First days of Head2Toe Publications
April 30th, 2008
These past few days since becoming a finalist have been surreal. I am so excited to be a part of such a great program! When the announcement of the finalists came out, I sent it to my friends and family. Everyone has been amazingly excited and supportive!
My company is in the process of creating games, cards, books, stickers, and toys for children with disabilities. My co-founder Amy and I hope to make our products useful for parents, therapists (physical, speech, and/or occupational), and educators alike. I am working full time as a sales representative while I develop my company on the side. I hope someday to be able to run my company full-time, but right now I need to do both. This is tough! Time management is taking on new meaning. And to make matters more challenging, my co-founder lives in New Hampshire , whereas I live in Alabama . She and I are learning how important it is to be clear about timelines and expectations. Thank goodness for computers and cell phones! Amy also works full time and has a 4 year old daughter, so she, too, struggles to make time for everything. Not only are we friends, but we strive to bring honesty and grace into our relationship. I think that’s what makes us a great team!
I have already started working with my web design team, EY Studios [www.eystudios.com] in Starkville, MS, and I can already tell it is a great fit! Since I am a brand new company (I just incorporated this week!), I need a logo, which Eric is designing for me. A few months ago, I had hired some other companies to design my logo, but nothing POPPED! I can’t wait to see what Eric creates. I know it will be great. I do have a website domain reserved - www.head2toepub.com – but we’re still too new in this process to have launched the web site yet. Make sure you bookmark it and keep checking back, though, because we will be adding to it over the coming weeks. You will want to see how Eric and his team illustrate the site. It is going to be amazing!
I have my first press interview for the grant program tomorrow afternoon with my local paper, Birmingham News. I am looking forward to talking about our company, our products, and the grant program. I’m not sure when it will be in the paper, but hopefully it will appear in the Lifestyle section sometime soon.
Next time I will tell you more about how we develop our products and where we get our ideas.
Until next time!
-Karla
May 5th, 2008 at 6:00 am
This sounds really interesting. I help with special ed. children part-time. If you need a sales rep out here in California I could possible help or computer input from home.
Thank you,
Vangie
May 13th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I am so excited to hear about new products coming out for special needs children. I am a Speech Therapist in the public schools and this population is a bit challenging..but well loved! When is the website going to be up? Thanks,
Karri Cruz
June 6th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Your products sounds so very interesting good for you! I’m the founder of WeeHands Baby Sign Language Inc and the author of The Baby Signing Book. I used to do therapy with the population that your products are designed for. I’m thrilled that I can share this information with my past and some of my current families! Sara
June 7th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Thank you, Sara, for your interest in our company and products. I am very familiar with your book so I am thrilled that you will share our information with your families. We are diligently working on creating high quality products that children with many special needs can use. As babies learn to sign and increase their vocabulary, our products can also be used with signs to increase their receptive and expressive communication. Our website will be up by the end of this month so make sure you check us out. Keep up your great work!!
Karla