How do you tell your partner that you want to start a toy business? How do you overcome imposter syndrome together? Find the answers to these questions and many more. Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy but being a supportive spouse can make the experience a whole lot lighter.

Can a circular business model find success in a pandemic? Yes, it can! And today’s guest, Lauren Gregor is going to share with us exactly how she made that happen.

Leticia joins The Toy Coach in a conversation about the changes we need to make as both an industry and a society to reduce our carbon footprint. What you’ll learn in this episode is the Ellen Macarthur Foundation’s concept of a circular economy. You will learn why it is more beneficial to our environment, that we re-think HOW toys are produced than WHAT they are made of.

In this episode, you’ll learn 4 tips to attract the ideal toy mentor for you. And you’ll learn how to start establishing that relationship before ever talking about the possibility of mentorship. If you follow these four tips, you’ll put yourself in a position to meet a likeminded person and create the opportunity to share your values and dreams in a way that will make industry professionals recognize you as a promising mentee. And yes, even if they weren’t looking for one.

Cas Holman from Heros Will Rise will tell us about her story as a designer, as a toy entrepreneur, and what it really means ‘to design for play’. This interview will inspire not only those who are starting in the toy industry but veterans as well. As Cas says ‘Good Toys Make Good People’ and she will tell us why. Let’s go!