The Business of Building Young Entrepreneurs
Nominated for TAGIE 2014 "Young Inventor of the Year"
Sydney Loew was nominated this month for the Chicago Toy and Game Group's TAGIE Awards "Young Inventor of the Year." Her Poketti Plushies with a Pocket are both cute and functional with a creative solution for storing your phone or notebook as you sleep. She and Toni no longer have to go searching for their phone when the alarm goes off in the morning!
We are beyond excited about this honor, and thank everyone for their support by voting for Sydney at TAGIE. The awards ceremony will be at the Navy Pier in Chicago, IL on November...
Kickstarter: A Year Later
A Year of Poketti
We got a note recently that it has been a year since our Kickstarter for Poketti ended. It's hard to believe it was a year ago we were pacing in front our of computer watching the time tick away on our campaign, and the elation we felt that we *just* made it! Our Kickstarter Backers are incredible...and gave us just the right start to this amazing journey.
A busy year...
The dedication both Sydney and Toni showed in raising the money for manufacturing last summer has continued throughout the year with joy and enthusiasm,...
Teen Choice Awards!
We had a star-studded reception backstage at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California. Poketti was in each of the presenter's gift bags, thanks to Karen Wood of Backstage Creations, and they were backstage ready for a quick snuggle, too.
Here are a few shots we received, including Poketti with Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey, Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and Nolan Gould with his friend actress Joey King...plus the YouTube singing sensation Carson Lueders and WWE's Big Show!
Now that Poketti has infiltrated Hollywood, who knows where we might show up next! We...
Poketti + Shopify on Huffington Post!
Sydney's article appeared today on HuffPost, thanks to Courtney Symons and Harley Finkelstein! We're doing a happy dance and hoping more and more people discover Poketti!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shopify/starting-a-business-is-ha_b_4596533.html
Poketti Plushies are Here!
The Poketti Plushies with a Pocket happily arrived just days before Christmas! It was a long, long wait and we were so happy to get our pre-orders out and under Christmas trees across the USA -- and shipped out to countries around the world including Australia, England, Finland, Canada, and the Netherlands! The amazing thing is once people received our sweet pillows -- so many people contacted us to get MORE! We've been getting photos of happy "customers" from all of our friends -- and we look forward to spreading Poketti love far and wide!
You'll also find Poketti here...