After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood School in 1972 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Lisa Frank attended the University of Arizona to study art.

[2] All of Frank's designs through 1989 were colored with an airbrush technique, the process taking between nine and thirty-six hours to complete.

According to a 1983 interview with Frank, the company's sticker process began with a concept, moved to pencil sketch, and then translated into an 18×24" painting before qualifying for approval.

[5] Lisa Frank Inc.'s success rocketed in 1987 when the company began producing school supplies featuring their original designs.

[7] Lisa Frank's line of products—folders, pencil cases, erasers, Trapper Keepers, and notebooks—were very popular, and the company grossed over $60 million a year in sales during its peak in the 1990s.

[8] Frank won a court settlement that year, stating Green must sell all his shares in the stock to her at a discount, according to a 1995 buy-sell agreement.

[4] A resurgence in popularity occurred in 2021 when Lisa Frank's 21-year-old son Forrest Green took over as Director of Business Development, starting by managing the company's Instagram account during the COVID-19 pandemic as a student at UCLA, with the marketing strategy of presenting the Lisa Frank brand as a lifestyle.

Since gaining over 700,000 followers, the company has made strategic partnerships with popular brands such as Morphe, Pillsbury, and Crocs to create products for nostalgic consumers.

The article speculated that the brand, following trends for a "sexy" appeal in children's toys, abandoned the "classic" Lisa Frank animal characters for sexual Bratz doll imitations.

[18] In 2024, a four-part documentary series titled Glitter and Greed: the Lisa Frank Story was released by Amazon Prime Video.

The documentary series featured interviews from over twenty journalists and former Lisa Frank Incorporated employees, including former CEO James Green.