Kids – MaxPodcasting https://maxpodcasting.com Save time with your high-quality podcast Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 https://maxpodcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-MaxPodcasting_favicon_gold-32x32.png Kids – MaxPodcasting https://maxpodcasting.com 32 32 Amanda Lacy – Wild Business Growth Podcast #343: Bijou Build, Creative Outdoor Play Structures https://maxpodcasting.com/amanda-lacy/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 02:58:00 +0000 https://maxpodcasting.com/?p=10998 You have to believe in your product. That’s the story of this week’s Wild Business Growth podcast guest, Amanda Lacy. Amanda is the Founder of Bijou Build. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms, and watch on YouTube.

Episode 343: Amanda Lacy – Bijou Build, Creative Outdoor Play Structures

Amanda Lacy, the Founder of Bijou Build, joins the show to share her journey from designing toys to creating the revolutionary outdoor play structure for ages 3-103. Hear how to make a modular product, how to design child-safe toys, how to inspire user-generated content aka UGC, fun facts about moss, and the best tapa in Barcelona. This episode covers everything from Animal House to Windjammers. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • Why does Amanda have so many animals
  • What does Bijou mean
  • How has Amanda grown Bijou Build
  • Rods & Cones
  • Chicken or the Egg

Connect with Amanda at BijouBuild.com and on Instagram & Facebook @BijouBuild

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

  • Intro & Animal House
    • [0:19] Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
    • [0:42] Connect with Amanda at BijouBuild.com and on Instagram & Facebook @BijouBuild
    • [1:53] Can Amanda send me a lobster roll
    • [2:08] Bite into Maine
    • [2:23] Animal House
    • [2:29] What animals does Amanda have in her home
    • [3:21] Shoutout, Grandpa Henry!
    • [3:46] Why does Amanda have so many animals
    • [5:10] What animal is the most effort to have as a pet
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Hey, A!
  • The Bijou Build Story
    • [7:01] What are Bijous
    • [7:46] What does Bijou mean
    • [8:59] Where did the idea for Bijou Build come from
    • [12:07] Surprise! jkjk
    • [13:40] What materials does Bijou Build use
    • [14:54] Bijou Haven
    • [15:55] How many ways can you convert a Bijou Build
    • [16:25] How do you make a modular product
    • [18:42] How do you make child-safe toys
    • [18:56] ASTM, EN 71
    • [22:49] How has Amanda grown Bijou Build
    • [26:13] How do you inspire UGC aka User-Generated Content
    • [29:09] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Amanda
    • [29:10] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
    • [29:11] Such an honor speaking at Podcast Movement ’23 in Denver! Sign up to grab the slides from my session at MaxPodcasting.com/PM23
Bijou Build
Bijou!
Amanda Lacy - Wild Business Growth Podcast #343: Bijou Build, Creative Outdoor Play Structures

What is the Wild Business Growth podcast?

Wild ideas. Wild growth. Every Wednesday morning a new entrepreneur joins the Wild Business Growth podcast to share the wildly creative and unusual ways they grew their business – and teaches you how to do it, too. Hear the minds behind WordPress, Stacy’s Pita Chips, Drybar, NFL RedZone, Big Mouth Billy Bass, the voice of Bart Simpson, and more Wild stories. Hosted by Max Branstetter (that’s me), Founder and Podcast Producer at MaxPodcasting.

How do you start a podcast?

Interested in starting a professional-sounding and professional-looking podcast for your brand, but don’t want to deal with the time commitment of all those behind-the-scenes details? I’ve got you covered. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool.

Thanks for listening to Amanda Lacy on the Wild Business Growth podcast. To hear more Wild stories like this one every Wednesday morning, follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about it. And build a Bijou with them. Until next time, Let your business Run Wild…and Bring on the Bongos!!

]]> Shraysi Tandon – Wild Business Growth Podcast #329: Kidsy Founder, Discounted Baby & Kids Gear https://maxpodcasting.com/shraysi-tandon/ Thu, 29 May 2025 07:25:00 +0000 https://maxpodcasting.com/?p=10465 Provide great value. That’s the story of this week’s Wild Business Growth podcast guest, Shraysi Tandon. Shraysi is the Founder & CEO of Kidsy. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms, and watch on YouTube.

Episode 329: Shraysi Tandon – Kidsy Founder, Discounted Baby & Kids Gear

Shraysi Tandon, the Founder & CEO of Kidsy, joins the show to share her journey from filmmaker & TV reporter to creating the TJ Maxx of baby & kids gear. Hear how to turn your idea into a real business, how to build relationships with suppliers, how to find your niche as a brand, how to make babies & children stop crying, and how to get comfortable on camera. This episode covers everything from the Nobel Peace Prize to your MVP. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • How do you go from film idea to directing it
  • What makes Kidsy different
  • How has Shraysi grown Kidsy
  • Who was the most impressive person she interviewed
  • What’s the difference between netball and basketball

Connect with Shraysi at Kidsy.co, on Instagram @ShopKidsy, and on LinkedIn.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

  • Intro & Invisible Hands
    • [0:27] Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
    • [0:34] Connect with Shraysi at Kidsy.co, on Instagram @ShopKidsy, and on LinkedIn
    • [1:56] Welcome!
    • [2:23] What inspired Shraysi to create Invisible Hands
    • [2:47] Nobel Peace Prize Winners Kailash Satyarthi & Malala Yousafzai
    • [4:14] Invisible Hands Brewing in My Brain
    • [5:00] How do you go from film idea to directing it
    • [6:18] What a shentence
    • [6:32] Wild
    • [6:38] What did Shraysi learn about child labor & child trafficking while creating Invisible Hands
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Shraysi from Kidsy
Kidsy
  • The Unusual: Pet Peeves, Quirks, and Weird Talents
    • [28:19] What’s a quirk Shraysi has
    • [28:49] CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
    • [29:16] Did Shraysi ever have a badge
    • [29:29] What’s her biggest pet peeve
    • [31:25] What’s a Weird Talent she has
    • [32:33] How do you make babies & children stop crying
  • Rapid-Fire Q&A
    • [34:43] How do you get comfortable on camera
    • [34:52] Shoutout, Bob Crawford!
    • [35:38] Cancel Culture
    • [36:42] Who was the most impressive person Shraysi interviewed
    • [40:53] Who was her basketball idol
    • [42:49] What’s the difference between netball and basketball
    • [43:31] How do you survive & thrive in a foreign environment
    • [45:12] Shoutout, Ohio!
    • [45:32] Connect with Shraysi at Kidsy.co, on Instagram @ShopKidsy, and on LinkedIn
    • [46:23] What are Shraysi’s Final Thoughts
    • [46:49] Follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about the podcast. And show love (or roast me) by leaving 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify
    • [46:57] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Shraysi
    • [46:58] Check out the Wild Business Growth podcast on Goodpods, where you can see what your favorite people are listening to
    • [47:00] Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter (aka X), and Threads @MaxBranstetter and TikTok @WildBusinessGrowth
    • [47:02] Save time with your high-quality podcast. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to bring your podcast to life and use it as a business-building tool
    • [47:05] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
    • Theme music: Freestyle Percussion Magik – “Jungle Tribe” – provided by Jamendo
Shraysi Tandon - Wild Business Growth Podcast #329: Kidsy Founder, Discounted Baby & Kids Gear

What is the Wild Business Growth podcast?

Wild ideas. Wild growth. Every Wednesday morning a new entrepreneur joins the Wild Business Growth podcast to share the wildly creative and unusual ways they grew their business – and teaches you how to do it, too. Hear the minds behind WordPress, Stacy’s Pita Chips, Drybar, NFL RedZone, Big Mouth Billy Bass, the voice of Bart Simpson, and more Wild stories. Hosted by Max Branstetter (that’s me), Founder and Podcast Producer at MaxPodcasting.

How do you start a podcast?

Interested in starting a professional-sounding and professional-looking podcast for your brand, but don’t want to deal with the time commitment of all those behind-the-scenes details? I’ve got you covered. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool.

Thanks for listening to Shraysi Tandon on the Wild Business Growth podcast. To hear more Wild stories like this one every Wednesday morning, follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about it. And explore Kidsy with them. Until next time, Let your business Run Wild…and Bring on the Bongos!!

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