From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary)

Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem, and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econal.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links and other information related to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done going back to 2006. Our email address is mail at econalk.org. We'd love to hear from you. Today is May twenty eighth, twenty twenty six, and I want to remind listeners before introducing today's guests that we're doing an Econ Talk Book Club. Around the Iliad by Homer. Last week's episode was with Edo Havroni of Shalom College introducing the book. Providing some useful context to help you get started. Another episode or episodes depends while they're in the weeks to come.

We're using the Fagels translation, but there are many others to choose from. And now for today's guest, entrepreneur. television and film producer Ronan Harari. He is a co founder of the Canadian children's entertainment company Spin master. The co creator of Paw Patrol, a preschool series that airs in a hundred and sixty countries.

Spinmaster had revenue of two point three billion in twenty twenty four and is the fourth largest toy company in the world. beh behind Mattel. Hasbro and Lego. And he's the author of No Experience Necessary. Why betting on yourself in your twenties

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