Each year, UCL Advances and UCL's Department of Management Science and Innovation organises a series of guest lectures from leading entrepreneurs and investors.
Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Jamie Murray-Wells, Founder, Glasses Direct
Date: 29th October 2009
It’s only been just over four years since entrepreneur Jamie Murray-Wells (26) launched his ground-breaking business www.glassesdirect.co.uk but in that time he has rewritten the rules and shaken the optical industry to its roots
Conceived as an idea while he was at University, and launched in the front room of his parent’s house, Glasses Direct entered the market with the aim of providing cut price prescription glasses over the internet, allowing people to afford several pairs and releasing them from the tyranny of 'only one pair'. Because it was a new idea the optical industry said it wouldn’t work, but today Glasses. Direct is the largest direct-seller of glasses in the world, selling a pair every three minutes around the clock, with a multi million pound turnover.
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