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Kids change everything. The founders in this section know that. They’re building companies focused on children. Education products. Toys. Children’s health. Parenting tools. Childcare solutions. Everything that helps kids grow up well and helps parents not lose their minds in the process.

These interviews cover the full spectrum of children-focused business. EdTech for young learners. Children’s media. Baby products. Youth sports. Family services. The kind of companies that exist because someone looked at how things worked for kids and said, “We can do better.”

Building for children comes with unique challenges. Safety standards are non-negotiable. Parents are the buyers but kids are the users. Attention spans are short. And the stakes feel higher because, well, they are. The founders here navigate all of that with creativity and care.

You’ll find insights on product development for young users, marketing to parents, child safety compliance, and the challenge of building something that’s both educational and fun. Because kids can smell a lecture disguised as a game from a mile away. If you’re building for children or families, these founders understand your world.

Jordan Thomas – Founder of Jordan Thomas Foundation

[quote style=”boxed”]People ask me all the time if I would change anything, and you know, I really would not. The opportunities that I now have to make a difference to…

Meet Jordan Thomas – Founder of Jordan Thomas Foundation

Keisha DePaz – CEO and Founder of Punch Street

[quote style=”boxed”]Keep an organizer and organize your day. I like to plan my day and time allocation – it helps me stay on track. You get into this behavioral pattern…

Meet Keisha DePaz – CEO and Founder of Punch Street

Laurie Gray – Founder of Socratic Parenting

[quote style=”boxed”]The most significant change is to come from a place of love rather than fear, and to look for my answers within myself rather than hoping someone else can…

Meet Laurie Gray – Founder of Socratic Parenting

Mark Carson – President and Co-founder of Fat Brain Toys

[quote style=”boxed”]Striking a balance between the quest for growth and the need for control. This is a perpetual battle, but one that I think most entrepreneurs must face. It’s exciting…

Meet Mark Carson – President and Co-founder of Fat Brain Toys

Mary Couzin – Founder and President of Chicago Toy & Game Fair

After self-producing and licensing board games, Mary turned her passion for the joy of invention into DiscoverGames.com, the world’s largest co-op of board game inventors. Widely recognized among her peers…

Meet Mary Couzin – Founder and President of Chicago Toy & Game Fair

Hugh Weber – Founder of OTA and DudeToDad

[quote style=”boxed”]Complete commitment to concept. I can be a pain about this at the beginning of a project – demanding a clear audience, identifying a big idea, etc. I can…

Meet Hugh Weber – Founder of OTA and DudeToDad

Melissa Pia Bossola Beese – Founder of Little Pnuts

[quote style=”boxed”]Revamp. I revamp everything. I allow the idea to have its own life. There is a beauty in the evolution of the idea. It can teach you so much…

Meet Melissa Pia Bossola Beese – Founder of Little Pnuts

Sarah Remington and Veronica Zanellato Kido – Founders of Me Two You

[quote style=”boxed”]We are all about getting it done. One we have a great idea and decide to execute on it we make a plan and implement it. It doesn’t always…

Meet Sarah Remington and Veronica Zanellato Kido – Founders of Me Two You

Mel Brake – Executive Director of MPW Foundation

[quote style=”boxed”]To believe in yourself, your project, your organization, and your worth, your dreams and your hope because no one else will. I don’t know how many times I heard…

Meet Mel Brake – Executive Director of MPW Foundation

Sheila Duncan – Founder and Co-Creator of Trouble The Dog

[quote style=”boxed”]One business idea is to create your own advisory board. Take time to gather a group of people you trust and admire so you might ask their opinion(s) on…

Meet Sheila Duncan – Founder and Co-Creator of Trouble The Dog

Maria Dellapina – Creator of Specs4us

[quote style=”boxed”]Never be afraid to ask for something. If you get a “no,” just keep swimming, just keep swimming…and you’ll get results.[/quote] Maria Dellapina’s daughter Erin was about two when…

Meet Maria Dellapina – Creator of Specs4us

Darius Shirzadi – Co-Founder of Project GOAL

Darius Shirzadi was born in New York City on July 14, 1972 to Evelyn and Faramarz Shirzadi. He grew up in Staten Island, New York until he was six years…

Meet Darius Shirzadi – Co-Founder of Project GOAL

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