Have you ever looked at the games on the shelves at the store and asked yourself, "Who in the world came up with that?" You wouldn't be the only one. The toy and game industry is extremely large and lucrative, and today's episode is with a man who has succeeded in it multiple times, without actually inventing a toy or game (that I know of).

Scott Brown is an experienced and successful entrepreneur who got his start being paid to sit around and think of potential business ideas (sounds like a dream to me). But it also meant a lot of hard work, because once he found one that had potential they worked hard to grow it. They failed immediately and had to shut down and regroup, but once they did they grew their concept to over 40 stores.

This time around, Scott was presented a game that was extremely fun, and leveraged the fastest growing sport in North America - pickleball. He decided to take the opportunity and run with it, and they were on this most recent season of Shark Tank and have done extremely well.

This episode is unique in that he wasn't the one who came up with the idea, but I wanted to showcase it because it shows how you can find business ideas anywhere, and Scott tells his story with both.

Stay tuned for our next Year One episode with Scott, where he breaks down everything he'd do to start a toy or game business and set it up for success in that first year.

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