms on not just focusing on making a sale but giving something that our team feels is valuable and makes life more enjoyable, better, more fulfilling… etc.
For example, soon we’re launching a life goals/bucket list checklist with our product along encouraging our customers to live their life to the fullest and we’re following up with an email sequence and a e-book/goals list to inspire and help our customers and achieve those goals
Can you open up about how you funded your business?
Crowdfunding. Initially because we wanted to bootstrap our business and prove product market fit, we utilized websites like Kickstarter and IndieGogo to not only fund our first orders but to build a community of like-minded people who love and support our brand.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.williampainter.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williampainter/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamPainterOfficial
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/williampainter
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@WilliamPainter
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/williampainterinc