Startup Cafe with Eli Lazar: The Entrepreneurial Journey of SNOOZ
Channel: Illinois Research Park
Date: 2020-10-08

On Wednesday, October 7, we heard from Eli Lazar on the entrepreneurial journey of SNOOZ

Eli Lazar is the Co-founder and CTO of SNOOZ, Inc, a consumer electronics company started in 2015 that focuses on controlling airflow and acoustics to turn a bedroom into a haven for sleep. After graduating from the University of Illinois in mechanical engineering, he spent six years working as a full-time engineer at Caterpillar, and in parallel working evenings and weekends on SNOOZ. The first product, SNOOZ Original, is a fan-based white noise machine that was launched on Kickstarter. Following a successful campaign, it took 12 months to set up manufacturing and fulfill the orders. Since then, SNOOZ has sold nearly 100k units to consumers and is currently in 2000 hotel rooms around the country, and has launched two new products, SNOOZ Go and SNOOZ Button. From April 2019, Eli resigned at Caterpillar and has been working full time at SNOOZ. Outside of work, Eli is married and has two kids, John and Mary. 

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