by Stephen Key | Sep 22, 2020 | Open Innovation
Post Views: 416 One thing is for sure: It’s an uncertain time for everyone. The global outbreak of the coronavirus is impacting industries and people differently. As people stay inside, cook, and entertain themselves at home, kitchen products, home improvement...
by Stephen Key | Jan 13, 2018 | Toy and Novelty Gift Industry
Post Views: 445 Open innovation takes many forms. One of the most exciting examples to hit my desk of late is the Next Great Game Challenge, a partnership between Hasbro, Inc. and Indiegogo that resulted in two independently designed games being brought to market in...
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 | 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...
by Stephen Key | Sep 23, 2016 | Inspiration For Inventors
Post Views: 334 Your dream is realized! That’s it right there — your idea, a product now, on store shelves. Something you can touch. Over and over again, you’ve been envisioning this moment. You’ve struggled to get here. Your friends and family thought you’d...