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The next few years were »ó°èµ¿Æ÷ÀåÀÌ»ç lean and chaotic. Nick recounts a stream of mishaps that exposed their inexperience, like making products copied from the internet.
"We'd breached all of this IP [intellectual ÀÌÃ̵¿¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç property]. We didn't know what IP was, or patents."
Products had to be pulled in favour ·¹Çø®Ä«½Å¹ß=·¹Çø®Ä«½Å¹ß of new ones and fresh ideas. Nick would sit on the phone all night, ringing retailers all over the world, searching for clients.
The Walmart bite helped, and ¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç½Ñ°÷ he quickly got a "tiny" showroom up and running in Hong Kong. All he could afford, it was a far cry from typical toy showrooms - large, open spaces he later discovered were central to the industry. That room also became his part-time home as he lived between Hong Kong and mainland China.
"I used to unroll a mattress and sleep under the table," says Nick. "I'd wash at public bathrooms."