How An 8-Year Old Discovered Her Talent for Design
The Start of the Fish Flops Company
Madison Nicole Robinson was a third grader when she came up with the idea for what is now a million-dollar company.
Last month, Robinson, now 16, visited the Steve Harvey Show and shared the early design sketch that launched her company.
It’s a three minute segment [humor included]: Insightful overview of the inspiration, start and progress of the company that includes a Give Back focus.
Next Week: The Name Game: How many beginners miss out on this key point.
Fish Flops Supports Wildlife Organization
Fish Art Contest Contest open to public, private and home schooled students k-12
Top winners will receive merchandise from teenager Madison Nicole’s line of colorful aquatic footwear.
You can’t make a living with art. Sez who?
The designer behind the Fish Flops company and the footwear sold at
Nordstrom is 15-year self-taught artist, Madison Robinson,
who says she “works” at it.
Her story offers several important lessons:
Fish Flops evolved into a business from an authentic expression
of the artist’s interests and background. Innovative touches and
whimsical nature designs combined into a fun, colorful, quality
functional product. And with a memorable name to boot.
At the very least, Madison’s aptitudes may include foresight, structural
visualization, color discrimination, and memory for design and observation.
But merely having certain aptitudes is not enough. You have to work at it!
Art and business are separate fields and combining the two requires an additional set of business and marketing skills, which many aspiring artistic entrepreneurs frequently overlook.
Small children often have innate business abilities, so more parents
might want to start listening more closely to those rich fertile minds.
Houston’s Chronicle’s 43 Most Fascinating People of the year list.
Madison is the second person on the list posted December 9, 2013.
Chron.com http://tinyurl.com/q8udwbs
Update 2014!
Madison Nicole introduces her new line of shoes at a recent store appearance fb.me/2Trt4BTJA
