The company received $800,000 in seed funding from friends, family, and former clients of Wood. That year, Wood resigned as a partner at Cooley LLP and founded LeapFrog Enterprises with Robert Lally. Wood began manufacturing the Phonics Desk in 1995. Wood solicited feedback on his prototype from Robert Calfee, an expert on children's reading development and a professor of education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. The prototype utilized a Texas Instruments chip that was previously used by one of Wood's clients to develop talking greeting cards.

By 1994, Wood had developed the first prototype of what would become Phonics Desk, LeapFrog's first product. He began researching phonics and marketing while continuing as a partner at Cooley. The history of LeapFrog traces back to the late 1980s when LeapFrog co-founder Michael Wood, an attorney at Cooley LLP, had difficulties teaching his son how to read. John Barbour is the chief executive officer of LeapFrog. The company was founded by Michael Wood and Robert Lally in 1994. LeapFrog designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of children from infancy through grade school. (commonly known as LeapFrog) is an educational entertainment and electronics company based in Emeryville, California. He is a member of the Mountain View Church of Christ.LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Mayor Johnson lives in Dallas with his wife, Nikki, their three children, William, George, and Lela, and their dog, Penny. Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government program and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an alumnus of Harvard University’s John F. Johnson also holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a master's degree in Public Affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He attended Harvard College, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in History. Johnson was born in Dallas and attended Dallas Independent School District schools through first grade before earning a scholarship to Greenhill School through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas. He also served as chairman of the Dallas Area Legislative Delegation.

During his tenure in the Texas Legislature, Johnson served on several legislative committees, including Appropriations, Ways and Means, Higher Education and Natural Resources. Prior to becoming mayor, Johnson served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives where he represented the City of Dallas from April 2010 to June 2019. Eric Johnson is the 60th Mayor of Dallas, Texas, elected in June 2019.

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