Long story short (but way more should you be interested?). ........very successful in Texas, traveling, making money, selling goods, but wanted my product to be sold all over the world, not just in Texas. So...studied Industrial Design at Chicago's Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), home of the legendary 'Bauhaus' design school. However, for lack of good, basic design skills at the time, couldn't get a job as an industrial designer. But someone mentioned the toy design studio on the near North side of downtown. Hmmmmm....