Brigade located at 1300 W 9th St, Cleveland, 44113 – (216) 621-1700, is now carrying the BlackCoat Made for iPod. They start selling today. BONUS: The first person to purchase a BlackCoat MFI from them gets a free iPod nano!
Nov 18
During the genesis of Silicon Valley, and the creation of Accidental Empires, there were two dominant sides to start-ups (“geeks” and “suits”). As described by the book’s author, Robert X. Cringely, the reason for Silicon Valley’s creation had a lot to do with Geeks just wanting to create their own empire of innovation and not have to work for status quo business and the “suits” associated with it. The reality is that creating “business empires” takes both, but making geeks wear suits as a means to an end is not part of the formula (for sure).
I bring this up because I was indirectly invited to a “Harvard T Group” here in Cleveland, where entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and consultants share experiences, tackle problems, and wear suits. Evidently, wearing a suit was as important, if not more, than having a great idea. I was invited two hours before the event, and had no time to change from my staple DDC Lab jeans, Gianfranco Ferre white shirt, and BlackCoat uniform. Boy, did I hear about my presence afterward; I was basically told not to show up in anything but a suit if I wanted to be taken seriously. Sheesh, I thought Sweet Lou (Gerstner) dispelled the whole theory around “dress for success” as he restructured a struggling Big Blue, (i.e IBM).
I could be wrong, but there seemed to be an interesting disparity between entrepreneurs and the rest of the people in the Harvard T Group. Would more entrepreneurs show up if wearing suits did not matter? Hmm.
Either way, I can play the game; the dress dilemma is a main reason BlackCoat was created.
Nov 06
Well, it’s almost election day and we at KOYONO hope you get out there and vote to your heart’s content. If you are really on the fence and don’t care for either party, then you can also consider just voting out the Incumbents! Jack Clafferty from CNN has been pushing this on his Broken Government program and there are a few organizations out there building silimar coalitions. VotersRevolution.org and Voidnow.org (Vote Out Incumbents Democracy Now) are two non-profits dedicated to getting the word out about such a cause. Check them out. VotersRevolution went so far as to write a few songs!
Oct 26
North Jersey is talking about KOYONO pockets
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Another story, today, about the changing cultural relevance of pockets.North Jersey Media points out that there was once a time when pockets were considered a low-class concern. All of us KOYONO fans, of course, recognize that most of life now includes carrying things…more like having peripherals for our primary processing center (brain). You need your sorage devices (PDA, iPod) for data and your communications module (cell phone). We really think of pocketing as a means of enabling integration of these tools into your look and your life.
Oct 01
After upgrading to the new version of WordPress, we decided to do a few more updates to the BlackCoat blog. We hope you like them. Notice the social network bar for bookmarking. Enjoy, expect more and spread the word.
Best,
Jay
