When my speaking colleague/coaching client Kevin Carroll mentioned a game he and his daughter invented, it wasn’t much of a stretch for me to recoommend that he talk to Mary Ellroy. You may remember my mentioning Mary before in previous entries. Besides being a good friend and member of my own Mastermind Group (the one that’s been together for 15+ years), Mary was also one of the Artsy Girls we honored in December. She was recently installed into the Toy Inventors Hall of Fame.

The two of them connected and VOILA! Mary loved Kevin’s idea and partnered with him to navigate the ropes of bringing a game to market–no easy task. Here they are at the current Toy Fair in NYC.

I love putting talented people together and feel so appreciated when they let me know the outcomes of the match–something I don’t take for granted. Here’s what Kevin had to say:

It would not have happened without your keen listening skills and unending desire to see everyone you meet succeed.