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jtmarino

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About jtmarino

Co-founder of Tuft & Needle. The mattress industry disruptor founded in 2012.

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    Comment #17882054

    Thank you! But I'm afraid/embarrassed we were part of the reason they exist. It's very frustrating because so many people fall for the reviewers as "experts". I remember when the f…

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    Comment #17881994

    Thx! We were definitely a special circumstance. We found a tiny mom & pop manufacturer who had the equipment and had capacity. We negotiated 30 net terms (this was hard to get) all…

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    Comment #17881894

    Not all disruption is purely technical. In the mattress industry the disruption is more around process. Direct to consumer, service, product iteration with direct customer feedback…

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    Comment #17881855

    Hey there, JT, Co-founder of Tuft & Needle. To clarify, Daehee and I started with $6k in 2012 and have raised no investments to date. We took a loan in 2016 of $500k for our SF ret…

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    Comment #17879898

    Hey this is JT, Tuft & Needle co-founder. Firstly, thanks for all your support and please send any feedback or thoughts any time. I'm at jt@tn.com. Since we started Tuft & needle i…