David Heath and Randy Goldberg saw an opportunity to disrupt a long
dormant—and arguably boring sector...socks. They met at a startup in their
20s, each already had their own side hustles before they hatched a plan to
launch a business together. Randy and David didn’t initially intend to get
into the sock business, but in 2011, David read that socks are the most
requested clothing item at homeless shelters. That led them to start a company
they called Bombas based on a promise: for each pair of socks a customer
bought, another would be donated to the homeless. Within about ten years,
their one-for-one start-up turned into a quarter of a billion dollar business
that has expanded into sweatshirts, underwear, and t-shirts.
Listen to [The Great Creators](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-
great-creators-with-guy-raz/id1640546593) launching September 20th
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David Heath and Randy Goldberg saw an opportunity to disrupt a long
dormant—and arguably boring sector...socks. They met at a startup in their
20s, each already had their own side hustles before they hatched a plan to
launch a business together. Randy and David didn’t initially intend to get
into the sock business, but in 2011, David read that socks are the most
requested clothing item at homeless shelters. That led them to start a company
they called Bombas based on a promise: for each pair of socks a customer
bought, another would be donated to the homeless. Within about ten years,
their one-for-one start-up turned into a quarter of a billion dollar business
that has expanded into sweatshirts, underwear, and t-shirts.
Listen to [The Great Creators](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-
great-creators-with-guy-raz/id1640546593) launching September 20th
See Privacy Policy at
and California Privacy
Notice at .
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