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Podcast: Behind Her Empire
Episode: #370: “I Never Planned to Be an Entrepreneur”: How a Third-Grade Teacher & Mom of Three Built a $200M+ Brand That Redefined the Bedding Industry with Missy Tannen, Co-Founder of Boll & Branch
Description: Missy Tannen is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Boll & Branch, the luxury bedding brand that made organic, ethically made sheets a household staple.Missy’s path to entrepreneurship began far from business. After eight years as a third-grade teacher, she stepped away to raise her three daughters, never imagining she would one day build one of the most successful bedding brands in the country. What started as a simple search for better sheets led Missy and her husband, Scott, to uncover an industry lacking transparency. Determined to do better, they learned everything from cotton to...