Personality. As a cub, Simba was quite adventurous, inquisitive, and impressionable. He highly admired his father, Mufasa, and wished to someday become a ruler as mighty as he, spending much of his time either learning the ways of a king or simply envisioning what life would be like with such power and self-esteem.

Building Memories, One Bear at a Time Maxine envisioned an interactive retail destination where kids could make personalized “furry friends.” She ultimately created something that is now called “experiential retail” which has fundamentally helped to change the way we think about shopping.

Simba was inspired by the character Bambi from Disney's Bambi (1942), as well as the stories of Moses and Joseph from the Bible.

Maxine ClarkBuild-A-Bear Workshop / Founder Maxine Clark – Founder Build-A-Bear Workshop. Maxine Clark is one of the true innovators in the retail industry.

Simba is a young lion prince who is full of energy. He hugely admires his father Mufasa, the king. Mufasa's sudden death shocks Simba, leaving him unsure of his own identity. He runs away, only to eventually return as a young adult lion to take his place as King of the Pridelands.

Lesson #1 Believe in Yourself “You have forgotten who you are. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life.

From Teddy Bears to Movies and Games Build-A-Bear's strategy includes monetizing its powerful brand and reaching consumers with engaging content and communications including its more than 20 million first-party data contacts.

Guests who visit a Build-A-Bear Workshop® store enter a recognizable and distinctive teddy bear themed environment consisting of eight stuffed animal-making stations: Choose Me, Hear Me, Stuff Me, Stitch Me, Fluff Me, Dress Me, Name Me and Take Me Home®.

In the Disney movie the Lion King 1994, what important lesson was Mufasa teaching young Simba when he said “and so we are all connected in the great circle of life”? The lesson is that all life is connected; we are all part of a single ecosystem, and nothing can exist without everything else.

UNITED STATES UNITED STATES - Build-A-Bear Workshop, Where Best Friends Are Made®, was founded in October 1997 in St. Louis, MO and is an interactive entertainment, mall-based retail experience that invites customers to make their own personalized stuffed animals.

The Build-A-Bear Foundation Literacy Program inspires creativity by donating reading materials and building a more equitable world through children's literacy. The Hearts 'n' Hugs Fund shares hugs by distributing furry friends to children in need of comfort.

Initially, Simba has all the fresh-faced enthusiasm you'd expect of a young Lion who is destined to be king of his pride. But his father Mufasa, who he idolises, imbues him with a sense of the responsibility of the role.

As a young character, Simba is just so cute and curious, always wanting to be brave like his father which makes him likable. He then becomes very sympathetic due to his father's death, going on to develop a more relaxed lifestyle with Timon and Pumba.

Because what really sits at the heart of the Lion King story is the ability to forgive ourselves for the past, the mistakes we have made and the things we can't change, and look to the future with pride at how far we've come on our journey, and how much more there is to learn and experience in the world around us.

We cannot change our yesterday, and it does not have to define us. We have to learn to manage our hurtful past, may travel the past to gain the lesson learned from it, and then come back to our habitation, our current time. We are more than our past, and we cannot ruin our present and future for the past.

Originally conceived as a place for children to create their own special teddy bear with a step-by-step process including our now iconic Heart Ceremony, Build-A-Bear is now a multi-generational, multi-dimensional global brand appealing to diverse consumer demographics.