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Thursday, March 29, 2012

7 Lessons from #SharkTank by @AmberMac and @Fastcompany

See Full Article: http://www.fastcompany.com/1826393/7-entrepreneurial-lessons-from-shark-tank

 

6. Be prepared to walk. Some things are not meant to be, which was the case with entrepreneur Scott Jordan. As founder of the successful brands SCOTTEVEST and TEC, he appeared on the show to sell a percentage of the latter (a technology-enabled clothing patent). The Sharks, on the other hand, were interested in Jordan's main business, SCOTTEVEST, which is on track to make more than $20 million this year. After a heated debate with some of the Sharks, Jordan was happy to walk away without a deal but with some new publicity for both his businesses.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hitting the Road? What are the top 10 things to bring while #traveling! #Smartertravel

See Full Article: http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/10-best-travel-clothes-what-to-wear-on-the-road.html?id=10884793

 

A Jacket with Plenty of Pockets

Here's another garment that helps conquer baggage fees: SCOTTEVEST travel jackets, which basically double as carry-on bags. TheSeV Revolution jacket, which sells for $175, has a whopping 26 pockets, as well as a removable hood and removable sleeves (it turns into a vest).  And it's not a bad-looking coat, either. We're a little bummed, however, that the 26-pocket jacket isn't available for women. The maximum amount of pockets on offer for women is 22, available on theClassic Vest for Women ($100).

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

. @JohnnyJet asks CEO, Scott Jordan, what his travel style is! Answer the questions to see what your style is! #travel

See Full Article: http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/03/travel-style-scott-jordan/

 

Travel Style: Scott Jordan

 | March 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what they never leave home without.

Name:  Scott Jordan

Occupation:  CEO & Co-Founder of SCOTTEVEST, Inc and TEC-Technology Enabled Clothing

Hometown:  Philadelphia, PA

Residence:  Ketchum, ID

Website: Scottevest.com

Twitter: @Scottevest | @SeVisMe (personal)

Facebook: SeVTravelClothing | Scottevest

Bio: Scott E. Jordan is the co-founder and CEO of SCOTTEVEST, Inc. and its licensing subsidiary TEC-Technology Enabled Clothing, Inc. As CEO of SCOTTEVEST, Scott is involved in every aspect of the business, from engineering the perfect pocket to maintaining media relationships to the “big picture” stuff, like determining the future of the company. He started SCOTTEVEST in 2000 with his wife Laura, and has built the business from a start-up run from his guest bedroom into one of Inc.com’s fastest growing companies.

Scott is no stranger to media attention. He appeared on Season Three of ABC’s Shark Tank in March 2012. He has received a multitude of press in the past for his successful entrepreneurship, including write-ups in Entrepreneur magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and even several college textbooks. Before founding SCOTTEVEST, Scott practiced corporate law at DLA Piper in Chicago and acted as Vice President and General Counsel at a Next50.com, an internet start-up. He received his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University (summa cum laude and Order of the Coif) and his B.A. in Business Administration (with a focus on entrepreneurship…before it was trendy) from Ohio State University. His favorite hobbies include skiing, amateur auto racing, yoga, and hiking with his wife Laura and their four standard poodles: Lucy, Chloe, Margaux, and Susie.

How often do you fly?  4-6 times per year

How many countries have you been to? 19

How many continents have you been to?  3

Favorite American city?  Sun Valley, Idaho

Favorite international city?  Marrakesh, Morocco

Least favorite country?  None, they all have merits

Favorite airline? Private J

Favorite aircraft type? Gulfstream G5

Aisle or window?  Window

Favorite U.S. airport? SUN, Hailey Idaho

Favorite international airport?  Paris

Favorite hotel?  Peninsula, Hong Kong

Favorite cruise line? Windstar

Favorite island?   Misool Eco Resort

Favorite travel show(s): Anthony Bourdain

Favorite travel book(s):   Rick Steves books

Five things you bring on a plane?  iPad, headphone,

What do you always seem to forget?  Keys

Favorite travel iPhone app(s):  Gary Ardnt, Google maps

What’s your dream destination?  Anywhere that I can Scuba Dive.

Favorite travel website(s) – besides JohnnyJet.com, of course!:   Everything-everywhere.com

Best travel tip: Wear a SCOTTEVEST! Don’t check a bag. 

 

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Monday, March 26, 2012

Every had a major #career change? @LegalNomads interviews Scott Jordan about his change from #Law to #Clothing

See Full Article Here: http://www.legalnomads.com/2012/03/thrillable-hours-scott-jordan.html

 

Thrillable Hours: Scott Jordan, Co-founder Scottevest Travel Clothing

Posted on March 23rd, 2012 • 8 Comments
Categories THRILLABLE HOURS

Welcome back to Thrillable Hours!

For newer Legal Nomads readers: a little background. I decided to start the Thrillable Hours series as a way to spotlight lawyers and former lawyers who were doing interesting things. On my travels, so many people have asked if I regretted my law degree or years working long hours in New York. I found myself explaining again and again that my legal education served me well, that my time in New York gave me skills I am grateful for. While I feel much more fulfilled and excited about my line of work now, at no point did I regret my prior career. This got me thinking: how did other lawyers feel? Be it those who left the practice of law altogether, or those who opted for something a little less conventional,  I wanted to learn about their stories and how their legal education influenced the way they saw the world.

This new instalment is with Scott Jordan, who co-founded the popular travel technology clothing line Scottevest with his wife Laura. It was my friend Gary (from Everything Everywhere) who put us in touch; Gary works with Scottevest and thought Scott would make a great Thrillable Hours candidate. This word-of-mouth referral has become a great source of new interview subjects, so if anyone has a lawyer in mind for the series, please send them my way!

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What made you decide to follow a less conventional path than typical law school graduates? Was there a particular moment that catalyzed the decision for you?

I did practice law for a while when I graduated from law school. I never fully intended to, but I did really well in law school, and I was offered a great deal of money at large firm. I like to call this the “golden handcuffs” stage. I was always looking for a way to escapt the law, basically. I realized I was miserable…I tried to move away from the strictly legal work by accepting a partnership position at an internet company (thinking I would be more involved in the business side), but I was always considered the “lawyer.” It was a long and winding path, but I finally realized that the best way – maybe the only way – for me to go on as a businessman was to start my own company.

Scott E. Jordan, co-founder of Scottevest

Scott wearing one of his signature pieces.

What do you find most fulfilling about your current job?

I control my own destiny. My income is not limited by the hours that I bill, I am not dealing with clients, so my work is exactly what I want it to be. My dealings with lawyers are as limited as possible. I love the environment at my company – the fast pace, the ideas, the energy, the people – it makes for a totally different experience than I had in law.

Do you have any advice for professionals who are interested in leaving conventional private practice but concerned about what is out there?

If you’re miserable, you owe it to yourself to make the change. When you take the risk, the worst thing that will happen is that you go bankrupt, which in this country isn’t that big of a deal. Being unhappy is always a big deal.

How did your legal education inform the way you see the world today? Do you still identify yourself as a lawyer?

I identify myself very deliberately as an EX-lawyer. My legal education does enable me to understand the legal issues that businesses face. It allows me to filter them and to recognize those that are important. I am not afraid of the legal issues, in short, and a brief history of my company will prove that. Overall, I was good at law but very unhappy – in one sense, this dissatisfaction pushed me to do something totally different, and something that I love. For that I’m grateful.

Scott and his wife Laura, co-founders of Scottevest, Inc.

Scott and his wife Laura who co-founded Scottevest together.

What do you have to say to those who tell me lawyers can’t have fun?

They’re right! From my perspective, I’d agree. The nature of the field – the pressures and the restrictions – does not, in my experience, propagate “fun.”

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Scott E. Jordan is the co-founder and CEO of Scottevest, Inc., a clothing company whose trademark is multi-pocketed clothing especially geared toward the tech crowd.  He practiced real estate and corporate law with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and DLA Piper, both based in Chicago, IL. He then left corporate law and served as counsel for a new dot-com, Next50.com. He was commuting between Chicago and New Jersey and had the idea for a vest to serve the modern professional – to hold all the gadgets and gear conveniently.  Shortly thereafter, Jordan founded Scottevest and TEC-Technology Enabled Clothing, and applied for a patent for their Personal Area Network system of wire management. You can find Scottevest’s Facebook page here.

 

 

 

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Quick and Dirty, just how we like it! @FlyingwithFish reviews the #Transformer Jacket. #Gizmodo #Travel #Photog #

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Steven Frischling, aka: Fish, is globe hopping professional photographer, airline emerging media consultant working with large global airlines and founder of The Travel Strategist. Fish has racked up more than 1,000,000 miles since he started to track his mileage in 2005. 

Fish's travel tends to be less than leisurely, including flying from New York to Basrah, Iraq, for six hours; Hong Kong for eight hours, Kuwait City for two hours and traveling around the world in 3.5 days to shoot a series of photo assignments in 4 cities and 4 countries on 3 separate continents. 

Fish grew up at the end of New York's JFK International Airport's Runway 4R/22L, which probably explains his enjoyment of watching planes, fly overhead. When not shooting photos or traveling Fish designs camera bags, hones is expertise on airline security and spends his time at home cheering for the Red Sox with his 3 kids 102 yards from the ocean.

The Scottevest Transformer … a quick & dirty review

03.16.2012 | Author: flyingfish | Posted in Uncategorized

It is no secret that I really enjoy Scottevest clothing. Ever since I first purchased aScottevest original vest, this company’s clothing has transformed how I pack to walk about the door. With the Scottevest original vest, Fleece 5.0 jacket/vest, hoodie sweatshirt, sport coat, cargo pants and button down shirt in my wardrobe … some purchased by me, some sent to me by Scottevest … recently the new SeV Transformer jacket arrived at my door.

 

I had planned to hold on writing about the Transformer until the weather turned warmer to write about it as both a jacket and a vest, however a ‘lighting review’ of it that appeared on Gizmodo got me wondering … what exactly to people expect from their jacket?

 

Personally, I tend to load my Scottvest clothing fairly heavy, with my Travel Vest and Fleece 5.0 being loaded pretty similarly, which you can see here. The Transformer has 20 pockets, and while it is a lighter jacket/vest than the Fleece 5.0, it is still designed to hold just about anything a user could want to stuff in their pockets for a day out, or a quick day of travel.

 

In Gizmodo’s review of the Scottevest Transformer, author Sam Biddle wrote “The Transformer boasts a “personal area network” (hahaha) that packages all of your stuff (?) into twenty different pockets. This is an appalling glut of pockets and zippers and pouches, none of which make obvious their purpose.”

 

As a long time user of the Scottevest clothing, I was originally drawn to the clothing for two reasons, 1) the ability to carry a netbook or iPad inside the jackets and vests 2) the ability to wire my headsets through the jacket and vests, untangling the wire, since I do not like blue tooth headsets.   The personal area network is ideal for throwing your phone or MP3 player in your jacket and having your headsets always ready for use and easy to stow when not in use.

 

But let’s get past the personal area network, because not everyone is going to wire up their jacket, vest, sport coat, sweatshirt the way I have … I am confused by Mr. Biddle’ s statement that “The pockets, too small to be useful,“ in his Gizmodo review, which cuts to the crux of my question … what exactly to people expect from their jacket?

 

Let’s start by going down the list of what I packed inside my Scottevest Transformer two Sunday’s ago as I headed off for work.

1 – iPhone 4

1 – iPhone 3G

1 – Headsets wired into jacket

1 – 11″ MacBook Air

1 – Kindle Touch 3G

1 – Canon Powershot G11

1 – Oakley Flak Jacket sunglasses

1 – Apple MagSafe AC power supply

1 – iPhone USB cord

1 – USB SD card reader

1 – 20oz Pepsi

1 – Bagel & Cream Cheese

2 – Pens

1 – Moleskine notebook

1 – pack of business cards

 

All of these gear was comfortably was stowed in my Scottevest Transformer jacket, while wearing two cameras via the BlackRapid harness system and other gear via theThink Tank Skin Kit harness (except the Pepsi and Bagel which I ate and drank on the train up to work).

 

For the past few days I have been out with the Scottevest Transformer jacket I have been packing light. An 11″ MacBook Air inside the jacket, and swapping a Canon 28-70f2.8 and 70-200f2.8 from the right side pocket.   To put this in perspective the Canon 70-200f2.8 is 7.8 inches in length and 3.4 inches in diameter, not counting the tripod collar … and the lens slips into the side pocket without any problems.

 

The Scottevest Transformer is unique in how it converts from jacket to vest. Rather than the using zip off sleeves, The Transformer uses magnets that hold whole a whole sleeve section to the jacket , instead of two separate sleeves. The magnet design allows a user to make their jacket a vest in less then 5 seconds and put the sleeves back in in a matter of seconds. Using the Scottevest Transformer with camera straps, and the BlackRapid harness system I have found the magnets that hold the sleeves in place durable and reliable.  I would not try picking the jacket up by its sleeves when loaded, but typically I pick jackets up by their collar, regardless of the jacket.   Should the jacket’s magnets had issues I am sure I would have pulled the sleeves off countless times … although Mr. Biddle at Gizmodo is quoted as stating “The magnets for the sleeves are too weak,” leaving me wondering what exactly he is doing with the sleeves.

 

So while I hope to write to a longer review of the Scottevest Transformer jacket, Mr. Biddle’s review of the jacket has me wondering if we had been wearing the same jacket.

 

Below are a few photos of my Scottevest Transformer jacket, loaded with an 11″ MacBook Air and Kindle; my Canon G11 in the sunglasses pocket and my Canon 70-200f2.8L in my right side pocket … as well as a photo of me wearing a loaded vest with my gear while out looking for some photos.

 

Happy Flying!

 

@flyingwithfish

 

 

 

 

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  1. SCOTTEVESTMarch 16th, 2012 at 10:44 am

    Awesome Quick and Dirty Review! The Transformer Jacket is great and before Sam Biddle, we have heard nothing but AWESOME reviews.

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Fan of #DustinHoffman ? Check out what he is wearing in this Paparazzi shot! #Celebrity #Luck #HBO

http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/15/dustin-hoffman-luck-cancelled-photo/3/#c5234425

 

DUSTIN HOFFMANWhy the Long Face?

0315_dustin_hoffman_npgNot to beat a dead horse -- but Dustin Hoffman didn't look too happy today in L.A. ... hours after hearing HBO had cancelled his new show "Luck."

As we reported, the network shut down the racetrack-themed series after a 3rd horse died on set.

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Yahoo! #Fashion Forward High #Tech Clothing! What are you missing?

See Full Article: http://games.yahoo.com/photos/fashion-forward-hi-tech-clothing-1331758180-slideshow/fashion-forward-hi-tech-clothing-photo-1331758157.html

 

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  1. Frequent fliers know what a pain it can be toting around loads of gadgets. The Scottevest carry-on coat might be a great solution, storing tablets, phones, a digital camera and even several changes of clothing without bulges. It also has a Teflon-treated outer shell, which will keep you warm and dry. All totaled, the coat has 33 pockets to keep things hidden away. If it sounds familiar, that might be because the 

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