Maxine clark is the chief executive bear at buildebear. She talks about why she loves her job and what it means to be in business. Maxine: "I'm four foot ten, you know, m a little bear, a little cub"
Stuff it, fluff it, stitch it, dress it: Build-a-Bear Founder and former CEO Maxine Clark built a retail-entertainment empire by letting people make their own furry friends. Two hundred million of them. What's the secret to her success? Listen as she tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts how she developed a customer-focused culture, why she sought to join (and not beat) her competition, and about some of the (seriously) strange things people have stuffed into their bears.