Ruth Handler - “Disruption”
Great Women of Business
English - June 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 974 ratingsBusiness Society & Culture corporate america capitalism branding pioneer coco chanel ruth handler great women of business history martha stewart icons Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Originally a plastics company, Mattel changed their focus to toys when co-founder Ruth Handler sensed a growing need for toys after the post-war baby-boom. Years later, she would disrupt the toy market by launching a doll for kids in the form of an adult woman. It would be called: Barbie.
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Originally a plastics company, Mattel changed their focus to toys when co-founder Ruth Handler sensed a growing need for toys after the post-war baby-boom. Years later, she would disrupt the toy market by launching a doll for kids in the form of an adult woman. It would be called: Barbie.
Sponsors!
Pitney Bowes - Go to pb.com/WOMEN and get a free 60 day trial of a Pitney Bowes C200.
ModCloth - To get 15% off your purchase of $100 or more, go to ModCloth.com and enter code
WOMEN at checkout.
LinkedIn - Go to LinkedIn.com/WOMEN and get $50 off your first job post.
LightStream - Get an additional interest rate discount on top of LightStream’s already low rates at LightStream.com/GREATWOMEN
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