Before there were Popsockets Grips there were buttons. And no, thats not a metaphor. it is the truth. Because even though our founder, David Barnett, is a former philosophy professor, in 2010 he was just a guy trying to keep his earbuds from tangling. A couple of buttond and some crazy glue later, he had the first Popsockets Grip. David knew he was onto something big and after months of designing, the Popsockets grip as we know it today was born.