Noah Kaplan started building speakers in a college dorm because he thought audio gear was ugly. Twenty-eight years later, Leon builds every soundbar to the exact width of your TV - and won't ship a warehouse of inventory it doesn't have.
A University of San Diego grad and a few surf buddies built a floating, suction-cupped Bluetooth speaker for people who keep dropping electronics in the water. A decade later, the Barnacle is still stuck to the wall.