Using Toys to Teach what Textbooks Can’t with Ilana Ben-Ari, Twenty-One Toys

Ilana Ben-Ari was working on a design-school project when she learned there was a huge social and emotional gap between the visually impaired and the sighted community. What began as a university project grew into Twenty-One Toys, which teaches 21st Century Skills with the Empathy Toy and the new Failure Toy.  In this episode:  How Twenty-One Toys got started  Ilana’s early days of bootstrapping the company The value of coaching Why it’s important to teach failure to all ages  How the first SheEO Venture cohort divided up the money at the Venture Retreat The challenges of being an entrepreneur Ilana’s favourite ways to take care of herself and how she reminds her team to do the same  We invite you to become a SheEO Activator or apply to be a SheEO Venture at SheEO.World.