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Nov 2019

16m 29s

What's so great about a bed in a box?

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

About this episode

For years, the industry told us that we needed to buy mattresses in person. But as it turns out, they were wrong.
In this episode, we speak to:

Mike Gettis, co-founder of Endy
Stewart Schaefer, Chief business development officer of Sleep Country Canada
Joy Elena, founder of Toronto-based Sleep Envie
Sam Prochazka, founder of Calgary-based Goodmorning.com

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