Blake Mycoskie and TOMS

Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, INC., is a 33 year old innovater that lives in Los Angeles. He has created five businesses since college, his first being a successful national campus laundry service. While being busy with being an entrepreneur, he competed in the CBS' primetime series, The Amazing Race, with his sister Paige. He traveled the world and was so very close to winning the $1 million dollar grand prize, if only he had arrived just moments before. Blake took a holiday from his exploits in Argentina, and upon returning, he decided to finally start his latest idea, which was the creation of TOMS shoes.

TOMS has one simple promise, which is to give away a pair of new shoes to children around the world that are in need, with every pair sold from the business. This is called One for One. It has encouraged consumers to purchase TOMS shoes, which in turn has given more than 140,000 pairs of new shoes to children in need around the world in just 3 years. TOMS will end up giving an additional 300,000 pairs of new shoes to children, including the US, by the end of 2009.

I believe that anyone can accomplish something like this, if they put their mind to it. Businesses would be surprised how many people around the world love to support organizations like TOMS. Lately, it has been a new development in the fashion world. I wholeheartedly believe that it will carry on for a very long time.

http://www.toms.com/blakes-bio/

Questions I would ask:
1) What was your family life growing up like?
2) Do you think by the way you were brought up, and your background, that it helped you figure out that this is what you wanted to do?
3) Do you have any cool stories from celebrities that buy your TOMS and get involved?
4) Do you ever accept input from your consumers, as to future designs or shoe ideas?
5) Do you have joint relationships with other business chains?
6) If so, how many across the world?
7) Have you ever thought about writing a book about your exploits?
8) How much energy does it take to stay so humble despite your success?
9) What are shoe drops normally like? Take us there.
10) Finally, do you have any memorable stories from the children you meet on shoe drops that you will always have in your heart?