Mission Statement

Be the best at making large scale happen, use well placed investment to inspire and implement solutions to make business, people and the planet more robust and resilient, use our talents to make everyone an innovator.

Founded

1999

HQ

The Presidio, San Francisco

Outposts

Boston, NYC, DC, London

LENS grew out of a desire to use innovation to make positive changes in the world. Entrepreneurship remains at the heart of our business which ranges from innovating for the leading companies in the world to major non-profits and the US Government. The small, smart, and unabashed nature of maverick founders and entrepreneurs who use all of their senses and all of their resources to seek out a different way -- a better way -- to get things done, is what moves us everyday. They change the status quo using not just their brains but a sense of humor, pragmatic optimist's outlook, and sheer determination. They fail hourly, and succeed in every minute.

Our values reflect those of a business started by an entrepreneur and innovator who teamed up with other leaders and entrepreneurs who see the world differently. The approach we take towards innovation demonstrates a bias to find the smartest, simplest solution to even the most complex problem. We bring the small to the large, the outside to the inside and the orthogonal to the usual line.

Our innovations are not just fashion, making things look better; but, if it helps the person using it, great design is always welcome. Our inventions are not about driving the competition out of business, though sometimes that happens if the competition is not looking. They are about creating things that better serve the needs of people and the planet. Do they make people's lives better? Do they make the world better?

For us at LENS, we share the belief that creativity and invention can solve even the hardest problems in the world. We donate our time, services and money to organizations which inspire the best ideas and means of innovating, from arts and media, to see the world differently. For the proverbial walk in the woods, we look at everything from integrative medicine and the future of wellness, to the responsiveness of public policy to society at critical times.

Our core values are in business, and this touchstone has helped us create a company of which we are proud. Our focus on creating the best approach to innovation has brought us great success in the marketplace.

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