Daehee Park + JT Marino (Tuft & Needle)

Nov 11, 2015, 1:00 – 4:00 AM

Daehee Park and JT Marino founded Tuft & Needle on the idea that it is possible to create high quality products and charge a fair price to customers. Launched in 2012 by two software engineers, Tuft & Needle was the first vertically integrated ecommerce mattress company to focus on selling one perfect product: an unbeatable mattress at an unbeatable price.

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About this event

Daehee Park and JT Marino founded Tuft & Needle on the idea that it is possible to create high quality products and charge a fair price to customers.  Launched in 2012 by two software engineers, Tuft & Needle was the first vertically integrated ecommerce mattress company to focus on selling one perfect product: an unbeatable mattress at an unbeatable price. With a background in ecommerce and marketing, prior to Tuft & Needle Daehee Park served as a consultant at Acxiom Corporation. Daehee received his bachelor’s degree in Security & Risk Analysis at Penn State University. John-Thomas (“JT”) Marino leads product and software development. With a passion for thoughtfully designed customer experiences, John-Thomas started his career at Hashrocket helping startups build just that. With roots in Northeastern Pennsylvania, John-Thomas studied Computer Science at Penn State University.

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Speaker

  • Daehee Park + JT Marino

    Tuft & Needle

When

When

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
1:00 AM – 4:00 AM UTC

Agenda

1:00 AMNetworking and Food
2:00 AMFireside Chat
3:00 AMNetworking

Organizer

  • Kevin Mead

    Chapter Director

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