How to Start a Stuffed Animal (Plush) Business: Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Plush from Idea to The Shelf

Thinking about starting a plush (or stuffed animal) business, but don't know where to start? Or have you started, but can't figure out how to make that first sale, how to grow your company, how to talk to retailers, how to mass produce your plush, how to apply lean manufacturing to your plush, how to pass safety standards, or what licenses you need? Maybe you don't even know yet what questions to ask Learn everything you need to know from the founders of Promise Monsters - plush monsters with an act of kindness that started in a garage and are now for sale in retail stores across the country. Written in an easy-to-understand and straightforward style, this book will guide you all the way from getting that idea out of your head and onto those shelves. It's a specialized industry, and this book has the knowledge you need to be successful. Table Of Contents INTRO 3 GETTING STARTED 11 Finishing the Prototype 29 STARTING THE BUSINESS 31 The Business Plan 32 The Financial Plan 37 Cr