Collin Rutherford

About Collin Rutherford

How I went from Division 1 hockey player to successful entrepreneur before 26. Up until my first year at Dartmouth, I’d never been exposed to entrepreneurship before. I’d spent 85% of my life training to be the best hockey player I could be. 2018 Then one afternoon in February 2018, I received an email that would change my life forever. “Gratefull Bed Investment Opportunity” read the subject line. Gratefull Bed is a student-run company that rents students full-size mattresses to students. So I scraped all the money out of my piggy bank and borrowed a few bucks from my dad to purchase 10% of the company. I’ll never forget the feeling of receiving my first $1,200 dividend check. It was the best feeling in the world. At that moment, I was hooked. 2020 18 months later, I sold my 10% to the next generation of Dartmouth students. Equipped with my knowledge from Gratefull Bed, I was itching to start my own company. I thought back to my first-year floormate, Thomas, who had to drive 45 minutes to the nearest storage unit to store his things over summer break. There HAD to be a better way. Greenbox Storage was born. I threw together a website and starting marketing my pickup / delivery summer storage service on campus. In 2020, Greenbox did in revenue. 2021 The next year, I had a friend from back home who wanted to launch a branch at his school, Liberty University. We launched at Liberty as our first expansion school. We also launched a branch at Union College. Our 2021 revenue was 2022 After graduating from Dartmouth, I went to Bentley University to get a master’s degree, play another year of hockey, and launch another branch of Greenbox. We also launched at a few other schools to get our branch count to 6 in 2022, with revenue of 2023 Graduated from school and focusing solely on Greenbox, we went into overdrive. I hired five full-time employees, raised a investment, acquired a rival storage company, and tripled Greenbox’s geographic presence to 18 branches. 2024 Greenbox revenue. I launched a new company called FounderBrands. We help founders build their personal brands and drive leads from social media. If you’re interested in hearing more from me: Follow me on X: collin_ruth89 Subscribe to my newsletter: Check out my personal website: FounderBrands website:

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Greenbox Storage

   Dec 2019 — Present

   Greenbox Storage is a white glove moving and storage service for college students. We offer our clients services that include: pick up, storage, and drop off of their belongings. After launching at Dartmouth, we\'ve expanded to 18 schools across the United States. Since our inception in December 2019, we have served over students and have stored over items.

Education

• Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School of Business

  Master's degree

  2021 — 2022

• Dartmouth College

  Economics

  2017 — 2021