Air Hogs
product on 1 show · 7 statements across 1 episodes · said 14 times in 2 episodes since 2021
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Harari: Spin Master self-financed Air Hogs, only borrowing against receivables
“Entirely self-financed. Other than the bank would actually let us borrow against our inventory and receivables.”
Harari: Spin Master grossed $35M in 1998 after launching Air Hogs
“You know, I can just tell you that by the end of. 1998. So we started marketing in that year. We had grossed thirty five million dollars in sales.”
Harari: Spin Master did zero market research before launching Air Hogs
“We did no research. Nothing.”
Harari: Spin Master reinvested all past profits into Air Hogs development
“When we signed the product, we basically put all the money we'd made to date into the design and development.”
Harari: Every major toy company rejected Air Hogs before Spin Master
“After we signed the product, we didn't realize that every toy company had turned it down.”