Bill de bear is the founder and CEO of Bill De Bear, a company that sells teddy bears. He says he has no regrets about his early decision to go international as a franchise business. "There's never a good time for everything" - Nel Wertheim.
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.