Their fathers trudged back and forth despairingly, carrying suitcases filled with clothes that would eventually end up on the floor of some sexually inventive male classmate's bedroom. They scampered back and forth with boxes from their parents' SUVs to their rooms, eager to start their lives as independent young women. If the prospect of being freed from parental shackles wasn't enough to get me pumped about college, the hundreds of eighteen-year-old slampieces who were now my neighbors definitely did the trick. Luckily, the female scenery was enough to make it bearable. It housed over a thousand first-year students, which made moving in complete chaos. I was rooming in Manor Hall, the most sought-after dorm for incoming freshmen due to its prime location and reputation for employing lenient resident advisors. I followed them in my truck as part of my dad's strategy to delay my mom's inevitable emotional breakdown. They rode in my dad's Suburban, equipped with a trailer that contained everything I needed to recover from a hangover in comfort. My parents made the trip with me to see that I was properly set up in my dorm, and to put a small buffer between unpacking and the start of a long binge-drinking career. Ready to walk onto the field under the lights, throw up on home plate, kick the catcher in the balls, and charge the mound. High school was the minor leagues, and I was ready for the big show. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME, "Townes, college will be the best four years of your life." He was rarely wrong about anything, so I couldn't have been more excited to head off to school. Identifying characteristics have been blurred to protect identities. The photos that end each chapter are real. We assure you, though, that variations of everything you're about to read are taking place in fraternities across America each and every semester. This book has been fictionalized for the sake of narrative. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at Thank you for your support of the author's rights. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author's intellectual property. "During the 18 months, we had about 3 months of hardcore fundraising at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, where we raised the majority of the money, but it definitely consumed a lot of mental space during the entire time period.In accordance with the U.S. " It was definitely a challenge to manage the fundraising and the business at the same time," Whickham tells Business Insider. While the funding process took a long time, it enabled Wickham and Young to keep the controlling stake in their five-year-old venture.
Wickham says Grandex's content sites, Total Frat Move, Total Sorority Move, and Post Grad Problems, are seeing a combined 10-20 million unique visitors per month.
Wickham tells Business Insider that Man Outfitters, Grandex's new clothing line that launched in February, is on track to generate $1 million this year without spending any money on third-party advertising.Īlthough revenue is up, Grandex's article traffic has remained relatively flat, in part because of Facebook's ever-changing algorithm. Investors include former Dell CFO Jim Schneider, Tory Burch board member John Hamlin, former Lockheed Martin COO and president Chris Kubasik, EMC CEO Joe Tucci, EMC Vice Chairman Bill Teuber, and Seagate president Rocky Pimentel.
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