Peter Wachtel (aka) “KID Toyology" is an award-winning creative toy and entertainment designer, inventor, writer and teacher. He has designed more than 500 products for the Toy, Entertainment and Design Education industries, many of which can be found at www.KidToyology.com, and you can follow KID Toyology on Facebook & Linkedin. Peter has taught Toy Design at Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, CCAD, MIT and Otis College of Art & Design.

Websites:
http://www.kidtoyology.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidtoyology
http://www.coroflot.com/kidtoyology

Marie Lu

Marie writes young adult novels and has a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, she was born in 1984. Her debut YA dystopian novel, LEGEND, is the Fall 2011 lead title of Penguin Young Readers Group. During the day, she is a Flash artist/designer, spends her time working on online games and Facebook/iPhone apps, and owns the Fuzz Academy kids brand (chosen at the 2010 International Licensing Expo as one of 20 brands with the most potential for a TV series). She is a graduate of the University of Southern California and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she spends much of her time lost on the freeways.

http://marielu.blogspot.com/
http://marielu.org/faq.html

Two Guest:

Scott Summit - Bespoke Innovations 

Momprenuer Tania Mulry

Scott Summit:

Bespoke resulted from a collaboration between Scott Summit, an Industrial Designer, and Dr. Ken Trauner, an orthopedic surgeon. The result is a process and a product that is uniquely tailored to meet both the kinesthetic and the aesthetic needs of the individual.

Scott Summit creates products for people. Clients have included Apple, Silicon Graphics, Nike, and Palm, among the many. In all cases, the beauty of the product comes from balancing form and proportion with the pragmatic aspects demanded by engineering. Scott holds 20 patents and numerous international design awards, has taught design at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and Singularity University, and writes on additive manufacturing technology for Time Compression Magazine.

www.bespokeinnovations.com

www.summitid.com

Momprenuer Tania Mulry:

Tania Mulry is a social entrepreneur, veteran and award-winning mobile marketer, mother of three, and part time superhero to 4 million teachers, 56 million students and their families across the US. Her personal and professional mission is to fill America’s classrooms with supplies by uniting businesses and consumers through the newly launched iPhone application, edRover .

She is the founder and CEO of DDx Media, Inc., a for-profit marketing consultancy and software development firm, as well as EdRover, Inc., a non-profit. edRover was recognized by AT&T as the best application of 2011 in the Social Good category. Impressed by the edRover concept and Mrs. Mulry’s contest pitch, AT&T asked her to join the AT&T Developers Advisory Council.

She is known for developing cutting edge digital and experiential marketing campaigns for an impressive roster of companies and professional sports teams like AT&T, JCPenney, GameStop, Brinkers (Chili’s), Nintendo, Nokia, RIM, LG, State Farm, Kimberly-Clark, Frito-Lay, the San Diego Chargers, the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees, the San Francisco Giants, and the San Antonio Spurs.

Her contributions as an internal entrepreneur as a founding member of MasterCard Worldwide’s Information Products and Services team still yield the company over $45 million in revenue annually. She is recognized an international and US patent holder, for her work to identify behavioral patterns in purchasing data and predicting more profitable cross-marketing opportunities. She also lead MasterCard’s mobile marketing, loyalty and commerce initiatives, including business development with major banks, mobile network operators, handset manufacturers and mobile wallet suppliers. Mrs. Mulry was a key member of the Corporate Strategy team leading up to the historic IPO of MasterCard Worldwide.

Mrs. Mulry lives in Northern Los Angeles County with all of her boys, her devoted and supportive husband Will, three young sons and her dog. While she is enormously grateful for all of her blessings, please send sneakers, jeans, waffles and Legos because she can never stock enough of them. She’s been called a rose among the thorns and enjoys having girl time with her fabulous and ambitious friends.

http://www.edRover.com

Christopher Sherrod is the author of Play Prosperity Games a collection of fun games to create new business ideas based on what you love. He’s been on the Internet since 1989 and helped launch American Express’s first Internet presence in the mid 90’s. With over 32 years of computer and technology experience, Christopher’s company helps authors, entrepreneurs, speakers and businesses brand themselves online. He also has been published in Joe Vitale’s book *Zero Limits* and *Expect Miracles* and David Mathison’s *Be The Media*.

Christopher is a speaker and has been featured on CNN Radio, Fox Small Business, Joe Vitale and Jillian Wheeler’s “Your Internet Cash Machine” call and website, Eric Louviere’s seminar and other shows where he shows people the advantage of branding yourself online.
http://abundanceunlimited.com/

Frank S. Robinson will talk about his book The Case for Rational Optimism.

He says his book is not only the ultimate “feel good” book – but much more. It not only shows how life and the state of the world are good and getting better, but explains the reasons, and why they will continue toward a bright future. This comprehensive "big picture" analysis brings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, psychology, sociology, economics, and a keen sense of history. A fun read, down-to-earth with dashes of humor, it challenges many commonly held ideas.

Frank S. Robinson is a graduate of Queens College and New York University School of Law, receiving his JD degree in 1970. From 1970 to 1997, he worked at the New York Public Service Commission, including twenty years as an Administrative Law Judge. Robinson is the author of four previous books: Albany’s O’Connell Machine (reissued as Machine Politics); Children of the Dragon (Avon Books); Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic, (Clio’s Cabinet) and Life, Liberty, and Happiness (Prometheus Books), which won a 2006 Spooner Award. Robinson lives in Albany, New York with his wife, the poet Therese Broderick and their daughter, Elizabeth.

For more information, see http://www.fsrcoin.com/k.htm.

Mary Russell Sarao and Barbara Russell Pitts are sisters and the inventors of Ghostline®, a product that has been marketed nationally since 1997 and currently retails $15 million annually. 

They are co-authors of “The Everything Inventing and Patents Book,” published in December, 2005 by Adams Media and “Inventing on a Shoestring Budget”, published in June, 2006 by Second Sight Publishing.  For three years they co-authored a monthly column, 2 for the Money, in Inventors Digest magazine.  They are currently launching their latest invention, a clean and green method of foundation makeup application. Successful inventors and recognized experts on the subject, they have lectured extensively on the different areas of inventing and marketing at seminars, workshops and organizations around the country as well as appearing on radio and television talk shows.  In 2001, they were featured in the documentary film, “The Big Idea.”  In August 2004, they were featured in posters that were displayed in libraries nationwide in recognition of National Inventor’s Month.

They have served on the board of directors of the United Inventors Association and are both past presidents of the Texas Inventors Association.  They are currently board members of that organization.  In July, 2003 they were the subject of a newspaper article in the Dallas Morning News about their passion for assisting novice inventors.  That article was picked up by the wire services and carried in newspapers nationwide.  

Barbara and Mary were featured in Harvey Reese’s book, The 12 Amazing Secrets of Millionaire Inventors, in Ellie Crowe’s and Robert Yonover’s book, Hardcore Inventing, and in Julia Rhodes’ and Patricia Harrelson’s new book, The Right Sisters.  They continue to mentor inventors through their website, www.AskTheInventors.com.  Both sisters live in the Dallas, Texas area.
http://www.asktheinventors.com/ghostline.htm

Like the start of most small businesses, Tweezerman was a one-man show. Founder DAL LAMAGNA did all the selling, inventory management, bookkeeping, shipping, and deliveries himself. He operated out of a 400-square-foot bungalow that was his office, warehouse, and home. His initial investment was $500. Years later, he sold the company and walked away with millions.

LaMagna’s new business memoir, Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right (John Wiley & Sons), written with his two lifelong friends, Wally Carbone and Carla S. Reuben, is unlike any other. For those who are tired of entrepreneurship stories that gloss over hardships or sugarcoat risks, LaMagna pulls no punches in depicting the long and difficult work of realizing one’s dreams. But he makes you laugh along the way.

A self-described “compulsive capitalist,” LaMagna had his first entrepreneurial success at age eight. From creating the first computer dating service in college followed by drive-in discotheques, to inventing a psychedelic light box and selling waterbeds, LaMagna’s many money-making schemes tell the story of a sixties-era seeker who had inexhaustible ambitions, creativity, and resilience. According to Tom Hayden, “Karl Marx could learn from Dal LaMagna why capitalism is irrepressible.”

Every time one of his businesses flopped, he got smarter. By the time he flashed on the idea for Tweezerman — after an erotic interlude on a splintery rooftop deck in California — LaMagna had, by process of elimination, made every mistake one can possibly make in business. He then went on to build a legendary, socially responsible American business that has inspired a new generation of visionary capitalists.

www.raisingeyebrows.com

Dhana Cohen is founder and president of www.thenextbigzing.com and has always had a knack for finding the diamond in the rough when gift giving. Coined by her family & friends as "The Ultimate GIft Expert", Dhana only brings the best, most innovative products for you to buy.

http://toginet.com/shows/believeinyourfairytale

http://thenextbigzing.com/

Likezebra.com is a launching pad for independent and unsigned artists. By providing musicians with the tools they need to pursue their passions in the music industry, they are able to properly reach out to fans of independent music.

Likezebra.com provides unsigned musicians and artists with the competitive edge they need to showcase and promote their music to an extensive audience consisting of fans, venues, producers and industry professionals. By joining likeZEBRA, artists receive access to a range of viral promotional tools to aid in accessing a larger fan base along with the ability to promote, distribute, and sell music.
www.likezebra.com