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Yay! This is our first post, and we would love to get to know you while you get to know us! Our names are Ayelet, Jennifer, and Yolanda. We are mompreneurs (4 kids each;-) on a mission to connect peo...

  Glimpses of an Extraordinary Life, in Three Dinners   I can’t say we were close.  I knew Brian well enough to be on a first-name basis with him, and our professional paths ...

Brian Goldner Reminds Us:  How Do We Want to be Remembered? Our industry lost a giant this week. Brian Goldner, CEO of Hasbro, passed too soon at 58 and days later, we are still reeling. Many of...

  In a text exchange just a couple of months ago, Brian said, “Life always reminds me of the Velveteen Rabbit. “When you’re tattered and your stuffing starts showing, you kno...

The beginnings of Pressman Toy really started even before my Father, Jack Pressman, started his company in 1922. As early as 1916, when Jack was 21 years old, he worked with his father at the Pressman...

*Opinion Article - Concepts below are explained with a lack of detail for ease of comprehension* This article is structured like a conversation. Go ahead, read it aloud in your head, you know you wan...

Let’s talk about engagement… with yourself, your projects and most certainly with others!  Inspiration comes in so many forms, but mainly from conversations and interactions with oth...

What exactly do you do in the industry? Scott: Jeff and I try to invent digital and physical toy and game concepts that we can turn intoinnovative products. With Snap Ships we started inventing a boa...

Q:  What’s Your Problem with Candy Corn?   Look, I know it tastes like sugared wax and turns your tongue orange.  But ‘tis the season – we’ve turned that big m...

What was the Ah-ha moment that led you to the Toy and Game industry?    [Alana] I loved Rube Goldberg machines (chain reactions) as a kid. I had to invent one for my fifth grade science cl...