by Stephen Key | Oct 4, 2016 | Stephen Key's Personal Life Stories
Post Views: 427 At my daughter’s recent graduation, a commencement speaker kept reiterating, “You can do anything with a degree in philosophy.” To which I thought, you can do anything with the right attitude. For all of you entrepreneurs struggling to make ends meet...
by Stephen Key | Oct 4, 2016 | How to Become Successful
Post Views: 311 Working at a startup taught me more about business than any other endeavor has. In the mid ‘80s, long before startup culture was red hot, I joined a toy company that was rapidly growing in Fremont, California. Looking back, the two years I spent there...
by Stephen Key | Sep 29, 2016 | Venturing
Post Views: 383 Some experiences have a way of staying with you. For example, I can clearly remember an afternoon I spent with my father on a park bench in Capitola, California many, many years ago. Nothing particularly radical happened — we simply sat in front...
by Stephen Key | Sep 29, 2016 | Inspiration For Inventors
Post Views: 337 It is the mid 1980s, and I am 27 years old. For the last six years, I’ve been selling my handmade soft sculptures on the street, at state fairs, and eventually, in a retail store. I’ve been learning how create products people want. But it’s still been...
by Stephen Key | Sep 29, 2016 | Toy and Novelty Gift Industry
Post Views: 355 Basketball has been a lifelong love of mine. I started playing when I was in the 5th grade. Soon after, I was shooting hoops in my driveway after school nearly every single day. Time seemed to float on by when I played — it still does today when...