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We’ve always felt like the time we get to spend outdoors is our most treasured time of all. In fact, most days we still wish we didn’t have to come in for dinner. From our roots in big cities like New York, Boston and Chicago we’ve run into a lot of people like us, still fighting to get outside and play even if we’re living the urban grind.

Monkey Bed was founded to provide us uncompromising city dwellers with kick butt active gear designed to survive the concrete jungle and look good doing it. We're not making gear to fill categories, we're making it for you! We’ve got lots of ideas for new products and we want to hear yours too. Send us a note some time at feedb ack@themonkeybed.com to share your thoughts on our gear or make a suggestion for a new one.

Strawberry Fields, Central Park, NYC Boston Common Chicago

Monkey Bed was founded in 2009 just outside Boston in Newton, Massachusetts. We are honored to be a part of this amazing neighborhood where so many great companies got their start. We also get to do all the right things from the beginning like using recycled materials and making sure profits are used to benefit the community it takes to make Monkey Bed a success. We’re here to make quality gear and leave the world better than we found it. To hear more about what’s going on at Monkey Bed and to follow along on this adventure, follow the blog and leave a comment any time.

Monkey Bed Supports

May we rant for a moment? Thanks. We’ve lived on this little rock called earth long enough to have learned, “it’s all connected” - from our abuse of natural resources to environmental disasters and our food and energy supply chains to our exploding obesity epidemic and instances of now commonplace diseases. We’re not perfect by a long shot, but at Monkey Bed, we’ve made a start by supporting the causes close to our community. Every Monkey Bed purchase benefits:

Greening Urban SpacesCancer Research

 

 

So what the heck is a Monkey Bed?

It’s a place you can discover again what makes you, you. A place to be a kid, or to be all grown up if that’s what you prefer. In short, we hope Monkey Bed products help you connect with your inner monkey. Because c’mon, we’re all just monkeys jumping on the bed!


More About the Founder

After a career in entertainment and media, Simeon was looking for a return to basics. He found it in his long time passion for innovative products. Monkey Bed is the unification of so many of his experiences from living the urban grind in NYC, to months spent hiking the Andes, to founding high-pressure new media startups. Shoot him an e-mail or connect with him on Twitter.

Heather and Sim at Stratton

Simeon lives in Newton Massachusetts with his wife Heather, founder of Channel Maven Consulting and proud fellow Babson alum.