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How To Put On Your Cape-abilities In this blog post, you’ll continue to find strategies that you can use to shake up your thinking and unleash your innovation superpowers. Each post defines a t...

Take Your Ground and Empower Yourself By Nancy Zwiers   “Take your ground.”  This was a phrase I first heard during my entrepreneurial training when I started Funosophy Inc. i...

Barry Burlison was a highly talented and creative individual. He always found a way to make things he developed work and as such sell at retail.   In the late 1970\'s I worked with him on an ing...

Fashion Doll Studio421 Wirtz RoadCrown Point, IN 46307info@fashiondollstudio.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Shoemaker Toy in Running for “Coolest Thing Made in Indiana” Contest ...

After receiving news of the death of Michael Nesmith (Mike from the Monkees) on Friday, I thought back to the Monkees’ TV show and, more specifically, my favorite episode of the show.  &nb...

How To Put On Your Cape-abilities In this post, you’ll continue to find strategies that you can use to shake up your thinking and unleash your innovation super powers. Each post in this series ...

Barbie enthusiasts of all ages have planned their travel around the Barbie Totally Throwback Bus Tour, celebrating 50 years of Malibu Barbie.  Instagram user #JudyRae41 posted pictures of her gro...

How To Put On Your Cape-abilities In this blog post, you’ll continue to find strategies that you can use to shake up your thinking and unleash your innovation super powers. Each blog post defin...

Alpesh (Al) Patel, Vice President, Global Toy Design, TOMY Europe: Born to Design Toys   How long have you been in the industry? 20+ years and have loved every moment of it!   ...

  What exactly do you do in the industry? I think I have a rather interesting role, definitely an unusual one. I’m the inventor-in-residence for the book publishers Igloo and Autumn (part...