How a university dropout built a toy empire

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Nick Mowbray went from sleeping on the factory floor to leading a multi-million dollar toy firm.

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The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Nick Mowbray, the co-founder and co-chief executive of toymaker Zuru.

It all began back in the brothers' school days. Mat created a hot air balloon kit - made from a coke can and a plastic bag - which they sold door-to-door. The teenagers became more serious about the venture and got a tiny factory going on their parents' dairy farm in rural north island New Zealand.At the time, Nick was studying law at university and helping out on the side. Mat had pulled out of college to focus on toys full-time.

Zuru was making money but the products"weren't great," Nick says, and reorders were slim. But it was enough to get revenues flowing, and Anna joined the business in 2005. Things sped up. They hired more people in China, and learned how to make better toys by identifying trends and improving design.

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What John Arne Riise did after football.

Probably the wrong way. Toys are a dirty business rampant with diddlers and other nefarious beings. Wouldn’t wanna be anywhere near there

Maybe if he’d worked harder he could have built a real empire.

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