Melissa Bernstein
12 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 19, 2016 by Doug Bernstein · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about Melissa Bernstein, oldest first
Dec 19, 2016 neutral
Dec 19, 2016
Melissa & Doug was bootstrapped by reinvesting all early revenue into inventory
“We wanted to be self-funded, and we lived incredibly frugally. For at least three years, we ate ramen noodles, which were eight for a dollar, and turkey hot dogs on a hot plate, because it was about 50 cents a meal, and we lived with our parents for a few year…”
Dec 19, 2016 positive
Consumers want nostalgic toys injected with pizzazz and modern appeal
“People actually still want things that are nostalgic and make them remember their past, but they don't want them dusty and like they found them in some old attic. They want them, you know, injected with pizzazz and brought to today.”
Dec 19, 2016 positive
Dec 19, 2016
Dec 19, 2016 neutral
Melissa & Doug's first product was a self-produced interactive children's video
“We decided that we wanted to make a program for children that would be groundbreaking in that children wouldn't sit there and watch it. They would actually participate with the program. And so we literally wrote, scripted, produced, directed, cast, wrote music…”
Dec 19, 2016 neutral
Feb 5, 2018
Feb 5, 2018
Melissa & Doug intentionally avoids hit-driven fads to build evergreen products
“I mean, and we don't have, you know, we're not a hit-driven company. We joke that we have a lot of singles and doubles. We don't really want home runs because we don't want it here today gone tomorrow. We're an evergreen company. We want our toys to be around …”
Feb 5, 2018 positive
Feb 5, 2018
Feb 5, 2018 neutral
Melissa Bernstein keeps 500 failed toy prototypes behind her desk
“Behind my desk I have about, I can't even fit them anymore, maybe 500 toys that were all my very favorite toys that failed in a big way, some of them entire categories, because every day I want to remind myself when I come to work and come to my desk that the …”