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Potty Privacy
Cover Your Crack!
Overview
| Date Established | 04/2024 |
| Founder | David Kirby |
| Headquarters | None |
| Industries |
Health & Wellness
Entrepreneurship
Business
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| Website | https://shorturl.at/z6i9v |
| Press Contact | David Kirby |
| Social |
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About
Potty Privacy is the first and only personal solution to a common problem that most people experience in the United States on a daily basis. There is a major design flaw in most public restrooms in the US. Because of the poorly made and designed stalls, there is often a gap between the stall door and the frame of the stall. This crack creates an unacceptable invasion of privacy for anyone using the restroom. Enough is enough! It's time for people to get their privacy back when they need it the most.
Our mission is to empower people to not tolerate bad design that impacts their most sensitive moments. We value privacy and created the perfect, flushable product that people can discreetly carry with them. Put a privacy strip in your purse, wallet, backpack, or luggage. Anytime nature calls in public, customers can now feel more private, secure, and at ease.
Founding Story
When I got my first corporate job I had to use a restroom with many stalls. The crack in one of these stalls was so bad that I noticed that no one ever used it. For years I thought to myself, "There has to be a way to not deal with these cracks." Everywhere I went I noticed them. The office, the airport, sports arenas, shopping malls, restaurants, you name it. These stall door designs are everywhere.
After the pandemic I had finally had enough. Having gotten comfortable and used to exclusively using my bathroom at home, I was annoyed to be back out in the world with this terrible design. I couldn't understand why no one had done anything about this so I finally decided that person would be me. We sourced manufacturing and launched the brand in April of 2024.
Team Bios
When I was in Law School, I struggled to see myself ever practicing law. I had the good fortune to have a professor who told me to, "not let the well trodden path of others determine my journey." I took that advice to heart and years later my path has certainly been non-traditional.
After graduating, I moved to Brooklyn, New York and worked plenty of odd jobs, a barista, a clerk at a vintage clothing store, a bicycle mechanic, and through sheer luck, or fate, about a year after landing in New York, I packed up everything I had, with about $50 in my bank account and moved to Detroit, Michigan.
In Detroit, with no money, connections, or job I got the first opportunity I could as a waiter and started to figure out what on earth I was doing with my life. Detroit at that time was going through its bankruptcy and the narrative around "re-birth" of the city and opportunity was permeating everything. I enthusiastically jumped in to the entrepreneurial scene in the city and founded a convenience store/neighborhood grocery store called Parker Street Market. It was there I was able to establish myself in the city and had the opportunity to welcome the likes of Bill Clinton and Richard Branson into the store.
But my journey wasn't over. The truth was I struggled as an entrepreneur. Every day was an incredible challenge. After running the store for nearly 4 years, I decided to close it and find a new opportunity. I will forever be grateful to those in my circle that could "read between the lines" of my resume and give me an opportunity to come to an advertising agency called, GTB. It was there that I learned about brand, strategy, storytelling, and what it takes to be an impactful contributor in a large company.
After learning so much from so many, I decided to take on a new opportunity and join Ford Motor Company. Now, as an Associate Director for Strategy and Business Development, I have the opportunity to work on the bleeding edge of an American Icon disrupting itself and working on the necessary competencies to ensure the company thrives well into the future.
In the spring of 2023 I completed my MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
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