LAUNCHING MY COMPANY IN THE MOST ELECTRIC CITY IN THE WORLD - NEW YORK
“With offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Athens and Mexico City, we truly have an international footprint to support and bring value to our clients.”
ARTICLE SUMMARY
After the startup Chris and I had worked on was acquired, we chose New York as the place to build our next venture. I describe the city’s energy and the international approach behind Ideoli, bringing together design, manufacturing and procurement for clients furnishing their commercial spaces.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The post connects Ideoli’s launch with our experience at an earlier lighting startup.
Our work covered furnishings, lighting and showcase pieces for several commercial sectors.
After successfully exiting a high-tech LED startup that both my partner and I helped found, and which was later acquired and then went public on the New York Stock Exchange, we decided that New York was the perfect environment in which to build off of our previous success and launch our new venture in.
Ideoli Group is a designer, manufacturer, and procurement collaborator of furnishings, fixtures, lighting products and showcase pieces for large national retail stores and restaurants, and international hospitality groups. From designing to prototyping to manufacturing, Ideoli is involved from start to finish, helping to bring spaces to life. If you walk down any major street, or visit a mall or shopping center, you have likely seen our custom furnishing and decorative lighting fixtures in action. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Athens and Mexico City, we truly have an international footprint to support and bring value to our clients.
Fast paced, energetic, invigorating and the startup hub of the world all describe our home, New York City. With an energy that makes us want to see more, do more and be more, it’s exactly why Ideoli was founded here.
Explore the businesses and lighting work that followed this launch, or visit my Keynotes page to learn more about the experience behind my talks.
George Stroumboulis and Chris Hartswick in the city they launched their company in - New York City.
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