Once Upon a Mattress:
Buying and Growing a Manufacturing and Retail Franchise

Entrepreneurial Roundtable

July 17, 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM

A few years ago, Eric Ginn was in corporate America. Now, he owns Verlo Mattress factory stores that manufacture and sell quality mattresses across the western and southern suburbs. Learn more.

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Where

Illinois Institute of Technology -- Wheaton, IL Campus
First Floor -- Room 166
201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, Illinois

Driving Directions:
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Who

Eric Ginn
President
Verlo Mattress of Naperville

Program

6:30 - 7:15 PM: Networking
7:15 - 8:45 PM: Program

Registration

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Questions

Bill Wentz (XP-57), '88
630-527-8552, ext. 304

Event Details

Just a few years ago, Eric Ginn was seeking to leave corporate America to operate his own business. Now, he owns and runs the regional Verlo Mattress factory store franchise covering most of the western and southern Chicago suburbs.

You probably have heard the radio commercials for Verlo Mattress or passed some of the Verlo stores. As a Verlo franchisee. Eric�s company manufactures and sells the best-made affordable mattresses in the country.

Come, hear Eric talk about how he:

• Found an opportunity to buy an established franchise that had been floundering
• Stabilized the deteriorating employee morale and business situation
• Transformed the business into one of the fastest growing Verlo franchises in the country
• Met the challenges of moving from a large corporate environment to the world of owning his own business

Eric has his MBA from the University of Chicago GSB and has been a frequent attendee of the Entrepreneurial Roundtable.

Speaker Profiles

Eric Ginn
President, Verlo Mattress of Naperville

Eric has his MBA from the University of Chicago GSB and has been a frequent attendee of the Entrepreneurial Roundtable