Acoustic Sheep

Acoustic Sheep is an American producer of audio headphones headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company manufactures SleepPhones, a sleep aid headphone, and RunPhones, a breathable headband with built in headphones[1] designed to not fall out like earbuds.[2]

History

Acoustic Sheep was founded by Dr. Wei-Shin Lai and her husband Jason Wolfe in 2007.[3]

In April 2013 Acoustic Sheep successfully funded an Indiegogo campaign raising $7,955 from their goal of $5,000.[4]

By 2014, SleepPhones had been sold in over 50 countries.[5]

In 2015[6][7] and again 2016 the SleepPhones were demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show.[8] In 2015 the product won a design award at the show, and by the end of the year move than half a million headphone sets had been sold.[9]

In 2016 Wei-Shin was named Pennsylvania Businessperson of the Year by the US Small Business Association.[3][10] Also in 2016, the company began selling its products on the Grommet website.[11]

References
  1. "RunPhones Combine Headbands, Headphones For Comfortable And Safe Exercise With Music". Colorado Runner Magazine. December 15, 2010 | Derek Griffiths
  2. "A Gift Guide For The Sleep Impaired". Huffington Post. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. "Erie's "Acoustic Sheep" CEO named 2016 PA small business person of the year". Your Erie, Alex Peterson 03/22 2016
  4. "SleepPhones Wireless - Soft Headphones in Bed". Indiegogo. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. "Acoustic Sheep: Helping People Sleep Better and Enjoy a Jog". Erie TV News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. "Sleep deprived? There's an app for that". Fortune, Chris Morris January 7, 2015
  7. "Vanessa Hsu models SleepPhones by Acoustic Sheep during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)". Yahoo News, from Reuters, January 4, 2015, Las Vegas
  8. "CES 2016: 10 cool gadgets coming this year (we hope)". Sydney Morning Herald, January 6, 2016. Hannah Francis
  9. "AcousticSheep, Innovation Entrepreneur Award, 2015 Small Business of the Year". CTA.tech It is Innovation. November 12, 2015
  10. "Erie Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur Named PA Small Business Person of the Year". Erie News Now, May 05, 2016. Mackenzie Stasko
  11. "Business in brief: AcousticSheep debuts on sales website". Go Erie, January 17, 2016
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.