117. How to Market and Sell Your Toy Idea
Azhelle Wade has worked in the toy industry for over 10 years with companies like Toys R Us, Party City, and Madame Alexander. She has 3 patented toy products, multiple design awards, and is the…
Azhelle Wade has worked in the toy industry for over 10 years with companies like Toys R Us, Party City, and Madame Alexander. She has 3 patented toy products, multiple design awards, and is the…
Kaylin Marcotte is the founder of JIGGY, frameable puzzles of curated independent art. Five years ago, she was working around the clock at an early startup, theSkimm, and fell in…
Founder of Sway, Rebecca So, was always self-conscious about being her best at the end of a long day and the last thing she needed was a deodorant that couldn’t compete…
Catherine Hildner, owner of Kitty Meow: A Creative Boutique, creates and sells beautifully designed paper goods with witty charm or sweet sentiments, retail and wholesale. On her site, you can…
Kelly Parker Smith is a surface pattern designer, illustrator, and the Owner/Creative Director at Hello World Paper Co. (now called The Homebody Society). She is also the co-host of the Creative…
Elise Russell, the owner of Pony Friday, is about sticking her neck out to win. In 2012, she quit her job as an award-winning advertising creative to be an entrepreneur. It wasn’t…
Yelitsa Jean-Charles is the creator of the Healthy Roots Doll, Zoe. Healthy Roots is a toy company Yelitsa founded that creates dolls and storybooks that reinforce positive self-perceptions of the…
Kimberly Wilson is a stationery designer in Auburn, California and the creator of The Lettermate. She’s had countless brides, friends, and fellow DIY’ers come to her in search of a…
Taffi Ayodele, the co-founder of Thandos (pronounced tohn-dos, the “h” is silent) Shoes, joins me this week to discuss her thriving business and her path to entrepreneurship. I met Taffi…