Poor Career Advice by Craig Wolfe

Craig Wolfe

Hi Deepak.  I read about you on Haro today.  I was the president of a company that was the largest publisher of animation artwork from television commercials having created the first ever animation art lines for Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Bush, M&M/Mars, Pillsbury, etc., etc.  I think you’ll get a kick out of that fact that I sold it off to start a whole new company that does a whole line of celebrity rubber ducks that were voted one of the top 100 gifts by Entertainment Weekly.  I’ll post our press kit letter below. We do everyone from The Wizard of Oz to Barack Obama to ducks for professional sports teams and Fortune 500 companies.  My mother however always wanted me to be a lawyer!!  I can barely read a business book.  Today she couldn’t be happier and I always get her laughing by teasing her about this.

Bottom line, I wanted to create a business based on my passions. I loved iconic advertising art and realized no-one was really exploiting the commercial value of this kind of artwork so I started a company based on my love of it.  And then I realized that everyone loves rubber ducks and I wanted to something totally creative with the concept that had never been done before…thus CelebriDucks.  I never took a business course in my life and I can barely read a profit and loss statement, but we are known as the finest rubber ducks on the market and sell thousands of them worldwide.  I think the press kit letter and website says it all.

When my daughter was growing up, I told her 95% of the people I know don’t enjoy what they do so pick a career that makes you happy.  She loved art and I told her to pursue it!  She ended up designing for Pottery Barn and Sanrio!

Sincerely,
Craig Wolfe
President
CelebriDucks
415-456-3452
www.CelebriDucks.com

CELEBRIDUCKS

28 Mountain View Ave.

San Rafael, CA 94901

Phone: 415-456-3452

Fax: 212-419-0992

http://www.celebriducks.com

CelebriDucks is the original creator of the first ever celebrity rubber ducks of the greatest icons of film, music, athletics, and history. They have produced CelebriDucks for the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NHL, NASCAR,  NCAA collegiate mascots and also famous people such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Barack Obama, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, James Dean, KISS, James Brown, The Blues Brothers, Mr. T, Shakespeare, and the world’s first ever 100% recycled “Green” duck. To date they have created over 200 different CelebriDucks and have pioneered a whole new collectible.

The company has received a tremendous amount of publicity having been on NBC, Fox, CBS Evening Magazine (three times), CNN, ABC, Showtime, ESPN, VH1, TNT, A&E, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tony Danza Show, The Jimmy Kimmel Live show, and most other television networks, plus written up in Sports Illustrated, U.S. News and World Report, ESPN The Magazine, Maxim, The N.Y. Times, USA Today, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Sun, Playboy, The Chicago Sun Times, Fortune Small Business, etc..  CelebriDucks have been on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show twice and were voted one of the top 100 Gifts by Entertainment Weekly. The press only continues to build with more and more stories coming out about the company both nationally and internationally.

The company created a Tropical Parrot, complete with Hawaiian shirt and shades, for The Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville Cafés, and successfully sell their Blues Brother’s ducks at all House of Blues venues nationwide. They also recently broke new ground by creating the world’s first ever floating Pink Flamingo which debuted at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

ESPN ran a poll on their website for the fan’s favorite stadium give-a-way and CelebriDucks beat out Beanie Babies, Bobbleheads, Pez Dispensers, Lunch Boxes, and Match Box cars. Their ducks have been used by numerous teams in the NBA, NHL, and Major League Baseball such as The Yankees, The Philadelphia 76ers, The Houston Rockets, The Chicago Cubs, and many many others which can be seen in the custom duck section on their website.  Their promotional sporting events have been sponsored by companies such as Reebok, Dr. Pepper, Gatorade, AOL/TimeWarner, Southwest Airlines, Arby’s, Adidas, Mountain Dew, Chevrolet, Sprite, Dodge, Clarinex, Suburu, Pepsi, Office Depot, Sierra Mist, and many others.

Proctor & Gamble, the largest packaged good manufacturer in the world had CelebriDucks create 200,000 Will Ferrell wash poufs for an Old Spice promotion to tie in with Will Ferrell’s new movie, Semi-Pro.

Gorton Seafood, one of the largest frozen fish companies in the US did a four month national promotion which was tremendously successful with the creation of a CelebriDuck of the Gorton Fisherman. Not only did it sell out, but it was the most successful promotion in their history. This was followed up with another promotion with our duck on over one million packages.

For further information, please visit http://www.celebriducks.com.

Media contact: Craig Wolfe – 415-456-3452. Info@celebriducks.com