Founders And Funders

Two Wharton Business School students struggled to find affordable and convenient seating options for their apartments. So they created Burrow, a hot furniture startup and Chestnut Street Ventures investment. Subscribe to Founders and Funders on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRADIO, and Android Podcast Players. Episode Summary All that Stephen Kuhl wanted was a comfortable, affordable couch that he could have quickly delivered to his new apartment. That didn’t happen. So he bought a couch from IKEA, rented a truck to pick it up, and spent several hours building it—only to discover that the sofa he settled for (and worked so hard to get) didn’t meet his needs. A Wharton Business School classmate, Kabeer Chopra, also needed a couch at the beginning of the school year. He desired higher quality than what was on offer at IKEA, so he visited West Elm and plunked down double what Kuhl had spent. Not wanting to pay the extra $200-300 required for white glove delivery, he borrowed a cart from his apar