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August 2007 | Vol. VI - No. 8

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How to Pitch Your Toy

By: Vanessa McGarry, Inventor
Jul 10, 2007

If you’re full of ideas but don’t know what to do with them, find out how to focus and sell your invention to someone who can turn that dream into something playable. Know your audience, do your research and find out what happens after you’re rejected … or accepted … in the September issue of TDmonthly Magazine.

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Writer's Bio: Inventor Vanessa McGarry of Four-Leaf Clever Inc. and her business partner, Paige Snear Apar, have signed three license agreements: the Twirling Spaghetti Fork and Jackpot Pen with Hog Wild and the Rub-a-Dub Bath Car Wash with ALEX. In 2002, they put their television industry careers on hold to be stay-at-home moms. Both mothers of 8- and 5-year-olds, they never run out of ideas or inspiration. Read more articles by this author


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