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To Survive Rapid Success, Remember to Slow Down

My sunglasses brand was blowing up. I tried to keep up, and moved too fast. It almost sunk us.
Source: Courtesy of Garrett Leight
Courtesy of Garrett Leight

In 2010, I realized a dream: I my own namesake eyewear and sunglasses brand, . The business is in my blood. My father, Larry Leight, is the founder of Oliver Peoples, a decades-old eyewear business where I’d spent years working and learning. I created Garrett Leight to capitalize on that expertise but better serve a I identified with, one who was a little younger, with

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