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Success story of KiwiCo in the competitive market
TLDR KiwiCo, founded by Sandra Oh Lin in 2011, offers subscription boxes for kids with hands-on activities focused on science and craft making. The company's growth was fueled by innovative projects, securing funding, expanding product lines, and a vision to spark kids' creativity and imagination.
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KiwiCo, a subscription box for kids, has managed to succeed in a competitive market by providing hands-on activities focused on science and craft making.
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Sandra Oh Lin founded KiwiCo in 2011 to provide tactile and educational toys for kids, growing up with immigrant parents who had a variety of entrepreneurial ventures.
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Sandra Oh Lin transitioned from working at Procter & Gamble to various startups in the Bay Area, eventually becoming the head of the fashion business at eBay, before considering a fashion-related startup idea and realizing her desire to spend more time doing creative projects with her kids at home.
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Sandra Oh Lin wanted her kids to have hands-on creative experiences like she did with her mom, leading her to start inviting friends over for play dates where they made projects together, sparking the idea for a business.
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Sandra Oh Lin started Kiwi Crate in 2011 with the idea of designing and delivering hands-on projects to kids through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce experience.
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Kiwi Crate's early success was attributed to securing funding through a network of investors and creating innovative hands-on projects for kids based on color mixing and unique crafting experiences.
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Kiwi Crate initially sourced items domestically to create unique crafting experiences for kids, launched as a subscription product in October 2011, and struggled with slow growth until securing a $5 million series A funding round.
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Sandra Oh Lin expanded Kiwi Crate by launching three new lines in 2014, targeting different age groups, which led to significant growth and success for the company.
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Kiwi Crate's profitability and growth was significantly boosted by offering multiple crates to households, amortizing shipping costs, and evolving from domestic to overseas sourcing and kitting processes.
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KiwiCo aims to spark kids' imagination and creativity through hands-on experiences that encourage them to think like innovators and make a difference in the world.
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Sandra Oh Lin envisions KiwiCo becoming a household brand like Lego, focusing on building the brand while also acknowledging the combination of hard work and luck in the company's success.
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