Robert, as Founder & President of Product Counsel, is an expert Direct to Consumer Marketer who has launched hundreds of products and brands across most consumer categories including Housewares, Health & Beauty, Fitness, Hardware and most notably Toys. Many of these brands have grown to Multi-Hundred Million Dollar successes over their lifetime. Examples of successes in the Toy Space include: Moon Sand, Pixos, Havoc Heli, Pixicade, Wubble (#1 NPD), LaserX, Zippysack, Pom Pom Wow (#1 NPD), Kurio Tablet and many more.

Robert concentrates his expertise on Strategy; Product Development; Financial Management & Modelling; Production of Creative Assets; Architecture of Channels of Distribution; Logistics, Supply Chain & Fulfillment; Media; Analytics, Attribution & Optimization; Amazon & Retail POS.

Additionally, Robert works with a number of early stage/start-ups and small companies providing guidance and navigating them to success. Recent examples include Pixicade and Soothing Snuggler.

Robert also works with numerous inventors to guide them & help them either to launch themselves or license out their consumer product inventions to companies who will invest & launch. Robert often charges no up front fees for licensing out the inventions he selects, only earning if the inventor earns. Examples include SeatPets, Zippysack, Lunch Pets, Pop2Play, Flare Beauty Brush and more.

Robert has also initiated strategic partnerships, mergers/acquisitions and helped raise capital for a range of companies.

Robert regularly appears on inventor pitch panels at major trade shows; Speaks at conferences; & Writes articles in trade publications.

If your company is new, has a great consumer product and you need guidance navigating to success or help launching a direct to consumer strategy that leads to mass retail distribution, please contact me.

If you are a consumer product inventor who has invested in one of: A Prototype; Patent Application; Inventory; or Some level of development of your idea, please contact me.