Garrett Boone (Co-founder of The Container Store)

Jul 26, 2016, 10:30 PM – Jul 27, 2016, 12:30 AM (UTC)

Dallas

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center, 311 N. Market St., 2nd floor, Dallas, 75202

Garrett Boone never considered a career in retailing. He grew up aspiring to become an architect. In 1978, an idea came to Boone to open a store offering an exceptional, eclectic mix of products devoted to helping people organize and simplify their lives; The Container Store opened in Dallas July 1, 1978. In 2006, Boone was inducted into the Retailing Hall of Fame.

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About this event

Garrett Boone never considered a career in retailing. He grew up aspiring to become an architect. In 1978, an idea came to Boone to open a store offering exceptional, eclectic mix of products devoted to helping people organize and simplify their lives; The Container Store opened in Dallas July 1, 1978. In 2006, Boone was inducted into the Retailing Hall of Fame.

The Container Store is a FORTUNE magazine “100 Best Companies to Work For” 17 years in a row and ranked #1 the first year they applied. 

In 2006, Garrett Boone co-founded Texas Business for Clean Air; an effort to derail a fast track initiative to construct 11 out dated coal-burning energy plants in North Texas. In 2007 Boone was First runner-up for Texan of the Year awarded by The Dallas Morning News.

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Speaker

  • Garrett Boone

    Co-founder of The Container Store

When

When

July 26 – 27, 2016
10:30 PM – 12:30 AM (UTC)

Agenda

10:30 PMFood & Networking
11:00 PMFireside Chat with Garrett Boone, The Container Store
12:00 AMNetworking

Organizer

  • Isioma Orewa

    Parallel Score

    Chapter Director

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