Ep 31: Will Petz, Quiet Events

Will Petz discovered silent discos on a cruise ship with his parents — dancing to music DJs play directly into your headphones — and thought it was the stupid until he tried it and realized it was amazing.At the time, Will was working in finance and IT — first moving computers on Wall Street for J.P. Morgan, then running the BlackBerry rollout at Lehman Brothers — when he decided to build his own headphones, throw his first silent disco party in New York, and see what happened. That party was the start of Quiet Events.In this episode, Will talks about deliberately separating himself from the brand after a painful lesson from his first business, manufacturing his own headphones in China with his savings, why he turned down Mark Cuban's money on Shark Tank, and why Quiet Events might be at your next basketball game.Quiet Events: https://www.quietevents.com Dana's Newsletter: nationofdoers.substack.com