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Join us for a very special guest on March 20th. Scott Tannen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotttannen), the CEO & Founder of Boll & Branch (http://www.bollandbranch.com), will talk to the Morris Tech Meetup and tell us how he pivoted his career from video game development to start one of the fastest-growing ecommerce brands in the world. Hear how in just a few short years he and his wife Missy grew this company – headquartered in Summit NJ – from zero to over $50 million in sales without outside capital.

You’ve heard them advertise on the radio and television and NOW you can hear Scott tell their story at FDU on March 20th.

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Along with steady and impressive growth, Boll & Branch has made a strong commitment to offering an ethically-sourced product. "This is the first fully Fair Trade-certified towel — in simple terms, it is the first towel ever independently certified to have started with a crop that's been paid for at a price that meets the living wage (right now, that's 30% above the commodity price of cotton), while also being produced in a supply chain free of sweatshops and child labor, and by workers who are also paid above their living wage. Quite simply, this towel has helped people to live above the poverty line." Read about Boll & Branch more in the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/2kfEAC5

Learn about Scott and Missy’s story in building Boll & Branch – what career steps they took to get them here, why they chose the luxury bedding niche, what challenges they overcame and what they can teach us about building a traditionally bricks and mortar business and integrating it with a technologically advanced distribution channel. Also, hear about how to mix business with a social mission.

Previously Scott also built Candystand.com, a computer gaming company with over 11 million monthly uniques and had a successful exit to Publishers Clearing House.

Agenda for the evening is as follows:

6:30 to 7:00 Pizza & Networking

7:00 to 7:10 Updates

7:10 to 7:20 Audience/Member Announcements and Requests

7:20 to 7:30 Startup Pitch #1

7:30 to 7:40 Startup Pitch #2

7:45 to 8:45 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Scott Tannen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotttannen) of Boll and Branch (https://www.bollandbranch.com/)

8:45 to 9:00 Networking

After 9:00 Drinks at Vanderbilt's in the Hamilton Park Hotel 175 Park Ave Florham Park, NJ 07932 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&oi=plus&q=https://maps.google.com/maps?expflags%3Denable_star_based_justifications:true%26ie%3DUTF8%26cid%3D16356950445471689601%26q%3DHamilton%2BPark%2BHotel%2B%2526%2BConference%2BCenter%26iwloc%3DA%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den) - Just exit through the Florham Road / Park Ave exit of FDU and you will see the Hotel on the left before you reach Park Ave.

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This meetup is made possible by our incredibly supportive sponsors:

Founding Sponsors - Gearhart Law (http://www.gearhartlaw.com/) & iEnterprises (http://www.ienterprises.com/)

Platinum Elite Sponsors - McCarter & English (http://www.mccarter.com/)

Gold Sponsors - Wiss (http://www.wiss.com/)

Please visit their websites and consider using their services. They have been vetted by us as being among the top service providers for startups and SMBs in the NJ/NY region.

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Directions - Complete directions to the FDU library are available here - http://view.fdu.edu/files/directionstolibrarymonningercenterandorangerie.pdf

Parking - Park behind the library, across from of the dorms or in one of the larger (but further) lots. See the parking map below.

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