Daniel speaks with ANFAO President Lorraine Berton about MIDO 2025 coming February 8th, 9th, and 10th in Milan, Italy. 

https://www.mido.com/en/

Daniel speaks with Lorna Robinson, the head of buying for the Hakim Group.

https://www.hakimgroup.co.uk/

Daniel Speaks with Katherine Cousins and Jennifer Bradley about one of the hottest eyewear brands born in Australia, QUAY Eyewear.

https://www.quay.com/

Daniel speaks with Johanna Skans, the founder of Skans Eyewear from her studio in Coppenhagen.

Daniel talks about The Better Business Bureau in the digital age and then speaks with John Seegers of Optician Works and Laramy-K Optical. 

Daniel speaks with Kevin Kretch and Kimberly Peters from Eyes on Main about retail optical in a pandemic. 

Daniel speaks with Sam Kotob, the founder and designer of eyeOs Premium Readers about what's new in reading glasses.

Daniel speaks with Louis Fullagar, owner of Spexaddict, founder of the Luxury Eyewear Forum, and Marketing Director for the Loft Eyewear Shows about The Loft San Francisco.

Daniel speaks with Elaine Grisdale, Director of Development at the International Opticians Association about the upcoming SILMO Singapore Trade Show.

https://silmosingapore.com/

Daniel speaks with Charlene Nichols and David Green about this summer's big online event, July 7th, 8th, & 9th.

Daniel Feldman speaks with Bob Hillman and Larry Bell, industry legends about their newest project, Fabulous Fanny's eyewear.

Daniel speaks with Wesley Scott, the Director of Ft. Jackson Optical Lab and Vice President of the South Carolina Association of Opticians.

Daniel speaks with Raanan Naftalovich, the President of Shamir North America, from his office in sunny San Diego. 

Daniel speaks with Marcello Martino, the Founder, and Designer behind Covrt Project Eyewear.

For our 100th podcast, it couldn't be more fitting than to be speaking with none other than Cathy Ives, the founder of The Optical Vision Site and Optical Vision Resources, the precursors to The Optical Journal and the founder/owner/operator of the premier website on ecology, Green Eco Services.

http://www.greenecoservices.com/

Daniel speaks with Barry Santini, owner of Long Island Opticians

Daniel and Nikki discuss The After Party in Portland and the upcoming SSL Shaming by Google due this January to websites near you. 

Daniel speaks with Raanan Naftalovich, the President of Shamir North America.

https://shamir.com/

Daniel speaks with Giovanni Vitaloni, the President of MIDO, the largest optical show in Europe, coming back live to Milan, Italy, on February 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2023.

Daniel speaks with Dr. Charles Posternack, the co-founder of Avulux.

https://avulux.com/

Daniel speaks with Maksym Harrylenko, the founder, of the Ukrainian brand Ochis Eyewear.

Daniel speaks with the CEO of The Vision Council, Ashley Mills about Vision Expo West, September 18-21, 2024

https://west.visionexpo.com/

Daniel speaks with the founder and designer of David Green Eyewear from his studio outside Cape Town, South Africa, David Green.

https://www.greeneyewear.com/

Daniel speaks with Alexandra Peng, the founder, and CEO of TC Charton - Asian Fit Eyewear.

Daniel speaks with Dr. Keyur Patel, Optometrist, and Director at Tompkins Knight and Son from Northampton UK.

We squeeze 141 years of optical history into 40 minutes of fun with Jack Erker III of Studio Optyx in St Louis.

Daniel speaks with Dr. Sandi Eveleth, Optometrist, Optical shop owner, Author, Marketer, Web Designer, Video Editor, and Optical consultant. 

https://www.drsandieveleth.com/

https://becauseofsamthemovie.com/

Daniel speaks with one hip chick, Tamra Asmuth, the owner/operator of One Hip Chic Optical in Rochester, New York.

Daniel speaks with the husband and wife team behind the Italian eyewear company, Vanni Eyewear, Alessandra Girardi, and Giovanni Vitaloni.

https://www.vanniocchiali.com/

Daniel speaks with Ashley Mills about the last Vision Expo East in New York City, VEE 2024!

Daniel speaks with Pascal Mathieu, the Founder and Creative Director of Pascal Mathieu Eyewear from his studio in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

Daniel speaks with Eva Davé, optometrist, eyewear styling expert, and the owner of Style Optique, all the way from Market Drayton Great Britain.

https://eyewearstylingacademy.com/

Daniel speaks with Jill Onallah with Oliver Goldsmith and Orgreen Optics and Nik Cummens with Dita Eyewear about their inaugural Mix+Mingle Eyewear Show on October 11th in Chicago.

Daniel speaks with De Rigo Rem President, Alessandro Baronti about his 30-year optical journey as well as what's in store at Vision Expo West this September. 

Daniel speaks with the CEO of Black Talon Security, Gary Salman about HIPAA, cybersecurity, and what steps ECPs can take to protect themselves.

This week Daniel and Nikki explore the upcoming deadline for GDPR in Europe and we speak with Scott Balestreri of Bad Ass Optical about lenses and the Facebook Forum, Ask The Lab Guy

Daniel speaks with Giovanni Vitaloni, the President of MIDO and CEO of Nico Design about the Golden Anniversary edition of MIDO, February 29 - March 2, 2020.

In this week’s show, Nikki and Daniel talk about digital advertising and discuss push vs pull advertising online. Daniel also shares his discussion with Dr. OD's on Facebook, Alan Glazier about Shady Grove Eye And Vision Center, Total Eye Care Partners, OD's on Facebook and what's happening in optical today.

We speak with Wendy Salle, the owner of Salle Opticians in Atlanta, Georgia about her renowned optical shop.

Salle Opticians

Daniel speaks with Simon Ponnusamy,, the founder and CEO of AM Eyewear in Australia.

Daniel speaks with the founder and CEO of Tekā Eyewear, Tom Kramer. 

Daniel Speaks with Bob Reynolds of Salle Eyecare and the President of The Opticians Association of America.

Daniel speaks with Guillaume Thuau and Marc-Antoine Rubaud the co-founders of BAARS Eyewear from their studio in Oyonnax.

Daniel speaks with Niall D O’Sullivan, the founder and owner of Pewpols Eyewear from his studio in Gorey, Ireland. 

https://www.pewpols.com/

Daniel speaks with Pelin Munis, the CEO of RestoringVision.

https://restoringvision.org

Daniel speaks with David Friedfeld, the President of ClearVision Optical about the company, past, present, and future.

Daniel speaks with Katherine Giovannone of MESquad Kids Eyewear.

https://mesquad.ca/

Daniel speaks with Tarrence Lackran, the founder and CEO of EYECONS.

https://www.eyeconsagency.com/

Daniel speaks with best-selling author and international speaker Marcus Sheridan in 2020 about marketing.

Daniel speaks with Jason Kirk, ½ of the amazing Kirk & Kirk team, and Charlene Nichols, the founder of Optical Near Me about My Vision Show, taking place this weekend at

https://myvisionshow.com/

Daniel speaks with Maurice and Francois Leonard of Gold & Wood, one of the original high-end sustainable eyewear brands.

https://www.gold-and-wood.com

Daniel speaks with Addie Bogart, Brett Cates, and Scott Balestreri about the After Party and their newest announcements.

Daniel speaks with Nathan Garnett, Event Director for 100% Optical, the U.K.’s largest optical event coming up in January 2020.

Daniel speaks with Nancey Harris and Tracy Green of Vontélle Eyewear from their studios in Brooklyn, New York.

Daniel speaks with brand strategist, Richard Bell about branding.

Daniel speaks with the CEO of Orasis Pharmaceuticals, Elad Kedar, about their new CSF-1 Eye Drops for Presbyopia. 

https://www.orasis-pharma.com/

Daniel Feldman and Scott Balestreri team up to talk about some of the truth and lies in optical in this new series.

In this week’s show, Daniel speaks with Dr. Adam Ramsey of Iconic Eye Care in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Jody Shuler of Eyecrave Optics in Watertown, New York, about opening their own dream stores…what they would do differently and what advice they would give others considering opening their own stores.

We speak with Dibby Bartlett,  the COO of Todd Rogers Eyewear, and the President of the Opticians Association of America.

https://oaa.org/

Daniel, Nikki DiBacco, and Robert Bell, the founders of The Visionaries Group, get back together for a special COVID-19 podcast episode talking about what shops can do to prepare to reopen better than ever. 

Daniel speaks with the co-founder of Marketing4ECPS, Trudi Charest, about her best-selling book, The Digital Sales Rep.

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Sales-Rep-Target-Clients-ebook/dp/B09RY21K5M/

Daniel speaks with another eyewear visionary, Thierry Lasry from his home in New York City. 

https://www.thierrylasry.com/

Daniel speaks with Lou Fullagar about the new spaces for The Loft Show March 21-24,2019.

Daniel speaks with Jen Johnston and Steven Charlebois, the owners of Off The Wall Eyewear Emporium.

Daniel speaks with Tarrence Lackran of The Vision Council about what's new for Vision Expo East, March 21-24 in New York City.

Daniel speaks with Ed Bird, the founder and CEO of Bird Eyewear from Exeter, U.K. about their sustainable eyewear brand.

Daniel speaks with Dr. Steven Loomis about the Think About Your Eyes Program. 

Daniel speaks with Charlene Nichols, and Trevor Williams about the Eyewear Artwalk coming to 7 cities across the US in 2024.

https://www.eyewearartwalk.com/

Daniel speaks with Daniel Crespo, the President, and CEO of Indizen Optical Technologies, and Tina Lahti, VP of Sales and Marketing about their new Digital Ray-Path 2 technology.

Daniel Feldman and Scott Balestreri team up to talk about some of the truth and lies in optical in this new series.

Daniel speaks with Zachary Tipton, the founder of Tipton Eyeworks about their unique eyewear made from a variety of recycled products and the donation of their entire 2020 line of Rx eyewear to the front line heroes of healthcare infighting Coronavirus in Hungary.

https://vinylize.com/

Daniel speaks with Dr. Adam Ramsey and Mr. Jody Shuler about opening their own stores and the advice they would give others.

Daniel speaks with Carla Sfeir, the owner, designer, and genius behind Carla’s Eyeworks and Coexist Eyewear, from Montpellier in the south of France.

Daniel speaks with the owners of JISCO Mediterranean Eyewear, Joerdis Neubauer, the designer, and Francisco Marin, the CEO. 

https://www.ioft.jp/

Daniel speaks with Nikki Griffin the owner of Of EyeStyles Optical and Boutique about starting and running your own optical shop.

Ashley Mills, the CEO of The Vision Council, returns to update us on this year’s show running from the 22nd to the 25th of September. 

Daniel speaks with Charlene Nichols and Robert Bell about the upcoming 10^th edition of My Vision Show coming up June 23-27, 2021.

In this week’s show, Daniel speaks with Tarrence Lackran, Director of Industry Relations at Vision Expo. 

Daniel speaks with Wendy Buchanan, the eyewear image expert, from her studio in Toronto, Canada. 

Daniel speaks with Birgitte Falvin, the Founder and Creative Director of Falvin Eyewear, from her home in Switzerland.

https://www.falvineyewear.com/

Daniel speaks with designer Sven Gotti, the founder of the brand that bears his name, Gotti Eyewear

Daniel speaks with Nicola Zotta, the President of Marchon Eyewear, not from his office in New York City, but in the middle of his travels to Italy. 

https://www.marchon.com

Daniel and Nikki discuss the proper formatting of optical logos for use in any medium and Daniel speaks with Christain Jones of Pull Optics.

Daniel Speaks with Suzanne Sendel about her reinvention into the world of optical. 

Daniel speaks with Dr. Justin Bazan about Park Slope Eye, optometry in 2019, and how young doctors are learning from each other.

Just in time for Earth Day and 420, Daniel speaks with the owner and Managing Director of Hemp Eyewear, Sam Whitten.

Daniel speaks with Dr. Elise Kramer from Miami Contact Lens Institute about optometry and how to make money selling contact lenses.

https://www.miamicontactlens.com/?ref=TOJ

Daniel speaks with the brother-sister team of Valentina and Gabriel Hernandez the founders and creative forces behind PORTRAIT Eyewear from their studios in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

Daniel speaks with Ashley Mills, the CEO of The Vision Council about Vision Expo West 2023.

https://west.visionexpo.com/

Daniel Speaks with Alexis Kaye Hanes of Eyecare Specialties in Colorado, Colleen Galanti of Pascarella Eye Care & Contact Lenses in Pennsylvania, and Rose Mary Torres of La Vista Mobile Optical in Virginia about the big C… Cancer… and their experiences in optical.

Daniel speaks with Valerie Vittu, the founder and owner of Margot & Camille Optique in Philadelphia about her journey into independent eyewear. 

Daniel speaks with Scott Balestreri of Bad Ass Optical about what makes a good frame.

Daniel speaks with Nancy Gries and Julie Hawkins, the ladies behind the eyewear and accessory brand featured on Dragons Den, Coti Vision.

https://www.cotivision.com/

We talk Seastainable eyewear with the founder and CEO of Sea2See Eyewear, Francois Van Den Abeele

Daniel speaks with Dr. Rook Torres and Kayla Ashlee, the founders of Spexy.

Daniel speaks with Eric Lenoir, the Show Director of SILMO about SILMO Paris taking place September 29 through October 2 at Paris Nord Villepinte.

https://silmoparis.com

Daniel speaks with Micki Lorelli of Juno Beach Optical and Ryan Horne of Spex by Ryan about Vision Expo West.

We speak with Cathy Ives, the queen of all things ecological and optical just in time for Earth Day.