Marianne Szymanski

About

I enjoy teaching and mentoring aspiring and current entrepreneurs. I draw from my own experience as the founder and president of Toy Tips, a toy research and media company that I started at age 23 and have been growing for over three decades. I am passionate about sharing my insights and lessons learned from launching, managing, and scaling a successful business. At Toy Tips, I lead a team of researchers, writers, and producers who create authoritative and independent content that help parents and consumers make smart toy choices. I am the co-author of Toy Tips: An Essential guide to Smart Toy Choices, the publisher of an online and print magazine, and the curator of a digital influencer event series. I have been featured on national and local television and radio shows throughout my career and regularly appear with live Toy tips segments. I am driven by a mission to promote the value of play and the importance of quality toys for children's development and well-being.