Vince Speroni

Firstly, thank you both so much for having me.

My name is Vince Speroni.

I'm calling from Northern Virginia.

I'm 25 years old and I'm the founder of Gotchies.

We sell men's certified organic underwear.

We're really focused on the health aspect of our fabrics while still making the product suitable for exercise and everyday life.

Really looking forward to talking to you guys.

It's a split.

Half the underwear is made from synthetic materials, which if you've ever heard of polyester or nylon, these are derived from petroleum and often full of toxic chemicals and dyes, which can overheat and harm your testicular region.

And the other half is made from standard cotton underwear, which can still be sprayed with pesticides and finished with harsh chemicals.

So really, we're offering third-party certified organic cotton so you can trust the materials from farm to skin.

Yeah, it's kind of crazy.

I had an IT background, but my friends and I, after we graduated college, we did this event on Saturday mornings where you could give a presentation on any subject that you wanted to.

So you could present on how to start an airline company or how to start a podcast or your religious beliefs or how to cook a steak.

Any subject was on the table.

And I gave a presentation one time on the negative impacts of synthetic clothing on our health, specifically men's underwear, not as a research objective, just a topic I was interested in.

And the crowd was like, whoa, this is kind of crazy.

I didn't know that synthetic underwear was potentially bad for my health.

What should I buy?

And I didn't know the answer.