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
- ^ "RunPhones Combine Headbands, Headphones For Comfortable And Safe Exercise With Music". Colorado Runner Magazine. December 15, 2010 | Derek Griffiths
- ^ "A Gift Guide For The Sleep Impaired". Huffington Post. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Erie's "Acoustic Sheep" CEO named 2016 PA small business person of the year". Your Erie, Alex Peterson 03/22 2016
- ^ "SleepPhones Wireless - Soft Headphones in Bed". Indiegogo. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sleep deprived? There's an app for that". Fortune, Chris Morris January 7, 2015
- ^ "Vanessa Hsu models SleepPhones by Acoustic Sheep during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)". Yahoo News, from Reuters, January 4, 2015, Las Vegas
- ^ "CES 2016: 10 cool gadgets coming this year (we hope)". Sydney Morning Herald, January 6, 2016. Hannah Francis
- ^ "AcousticSheep, Innovation Entrepreneur Award, 2015 Small Business of the Year"[permanent dead link]. CTA.tech It is Innovation. November 12, 2015
- ^ "Erie Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur Named PA Small Business Person of the Year". Erie News Now, May 05, 2016. Mackenzie Stasko
- ^ "Business in brief: AcousticSheep debuts on sales website". Go Erie, January 17, 2016