The next few years were <a href="https://kklweiwe9o.tistory.com/92" target="_blank">»ó°èµ¿Æ÷ÀåÀÌ»ç</a><br /> lean and
chaotic. Nick recounts a stream of mishaps that exposed their inexperience, like making products copied from the internet.
"We'd breached all of this IP [intellectual <a href="https://kkwii8w88.tistory.com/135" target="_blank">ÀÌÃ̵¿¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç
</a><br /> property]. We didn't know what IP was, or patents."
Products had to be pulled in favour <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.kr/gaek5346/%EB%A0%88%ED%94%8C%EB%A6%AC%
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Nick would sit on the phone all night, ringing retailers all over the world, searching for clients.
The Walmart bite helped, and <a href="https://wkdleii8121.tistory.com/137" target="_blank">¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç½Ñ°÷</a><br /> he quickly
got a "tiny" showroom up and running in Hong Kong. All he could afford, it was a far cry from typical toy showrooms - large,
open spaces he later discovered were central to the industry. That room also became his part-time home as he lived
between Hong Kong and mainland China.
"I used to unroll a mattress and sleep under the table," says Nick. "I'd wash at public bathrooms." |