Jeff Raider

Jeff, a Co-Founder of both Harry’s and Warby Parker, aims to build companies and brands that positively impact people's everyday lives.

At Harry’s, Jeff has raised over $375 million in venture funding from Thrive Capital, SV Angel, and Box Group, among others.

He remains on the Board of Directors at Warby Parker, and helped raise over $290 million in financing from Forerunner, Lerer Hippeau, and First Round.

On his morning ritual.

My morning revolves around my family.

I like to make the most out of my time with them before I shift to work and the day ahead. My kids sneak out of their beds and into ours in the morning.

Instead of shooing them back into their rooms, my wife and I have embraced this family time. They’re getting older and won’t always want to hang out with us.

I really try to live in the moment as much as possible.

Then, I move onto my morning routine: shower and a shave, during which I am usually interrupted by my kids and chase them out of the bathroom with a shaving cream mustache.

After getting dressed and kissing my wife and kids goodbye, I walk to work, which is both energizing and really gets me in the zone.

Then I grab a coffee, and at that point, the day has officially begun.

On protecting his workouts.

Every Thursday, I play basketball with friends and some people on Harry’s team at 6:30 am. It’s one of the best things I’ve started doing for myself.

I get to hang out with a great group of people, workout without thinking about it and leave feeling energized for the day.

On working through stress.

First, I take a step back.

A change of scenery or shifting to a non-work activity helps give my brain a break and energy to come back and focus on the task at hand.

I re-prioritize the things around me to clearly outline the path forward.

Breaking things down into actionable steps is helpful and makes each one feel easier to achieve.

I often regroup with my team to identify distractions and delegate tasks accordingly.

Then, we push forward, and I remind myself that I’ve been here before.

On prioritizing family first.

I’ve found that planning family time first allows me to be more present with them and then I reorganize work around that.

It just doesn’t work as well if I’m trying to do both at the same time.

On his nightly sleep routine.

Knowing that I tend to prefer getting deep work thinking done at night, I try to bake in 20 to 30 minutes to decompress by always reading a book before bed.