tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76544481408821840112024-03-05T21:32:34.102-08:00One Million FrogsPGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-39463165269301798502016-07-12T11:05:00.001-07:002016-07-12T11:05:16.583-07:00It is here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The final copies are FINALLY in! And this time, they are real!<br />
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The book itself has been complete for a few months now, but we had it in the hands of publishers for review. We eventually passed on some ideas and went to press.<br />
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A link to a form to enter mailing addresses will be sent on July 12 to all Kickstarter backers. If you backed the campaign and did not receive an email, please reach out to us at hello@onemillionfrogs.com.<br />
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Thank you again to everyone for all the support. We look forward to you finally having a copy in your hands!<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-33344196078799424622014-10-17T10:38:00.000-07:002014-10-17T10:38:27.285-07:00Introduction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing."</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our entrepreneurial story plays out the way most do: an idea conceived over watered down Russian beer and flatbread pizza at a quaint Georgian restaurant high in the cool mountains of Kazakhstan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It pinnacled with the company we founded, Wild Creations, being recognized as one of the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inc 500's </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fastest growing small businesses in the US and the #1 fastest growing business in South Carolina</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The root of our success: frogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We'd like to say that it all went as planned. Nothing, however, went as planned. For starters, our original vision of running a large multinational investment holdings company turned into wrangling frogs and making toys. The transition, of course, is an interesting one and did not happen overnight. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Along the way, there was more pizza and probably too much beer, mortars in Afghanistan, more miles than most people drive in five lifetimes, cheap hotels with fleas, pilfered toilet paper, extreme government agencies and extremer special interest groups, guns and police, endless trade show pitches and tubes of lip balm, and more than one lonely Christmas season spent at a mall kiosk bartering live frogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay, so maybe that isn't the way most startups go. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is not, however, as different as you might think. If you replace all of that history with the underlying themes that encouraged them, you will find commonalities. Belt tightening, stress management, risk taking, dedication and long hours, innovative thinking, thriftiness, interpersonal skill development, conflict resolution, hard work, salesmanship, and unending personal sacrifice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you ask ten successful entrepreneurs for the secret to success, you will receive twenty unique stories and more than a fair share of cliches. And while most will not involve dodging live ordnance in Afghanistan or frogs, all will share these same themes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">book is one of those stories. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's about two regular guys who for years worked in comfortable consulting jobs in "Corporate America", with job security, comfortable paychecks and the freedom to fill numerous passport pages, but who had unfulfilled and conflicting ambitions. It's about our entrepreneurial journey, from the catalyst to taking action through the most significant economic crisis in a generation, and rising from the bowels of complete failure and mediocrity to sitting with John Lasseter, the founder of Pixar, at the Academy Awards of Toys.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All with an improbable frog company. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book is filled with stories, anecdotes and, yes, a few cliches, but the genesis behind it all was to provide other aspiring entrepreneurs a set of our hard-knock lessons to guide them to their entrepreneurial dreams. Most stories involve mistakes we made along the way that were sometimes avoidable and always expensive. We hope to impart wisdom through what was our collective ignorance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We understand completely that most aspiring entrepreneurs who read this book will eventually make the same mistakes we have. We are, after all, natural risk takers and universally inquisitive. Entrepreneurs are the type of people who burn themselves on the frying pan because we just had to see "what if". That natural curiosity is what encourages them to venture out and start businesses, build legacies, and leave their marks in this life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So the greater intent of this book, to a certain extent, is to provide you with validation and inspiration. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fears and anxieties you have are common. True, some people have more tolerance for risk and, hence, are more inclined to be entrepreneurs, but this book will provide evidence that you don't have to be Elon Musk or Sir Richard Branson to start a business. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All you need is a little common sense, courage and persistence. Not necessarily in that order.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And when you fail ... and you will ... often ... we hope that the stories and anecdotes in this book will serve to provide you with not only the tips to help you be successful but also the moral support you need to persevere. </span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are not alone in your ambition. The first step is the most difficult. Read on and you will come to understand why entrepreneurial success cannot be defined by a single adjective or cliche, but instead only by the embodiment of a complete narrative of another entrepreneur’s successes and, more important, perseverance through failure.</span></span></div>
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-23523841048914579132014-10-17T10:04:00.001-07:002014-10-24T11:00:13.205-07:00Update: Book Done!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The book is done. We went through a couple of editors to help write it until it became apparent that the only way to get it done to the quality level we wanted, we had to write it ourselves. Leveraging the work our editors provided, we finished up the draft, settled on a cover (seen here) and are ready to release. <br />
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Except that we aren't ready to release just yet.<br />
We have been fortunate to get the book in the hands of a few publishing people, and there is interest to publish it through the traditional publishing route. It's being reviewed, and we are waiting for the feedback. Regardless, it will be out by year end.<br />
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We'll be posting the introduction here for you to review, so stay tuned.<br />
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As always, we appreciate all the support you have generously given, and we look forward to forwarding it to you soon.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-40693238117547069382013-11-18T09:00:00.000-08:002013-11-19T16:30:00.421-08:00Finding Our Voice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Update: We have completed a very rough draft for the book, but we have decided to take the "voice" in a new direction. We feel the new approach will add life and improve on the entertainment value of the book, while continuing to provide valuable feedback to future aspiring entrepreneurs. This does, however, require a good bit more editing, so we have moved our goal of having a reviewable edit done by the end of the year. Realizing that this is not what we had originally planned, we do feel that it is much needed strategy that will ultimately provide a greater value to you all. As always, we appreciate your support and continued encouragement. You all rock!!<br>
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Update: Greetings <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">One Million Frogs</a> supporters! The draft is coming along nicely. We have, at this point, a good part of the book drafted ... that is to say we have the crazy stories, the useful lessons, and a few other anecdotes on paper (figuratively). We will be completing the final couple of chapters, then it will be time for the re-writes. Of course, all of the magic happens during the re-writes, and given that I believe the material we've discussed and penned is really good stuff, the final product is going to be great! We are on schedule, so we'll update you soon and will even post an excerpt when it is available. Thank you again for your support and encouragement!</div>
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Update: The chapter outline has been finalized. Hurray. We had previously had a massive brain dump of awesome ideas, anecdotes and lesson, but in no specific format. We've also nicely tied every chapter into a lesson and/or takeaway for the reader, while attempting diligently to avoid typical business and entrepreneurial cliches. As well, we have partnered with a very talented writer to assist in the formatting and editing of the book, so that erors and grammer misstakes can be avoided. The completion date is still aiming for September, though because we absolutely want to turn out the best work, we will not rush the final edit. Thank you as always for your wonderful support!<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">Forward</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Acknowledgements
and Dedications</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being an Entrepreneur:
Ingredients</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pizza and
Shashlyk (How the Partnership Started)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blue Skies and
Beaches (How Wild Creations Started)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where’s the 4x4
Matrix for This??</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Damn You Lehman
Brothers!!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Big Break
(Out)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">This Chapter Presented
By Our Friends at PETA</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">How Frogs Became
Stronger Than Steel</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too Big For Our
Britches</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Righting The Ship</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being an
Entrepreneur: Add, Mix and Tweak</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Future Looks
Bright (So Adjust Your Screen Settings)</span></li>
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We did it! It went down to the wire and the final hour, but we were fortunate to have a number of last minute supports to help us reach our One Million Frogs <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> goal! <b>Thank you</b> so much to everyone who supported and encouraged us, and shared the link with friends. None of this is possible without your help! The next step is to finish what we've started and deliver to all of you what you expect. Along the way, we've met a number of wonderful contacts, all of whom have offered help and support as we complete this project. We're excited and energized ... and we hope you are too! Again ... thank you, everyone!!!</div>
PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-16714510916715299702013-05-24T15:16:00.001-07:002013-05-24T15:18:13.650-07:00New Kickstarter Rewards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We updated the rewards for our Kickstarter campaign, thanks to the wonderful feedback of all of our supporters. We think they are clearer and, for the most part, more awesome than before! For those of you who have already contributed, because we updated and changed some of the existing rewards, be assured that we will honor whichever award you wish to take. We are appreciative of your support, and our highest priority is to not let you down. Thank you again all of your who have supported us thus far!<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-61343258318495102652013-05-20T10:58:00.003-07:002013-05-20T11:36:12.680-07:00What The Heck is Crowdfunding?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've received a good number of questions about our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">One Million Frogs campaign on Kickstarter</a>, and surprisingly, the most popular is ... What is Kickstarter, and how to do I contribute? Okay, well I suppose that's two questions. Regardless, we wanted to take a second and give you all some background on Kickstarter, crowdfunding and how to contribute. See the video below. Thank you!<span id="goog_189933518"></span><span id="goog_189933519"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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First, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding" target="_blank">crowdfunding</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> ... crowdfunding <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">is the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people.</span></span> In this particular case, we are trying to raise money to self-publish a book.</div>
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The book, titled "<a href="http://www.onemillionfrogs.com/" target="_blank">One Million Frogs</a>", will chronicle the past six years of our entrepreneurial journey and the trials, tribulations and comedy of errors that eventually led to our modest frog company making it to the Inc 500 list. The stories and anecdotes are not only entertaining, but they will provide an entertaining and often emotional roadmap for other startup or aspiring entrepreneurs. </div>
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In order for this book to be as fantastic as we know it can be, we have identified and started negotiations with a publisher, <a href="http://advantagefamily.com/" target="_blank">Advantage Publishing</a> in Charleston, SC, that specializes in assisting writers in completing what would ordinarily be a very long, tedious and difficult task, especially while still trying to run a business (and two kids) simultaneously.</div>
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Through websites like Kickstarter, we can create a campaign and market the project to the general public. In exchange for a contribution, individuals receive from the campaigners (us) a reward, the value of which is typically dependent on the size of your contribution. In the case of One Million Frogs, we have a variety of great rewards, including an e-version, soft back and hard back version of the book (once it's complete), t-shirts, one-on-one consulting from the authors, and even <a href="http://www.tootsie.com/">Tootsie Rolls</a>. </div>
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<li>Visit <a href="http://www.Kickstarter.com/">www.Kickstarter.com</a> and create a user profile. You will need a valid email address and an Amazon account</li>
<li>While on Kickstarter, find the campaign for "<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">One Million Frogs</a>"</li>
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The reason you need an Amazon account is because Amazon is one of only a few services that permits customers to make a "purchase" on a credit card, but not charge the card immediately. Therefore, if the campaign does not reach it's goal, no charge is ever made to your card (in lieu of having to issue refunds).<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-86993818904979816512013-05-17T15:00:00.000-07:002013-05-19T14:23:09.018-07:00One Million Frogs Reaches $3500 on Kickstarter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Okay, admittedly, we might be overdoing it a bit with announcing updates every couple of thousand dollars. We do, however, want to show our supporters just how much we appreciate their contribution and encouragement! Thank you again, for backing our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">One Million Frogs Kickstarter campaign</a>! We know you won't regret it, as we have a very special and entertaining book in line for you! We also would like to ask all of you to share this link (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs) with your friends, family, associates, colleagues, professors, mentors, neighbors ... anyone who might have ever had an interest in accomplishing something bigger, but have been too intimidated to do so. This book will say to you and them ... if we can do, ANYONE can! Cheers, and thank you again!<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-88260069178168568992013-05-16T13:00:00.000-07:002013-05-19T14:23:43.844-07:00One Million Frogs Reaches $2,500 on Kickstarter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We reached $2,500 in just three days on our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a>! Thanks to all of our fantabulous supporters! Thank you all for your encouragement! Please, if you haven't yet contributed, believe us when we say that you will not regret it. We have a fantastic book planned and ready for completion, and we need your help to make it a reality! If you have aspired as an entrepreneur or you are one, book will resonate with you! Join the fun!<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-54365148368747998192013-05-15T19:00:00.000-07:002013-05-19T14:00:54.678-07:00One Million Frogs Reaches $1000 on Kickstarter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We reached <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs/posts/483802" target="_blank">$1,000 in less than two days</a>, thanks to some awesome supporters! Thank you! And, thanks to some fantastic feedback from supporters, we have added a few things to the outline that will benefit current and aspiring entrepreneurs alike. While many of our anecdotes will help explain how we went from an obscure frog company to the fastest growing company in South Carolina, our readers will benefit more from the f@$%ups we committed over the past six years. If nothing else, than anyone running a small or medium sized company will know that they are not alone in their frustration, anxiety, and doubt. We've been through it too. If you haven't already done so, we'd appreciate your support for our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" target="_blank">One Million Frogs Kickstarter campaign</a>. Cheers!<br />
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PGascahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764293592961325323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7654448140882184011.post-34058290649843171832013-05-15T07:32:00.000-07:002013-05-19T15:04:50.110-07:00One Million Frogs Press Release<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Successful “frog entrepreneurs” </span><a href="http://www.rhettpower.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">RhettPower</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">’s and </span><a href="http://www.petergasca.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Peter Gasca</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">’s new </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> aims to raise funds for
their new book titled, </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">One Million Frogs</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">.
The book is an entertaining twist on start-up entrepreneurialism as it
chronicles the challenging and often comical journey and personal
transformations of two businessmen and one </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">very</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">
unlikely frog company. The campaign needs to raise $15,000 by June 12, 2013, in
order to fund publication of the book and the employment of an editor. After
the book is published, many of the proceeds will go to promote entrepreneurship in
youth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After meeting as business and
economic development consultants overseas, Power and Gasca discovered that they
shared a passion for entrepreneurship. In the summer of 2005, at a pizza shop
in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the two began hatching a plan to start their own
business. After several failed attempts at getting started, the two were
introduced to a small business that assembled and sold miniature desktop
ecosystems with frogs. The business showed great promise but had tremendous
distribution challenges. “It was the atypical business school case study, but
we were ready for the challenge,” said Power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The pair started their company,
Wild Creations, and purchased the business concept. With an extensive business
plan and strategy for growth, Wild Creations, was to be the first of many
successful businesses in their promising portfolio. But when Lehman Brothers
filed bankruptcy and the financial industry collapsed, Wild Creations’ lines of
credit dried up. Power and Gasca persevered and took to the roads, driving over
a hundred thousand miles each, to attend trade shows for one year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fast forward eight years. Wild
Creations’ EcoAquariums™ has grown from a modest 50 retail outlets to more than
1,500 stores. Frog sales are still strong, but even more impressive - many of
Wild Creations’ products are invented by kids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The company has won numerous
industry awards, including a nomination as Toy Industry Association Toy of the
Year. Wild Creations was recognized by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
as the #1 fastest growing company in South Carolina, and by the Inc 500 twice
as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So much for traditional tips,
Power and Gasca have first-hand experience on what it takes to win in business.
“Forget the MBA study guides and DIY entrepreneur books, with <i>One Million Frogs</i>, we are giving you an
inspirational road map through our experiences, and real-life antidotes that
are at times troubling and emotional, often comical and unbelievable, but
always lesson filled,” said Gasca. “The book is not just directed at
entrepreneurs, but at anyone who has grand aspirations to achieve something
bigger in life, who feels held back by uncertainty or societal peer pressure.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pledging to the campaign secures
a pre-order of the book, in addition to other perks that coincide with varying
pledge levels. For example, a $10.00 pledge will get backers an electronic copy
of the book, while a $200.00 pledge receives an electronic version of the book,
two signed hardcopies with handwritten messages from the authors, a shout out
to the backer on the dedication page, a t-shirt, a personal phone call from the
authors, and the best part: a Tootsie Roll. Backers can pledge $5,000.00 or
more, and will receive perks including a two-day business coaching class put on
by the authors and home entertainment by Power and Gasca, who promise to bring
their Southern charm, entertainment and “frosty beverages” along to the
backer’s personalized get-together. And with all KickStarter campaigns, there
is no risk to anyone who pledges if the funding goal is not met as they will
not be charged their backing amount. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With chapter titles such as, “My
Hair is on Fire”, “Swimming with the Sharks,” and “Dead Body Removal,” <i>One Million Frogs</i> is sure to be an
entertaining read. The team also hopes that the book can be shared by parents
and mentors with teen and kid entrepreneurs, looking to start businesses at a
young age. For more information, or to make a pledge to the Kickstarter
campaign, please visit <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs?ref=search">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129986596/one-million-frogs?ref=search</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wild Creations was founded in
2005 by Rhett Powers and Peter Gasca when they realized that they shared a
passion for entrepreneurialism. The company weathered the greatest economic
recession of our time and has recently won numerous industry awards, including
a nomination as Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year. Wild Creations was
recognized by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce as the #1 fastest growing
company in South Carolina, and by the Inc500 twice, as one of the fastest
growing private companies in America. The company is known for the sale of over
one million frog EcoAquariums™, and also sells products created by kid
inventors. They hope to raise funds to sell their tell-all business book, <i>One Million Frogs</i>, to support anyone
with dreams to achieve something bigger in life, who feel held back by uncertainty
or societal peer pressures. They hope to use proceeds from the book to promote
entrepreneurship in youth. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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