Tegu founders (and brothers) Chris and Will Haughey didn't start the company with the idea that they were going to peddle in blocks. Instead, they launched the company after a trip to Honduras where they were struck by the poverty in the country. After witnessing Honduran children living off a landfill collecting recyclables for less then a dollar a day, the Haughey brothers become fixated on the idea that Honduras needed businesses which offered living wage jobs. Since the country is home to many beautiful tropical hardwoods, it made an ideal location for manufacturing sustainable wood products. Once the brothers started exploring designs, the magnetic blocks appeared, and the rest is history.