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375: How Brown Toy Box Founder Went From Side Hustle To Every Target Store REWIND

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In this rewind episode, I sat down with Terri-Nichelle Bradley, the founder of Brown Toy Box, an educational toy company producing STEAM toys, media, and experiences for centering and celebrating Black children. While working full time, Terri-Nichelle took Brown Toy Box from being a side hustle to a full-scale business. In this episode she shares: How she expanded to being sold in every Target nationwide Why she pivoted from being a subscription box to direct to consumer How she used her network and won investors to fund toy production Check out episode 375 of Side Hustle Pro Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Links mentioned in this episode Terri-Nichelle Bradley’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrinichelle Brown Toy Box Instagram: https://instagram.com/browntoybox?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Brown Toy Box Website: https://browntoybox.com/ New Voices Fund: https://newvoicesfoundation.org/ Google Startups: https://startup.google.com/ SheEO: https://coralus.world/ 1863 Ventures: https://www.1863ventures.net/mentor-team ACE Loans, CDFI: https://aceloans.org/organization-overview/ Podcast Moguls: https://www.sidehustlepro.co/podcast-moguls/ Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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