From Boston Consulting Group to Creating Bulgaria’s First Kids’ Subscription Service

22/09/2022 20 min Temporada 4 Episodio 64
From Boston Consulting Group to Creating Bulgaria’s First Kids’ Subscription Service

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Send us a textI chatted with Boryana Levterova, co-founder of Infinity Toy Box. Infinity Toy Box is the first subscription service for kids where you can rent games, toys, and books. Prior to launching her startup, Boryana was working as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago. We dive into how she came up with Infinity Toy Box during maternity leave, what challenges they’ve faced because of Covid, and some of her life experiences. Time Stamps:0:35 – Eric tries to speak Bulgarian1:25 – which city did you like best / work to live or live to work?4:16 – what kind of projects did you work on at BCG?6:25 – do you have any embarrassing moments when working with a client?8:08 – when did you get the idea for Infinity Toy Box?10:25 – what did your day look like juggling kids and starting Infinity Toy Box?12:00 – maternity leave benefits in Europe vs USA and daycare discussion     14:20 – before you started Infinity Toy Box, what is something you wished you had known before?15:23 – are there any tools or accelerators that have been essential for your growth?17:13 – what’s one of the biggest obstacles you’ve had to overcome?17:58 – does corn belong on pizza?18:48 – what is something interesting that people don’t know about you?For the Innovators Can Laugh newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.comLinks & Past Guests:Do you love Innovators Can Laugh and want to see Eric’s smiling face? Subscribe to my TikTok channel at:https://www.tiktok.com/@innovatorscanlaugh----Past guests on Innovators Can Laugh include Yannik Veys, Ovi Negrean, Arnaud Belinga, Csaba Zajdó, Dagobert Renouf, Andrei Zinkevich, Viktorija Cijunskyte, Lukas Kaminskis, Pija Indriunaite, Monika Paule, PhD, Vytautas Zabulis, Leon van der Laan, Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:Subscribe and leave a rating to stay updated with the latest startup founders in Europe.Reach your ideal target audience with B2BPodPros: https://www.b2bpodpros.comConnect with Eric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmelchor/Previous guests include: Arvid Kahl of FeedbackPanda, Andrei Zinkevich of FullFunnel, Scott Van den Berg of Influencer Capital, Buster Franken of Fruitpunch AI, Valentin Radu of Omniconvert, Evelina Necula of Kinderpedia, Ionut Vlad of Tokinomo, Diana Florescu of MediaforGrowth, Irina Obushtarova of Recursive, Monika Paule of Caszyme, Yannick Veys of Hypefury, Laura Erdem of Dreamdata, and Pija Indriunaite of CityBee. Check out our four most downloaded episodes: From Uber and BCG to building a telehealth for pets startup with Michael Fisher From Starcraft Player to Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value with Valentin Radu Revolutionizing Parent-Teacher Communication with Kinder...