190: This Mattress Company Lets You Give Back While You Sleep




Cause Talk Radio: The Cause Marketing Podcast show

Summary: Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to David Wolfe, Co-Founder and CEO of Leesa Sleep, a certified B-Corp that donates one mattress to a shelter for every 10 it sells. To date, they've donated 9,000 mattresses and are proudly pioneering a way for people to give back while they sleep! On the show, Megan, David and Joe discuss: - How Leesa got started by a serial entrepreneur with a generous spirit. - How Leesa approaches the intersection of profit and purpose. Which comes first? - How Leesa has made mattresses "cool," which may explain why so many Millennials are consumers and employees! - How Leesa tracks the social impact of the mattresses it donates. One way is through an "Impact Tour" of shelters they've helped. - How Leesa chooses the shelters it donates to. - How Leesa balances its donation with new and returned mattresses. More than half of their donations are new mattresses. - The real problem of homelessness: no place to sleep. Watch This! **Links & Notes** - [Leesa Sleep](https://www.leesa.com/ "Leesa Sleep") - [Sapira Sleep](https://sapirasleep.com/ "Sapira Sleep") - [One Company Tackles Homelessness: One Mattress at a Time](http://www.triplepundit.com/podium/mattress-homeless-leesa/ "One Company Tackles Homelessness: One Mattress at a Time") - [Mark Horvath & InvisiblePeople.tv](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RPnZkL-6H8)