How to Organize a Closet : How to Organize Coats

And now we're onto coats.

Coats always goin the back.

So I have an array of coats, I have pea coats, I have blazers, I have coatsthat I wear sporty coats, so let me show you a couple of jackets that I have right here.

This is a white pea coat its short-sleeved, its light, its perfect for California.

SoI always keep this at the front because I wear it a lot.

Now the jackets you wear themost you always want to keep in the front and the heavier ones you always want to keeptoward the back.

Now again of course I color coordinate so I have my white jackets hereand it goes all to my khaki over here and of course to my black over here and you alwaysalways always has to have a black long pea coat and thats a must because no matter whatcolor you're wearing, black goes with everything unless you're wearing brown and then you wantto get a brown pea coat as well.

But I have that and another great thing to have are blazers.

Now blazers are wonderful because if you're not in the mood for a full length coat, youcan have a blazer just to if you're cold, if you want to get dressed up a little, itcan go over tank top you always want to have a black basic blazer.

Now I put this withthe coats as well because it?s a jacket so you don?t want to put this with your blousesso make sure you put this in the back.

And again it?s black so it goes toward the blackand this way you have your summer colors and you have your winter colors but of coursein California, you can wear any color at any time.

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Harry Baker: A love poem for lonely prime numbers

My name is Harry Baker.

Harry Baker is my name.

If your name was Harry Baker,then our names would be the same.

(Laughter) It's a short introductory part.

Yeah, I'm Harry.

I study maths.

I write poetry.

So I thought I'd startwith a love poem about prime numbers.

(Laughter) This is called "59.

" I was going to call it"Prime Time Loving.

" That reaction is why I didn't.

(Laughter) So, "59.

" 59 wakes up on the wrongside of the bed.

Realizes all his hair ison one side of his head.

Takes just under a minute to work out thatit’s because of the way that he slept.

He finds some clothes and gets dressed.

He can’t help but look in the mirrorand be subtly impressed How he looks rough around the edgesand yet casually messed.

And as he glances out the window, hesees the sight that he gets blessed with of 60 from across the street.

Now 60 was beautiful.

With perfectly trimmed cuticles,dressed in something suitable.

Never rude or crude at all.

Unimprovable, right on time as usual,more on cue than a snooker ball but liked to play it super cool.

59 wanted to tell herthat he knew her favorite flower.

He thought of her every second,every minute, every hour.

But he knew it wouldn’t work,he’d never get the girl.

Because although she livedacross the street they came from different worlds.

While 59 admired 60’sperfectly round figure, 60 thought 59 was odd.

(Laughter) One of his favorite filmswas "101 Dalmatians.

" She preferred the sequel.

He romanticized the ideathey were star-crossed lovers.

They could overcome the oddsand evens because they had each other.

While she maintained the strict viewsimposed on her by her mother That separate could not be equal.

And though at the time he feltstupid and dumb For trying to love a girl controlledby her stupid mum, He should have been comfortedby the simple sum.

Take 59 away from 60,and you’re left with the one.

Sure enough after two monthsof moping around, 61 days later, 61 was who he found, He had lost his keysand his parents were out.

So one day after schoolhe went into a house As he noticed the slightly wonkynumbers on the door, He wondered why he’d neverintroduced himself before, As she let him in, his jawdropped in awe.

61 was like 60, but a little bit more.

(Laughter) She had prettier eyes,and an approachable smile, And like him, rough aroundthe edges, casual style, And like him, everythingwas in disorganized piles, And like him, her mum didn’t mindif friends stayed a while.

Because she was like him,and he liked her.

He reckoned she would like himif she knew he was like her, And it was different this time.

I mean, this girl was wicked, So he plucked up the courageand asked for her digits.

She said, "I'm 61.

"He grinned, said, "I'm 59.

" Today I’ve had a really nice time, So tomorrow if you wantedyou could come over to mine? She said, "Sure.

" She loved talking to someonejust as quirky, She agreed to this unofficial first date.

In the end he was onlyready one minute early, But it didn’t matter becauseshe arrived one minute late.

And from that moment onthere was nonstop chatter, How they loved "X Factor,"how they had two factors, How that did not matter,distinctiveness made them better, By the end of the night they knewthey were meant together.

And one day she was talkingabout stuck-up 60, She noticed that 59 looked a bit shifty.

He blushed, told her of his crush: “The best thing that never happenedbecause it led to us.

” 61 was clever, see,not prone to jealousy, She looked him in the eyesand told him quite tenderly, "You’re 59, I’m 61, together we combineto become twice what 60 could ever be.

" (Laughter) At this point 59 had tears in his eyes, Was so glad to havethis one-of-a-kind girl in his life.

He told her the verydefinition of being prime Was that with only oneand himself could his heart divide, And she was the one he wantedto give his heart to, She said she felt the sameand now she knew the films were half true.

Because that wasn't real love,that love was just a sample, When it came to real love,they were a prime example.

Cheers.

(Applause) That was the first poem that I wrote and it was for a prime number-themedpoetry night -- (Laughter) -- which turned out to bea prime number-themed poetry competition.

And I became a prime number-themedpoetry competition winner, or as I like to call it,a prime minister.

(Laughter) And this is how I discoveredthese things called poetry slams, and if you don't know whata poetry slam is, it was a format come up within America 30 years ago as a way of tricking peopleinto going to poetry events by putting an exciting wordlike "slam" on the end.

(Laughter) And each performer gotthree minutes to perform and then random audience memberswould hold up scorecards, and they would end upwith a numerical score, and what this meant is, it kind of broke down the barrierbetween performer and audience and encouraged the kindof connection with the listener.

And what it also means is you can win.

And if you win a poetry slam,you can call yourself a slam champion and pretend you're a wrestler, and if you lose a poetry slam you can say,"Oh, what? Poetry's a subjective art form, you can't put numbers on such things.

" (Laughter) But I loved it, and Igot involved in these slams, and I became the U.

K.

slam champion and got invited tothe Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable.

It was people from all around the worldspeaking in their native languages to be judged by five French strangers.

(Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been ableto travel the world since doing it, but it also means that this next piece is technically the best poem in the world.

(Laughter) So.

(Applause) According to five French strangers.

So this is "Paper People.

" I like people.

I'd like some paper people.

They’d be purple paper people.

Maybe pop-up purple paper people.

Proper pop-up purple paper people.

"How do you prop uppop-up purple paper people?" I hear you cry.

Well I.

I’d probably prop up properpop-up purple paper people with a proper pop-uppurple people paperclip, but I’d pre-prepare appropriateadhesives as alternatives, a cheeky pack of Blu Tackjust in case the paper slipped.

Because I could build a pop-up metropolis.

but I wouldn’t wanna deal with all thepaper people politics.

paper politicians with theirpaper-thin policies, broken promiseswithout appropriate apologies.

There’d be a little paper me.

And a little paper you.

And we could watch paper TVand it would all be pay-per-view.

(Laughter) We’d see the poppy paper rappersrap about their paper package or watch paper people carriersget stuck in paper traffic on the A4.

(Laughter) Paper.

There’d be a paper princess Katebut we’d all stare at paper Pippa, and then we’d all live in fear ofkiller Jack the Paper-Ripper, because the paper propagandapropagates the people's prejudices, papers printing pictures of thephotogenic terrorists.

A little paper me.

And a little paper you.

And in a pop-up populationpeople’s problems pop up too.

There’d be a pompous paper parliamentwho remained out of touch, and who ignored the people's protestsabout all the paper cuts, then the peaceful paper protestswould get blown to paper pieces, by the confetti cannonsmanned by pre-emptive police.

And yes there’d still be paper money,so there’d still be paper greed, and the paper piggy bankerspocketing more than they need, purchasing the potpourrito pepper their paper properties, others live in povertyand ain’t acknowledged properly.

A proper poor economywhere so many are proper poor, but while their needs are ignoredthe money goes to big wars.

Origami armiesunfold plans for paper planes and we remain imprisonedin our own paper chains, but the greater shameis that it always seems to stay the same, what changes is who’s in powerchoosing how to lay the blame, they’re naming names,forgetting these are names of people, because in the endit all comes down to people.

I like people.

'Cause even when the situation’s dire, it is only ever peoplewho are able to inspire, and on paper,it’s hard to see how we all cope.

But in the bottom of Pandora’s boxthere’s still hope, and I still hope'cause I believe in people.

People like my grandparents.

Who every single day since I was born, have taken time out of their morningto pray for me.

That’s 7892 days straightof someone checking I’m okay, and that’s amazing.

People like my aunt who puts onplays with prisoners.

People who are capableof genuine forgiveness.

People like the persecuted Palestinians.

People who go out of their wayto make your life better, and expect nothing in return.

You see, people have potentialto be powerful.

Just because the people in powertend to pretend to be victims we don’t need to succumb to that system.

And a paper population is no different.

There’s a little paper me.

And a little paper you.

And in a pop-up populationpeople's problems pop up too, but even if the whole world fell apartthen we’d still make it through.

Because we’re people.

Thank you.

(Applause) Thank you very much.

I've just got time for one more.

For me, poetry has been the ultimate wayof ideas without frontiers.

When I first started, the people who inspired mewere the ones with the amazing stories, and I thought, as an 18-year-oldwith a happy life, it was too normal, but I could create these worldswhere I could talk about my experiences and dreams and beliefs.

So it's amazing to be herein front of you today.

Thank you for being here.

If you weren't here, it would be pretty muchlike the sound check yesterday.

(Laughter) And this is more fun.

So this last one is called"The Sunshine Kid.

" Thank you very much for listening.

Old man sunshine was proud of his sun, And it brightened his dayto see his little boy run, Not because of what he’d done,nor the problems overcome, But that despite that his dispositionremained a sunny one.

It hadn’t always been like this.

There’d been times when he’d triedto hide his brightness, You see, every starhits periods of hardship, It takes a brighter lightto inspire them through the darkness.

If we go back to whenhe was born in a nebula, We know that he neverwas thought of as regular, Because he had a flair about him, To say the Midas touch is wrong But all he went nearseemed to turn a little bronze, Yes this sun was lovedby some more than others, It was a case of Josephand his dreamcoat and his brothers Because standing out from the crowdhad its pros and its cons, And jealousy created enemiesin those he outshone Such as the Shadow People.

Now the Shadow Peopledidn’t like the Sunshine Kid, Because he showed up the dark thingsthe Shadow People did, And when he shone he showedthe places where the Shadow People hid, So the Shadow People hadan evil plan to get rid of him, First up -- they made fun of his sunspots, Shooting his dreams from the sky,their words were gunshots, Designed to remind himhe wasn’t very cool And he didn’t fit in with anypopular kids at school.

They said his head was up in spaceand they would bring him down to Earth, Essentially he came from nothingand that is what he was worth, He’d never get to goto university to learn, Only degrees he’d ever showwould be the first degree burns From those that came too close, they told him he was too bright, That’s why no one everlooked him in the eyes, His judgment became clouded So did the sky,With evaporated tears as the sun started to cry.

Because the sunshine kid was bright,with a warm personality, And inside he burned savagely Hurt by the words and cursesof the shadowy folk who spoke holes in his souland left cavities, And as his heart hardened,his spark darkened, Every time they called him namesit cooled his flames, He thought they might like himif he kept his light dim But they were busy telling lightningshe had terrible aim, He couldn’t quite get to gripswith what they said, So he let his light be eclipsedby what they said, He fell into a Lone Star State like Texas, And felt like he’d been punchedin his solar plexus.

But that’s whenLittle Miss Sunshine came along Singing her favorite songabout how we’re made to be strong, And you don’t have to be wrong to belong,Just be true to who you are, because we are all stars at heart.

Little Miss Sunshine was hot stuff, The kind of girl when you looked at her you forgot stuff, But for him, there was no forgetting her, The minute he saw herher image burned in his retina, She was out of this world,and she accepted him, Something about this girl meant he knewwhenever she was next to him, Things weren’t as dark as they seemed,and he dared to dream, Shadows were nowhere to be seen;when she was there he beamed, His eyes would light upin ways that can’t be faked, When she grinned her rays erasedthe razor-tipped words of hate, They gave each other nicknames,they were "cool star" and "fun sun," And gradually the shadowydamage became undone, She was one in a septillion,and she was brilliant, Could turn the coldest bloodedreptilians vermillion, Loved by billions,from Chileans to Brazilians, And taught the Sunshine Kidthe meaning of resilience.

She said: “All the darkness in the world cannot put out the lightfrom a single candle So how the hell can theyhandle your light? Only you can choose to dim it,and the sky is the limit, so silence the critics by burning.

” And if eyes are windows to the soulthen she drew back the curtains And let the sun shinethrough the hurting.

In a universe of adversitythese stars stuck together, And though days became nightsthe memories would last forever, Whether the weathermansaid it or not, it would be fine, 'Cause even behind the cloudsthe kid could still shine.

Yes, the Sunshine Kid was bright,with a warm personality, And inside he burned savagely, Fueled by the fireinspired across galaxies By the girl who showed him belief.

Thank you very much.

(Applause).

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8 Secrets Of A Great Summer Sport Coat Or Blazer - Gentleman's Gazette

Welcome back! In today's video I'm going totalk about 8 secrets of a great summer sport coat.

Many many believe that as long as they feltlightweight suit jackets, they;re ready for summer but that's not true.

Basically we have8 core principles that are important for a summer sport coat.

One, start with the right weight.

Ofcourse,it's important to have a lightweight jacket because lighter fabrics insulate less andfeel cooler.

However, if your fabric is too light, you will have lots of wrinkles, itwill look bad and you have to find the right balance.

Overall, about 8 to 9 ounces or 240- 270 grams is a good start a weight because it will give you a drape.

If you go lighterthan that, you may have issues with wrinkles.

Two, remember weight is not everything, Theweave is even more important.

The weave of a jacket is extremely important because ifit's tightly woven, it will breathe less and in order to feel cool you want to have asmuch air flow as possible.

A great open weave fabric is a so called fresco fabric becausehwen you stand you can really feel every wind and it makes you feel cool.

In order to determineif your fabric is open weave or closed, one good way to do it is actually hold it againstthe light source, like a light bulb and look through it and an open weave fabric is soopen you could almost read a book through it or some text in a magazine versus a tightlywoven fabric is so that you cannot really read anything through it.

Three, Opt for texture.

Unlike suits, sportcoats are meant to be worn in a more casual environment.

In some offices, it's okay towear them but overall you want the garment to be relaxed, distinctly different from thesuit jacket.

Basically, you will be well dressed without being overdressed and texture is areally great way to help you achieve that.

In order to get texture, you want coarse weavesand yarns that are slightly irregular you get some knobs.

For example here, I'm wearinga panama weave jacket which is a wide weave that creates this waffle structure and alternatively,you can have linen where one yarn is thicker than the other so you get something irregularand more three dimensional than a regualr business suit.

Four, go with unlined jackets.

The open weaveof your fabric is not enough because you have a second layer of fabric inside your jacketwhich is the lining.

Linings are typically made from viscose, bemberg cupro or sometimesilk which are all natural fibers or based on cellulose which is a natural fiber andthey're very lightweight however, the weave is so tight that it restricts airflow.

Soeven if you have an open weave fabric but if you combine them with the lining, you willnot get the best benefits of the open fabric because the lining acts as a blocker.

Themain benefit of linings is A- to protect the outer fabric and to make everything slideand fit well.

So generally, lining are great but summer, it's more important that you feelcool.

So basically you want an unlined jacket but there are two versions of unlined jackets: One is completely unlined jackets.

It meansyour jacket literally has no lining whatsoever, not in the sleeves, not in the back, and thisis a rare version of the unlined jacket usually you only find them with bespoke garments.

Italians sometimes like it or spaniards or portuguese because they live in very warmclimates and they really want to maximiz the airflow.

Disadvantage of the completely unlinedjacket is especially in your sleeves, it sometimes catches your shirt material and so it doesn'thang well or drape well.

The second unlined option is called half lined or sometimes calledquarter lined.

What that means is that your sleeves are lined and your shoulders are linedbut your back and oftentimes the inside front are not lined and it really helps to makeyou feel cool but it also lets your sleeves drape easily so it feels comfortable.

Basically,it's the best of both worlds.

Five, select the sewn interlining also knownas canvas.

One of the most important aspects of jackets or sport coats is the interliningwhich is also known as canvas.

Basically, when you have a piece of fabric, it's twodimensional flat, in order to keep it in a certain shape, three dimensional around yourchest, you have to fixate the interlining to the outer fabric and connect them.

Youcan connect them by sewing them together or by gluing them together.

Economically, it'smuch less expensive to glue these layers together but in terms of comfort it's really bad becauseit's a fine fabric, it makes you sweat and the fabric doesn't breathe as well.

On theother hand, a sewn canvas really feels more comfortable, generally softer and it allowsyou to feel more the air and it's also known as the breathing garment.

Basically, you'llhave three levels of interlinings.

You have full canvas, half canvas and you have fuse.

Generally, only top quality garments have full canvas because it's the most expensiveway to do it and if you go to a tailor or to a high end made to measure company or rentto wear company, that;s what you really get, a full canvas jacket or sport coat.

The nextstep down would be the half canvas jacket, that means that the top oart of your sportcoat is sewn with a canvas versus the bottom part is glued.

The only reason to do thatis to save a cost without sacrificing some of the look on top of the garment where it'smore important than the bottom.

Very inexpensive sport coats and usually the ones that aremost comfortable are the ones woth fused interlining.

For summer, you definitely want to avoid itat all cost cos it's a guarantee that you overheat and sweat a lot.

That being said,not all canvasses are alike, you can have a full sewn interlining canvass that is muchstiffer or softer and ideally for summer jacket, you want as little interlining as possibleand you want it to be as soft as possible so it's really comfortable and you don't reallyfeel much.

Traditionally, horse hair blended with wool was used but for summer sport coats,it's better to go with like cotton wool because horse hair is rather stiff and it's not idealinterlining of canvas that you want for a summer sport coat.

Six, go with a bold pattern.

When you havean open weave fabric, what happens is you can see through one way but also the otherway and you don't want people to see what you're wearing on the inside or if you havea pen in your pocket.

So ideally, a bold pattern a- makes sure you look very differnt frombusiness men but also it helps to make your garment not see through.

For example, thispattern is really great but you can also try others, windowpanes, checks, seersucker stripes,madras pattern, all of these things are great for summer sport coats.

What you definitelywant to avoid is things like pinstripes or chalkstripes, they're typically associatedwith business suits because sport coats are not just a suit jacket on its own, they'reindistinctly different jacket.

seven, embrace strong colors.

Now, when youdon't want to wear a pattern or you don't have one or it doesn't suit you well, that'sokay.

You can also go with stronger typical summer colors.

What I mean by that i avoidthe typical black, grey, charcoal, blues and navys and instead go for something like lightblue or nice green and that way you really create a different, distinct, unique look.

What's also important is you never want solids, you also want slightly mottled colors.

Basically,you can be as creative as you want, maybe red or orange or something turquoise.

ALlthese colors can work and it depends on how comfortable you are and how strong they are.

When in doubt, I recommend go for something that is always a little lighter and interwovenwith white yarns like this one here because that way it softens the look even if you havea stonger, bolder color.

Eight, choose a single breasted jacket andpay attention to details.

Personally, I love double breasted jackets, I think they're reallygreat on me, they look really masculine and they're flattering.

However, when it comesto summer sport coats, single breasted is preferrable because it's simply less fabricthat is layered up in front of you so I'm more comfortable when it's hot outside.

Also,when it comes to details you want to make sure that you either have patch pockets onyour chest, on your side and you can also have details like a center pleat in the backor like shooting pleats, you can have angled pockets, maybe contrasting color or a littlecolored tab.

You definitely want to make sure that you have certain details that look distinctlydifferent from a business suit.

If you just have a regular flat pocket, two button jacketwith a notched lapel that you also wear to your office, you should always try to mixit up when you have a sport coat.

As far as accessories go, in summer sport coats, I preferto wear bow ties when it's hot cos it's just a single layer around my neck and it doesn'tdrape all the way along my body which can oftentime insulate and make you feel warmerthan you have to be.

If you want to wear a tie, I suggest you go with knit ties becausetheyhave a very open weave and they let the air go through.

For a selection of summer knit ties, checkout our selection of Fort Belvedere here.

If you enjoyed this video, please subscribeto our channel and I look forward to seeing you next time.

Thank you.

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The Business Wilderness: A chat with the Co-Founder of Qalo Ted Baker

(bright rock music) - Hello and welcome toThe Business Wilderness.

Today, I have a very specialguest, Mr.

Ted Baker.

How are you? - I'm very well, thankyou for having me today.

- Welcome, welcome, anytime.

You come from a veryinteresting background, and interesting business.

Many people basicallyexperience this daily, monthly.

Many people experienceit once in their life.

Can you tell us a bit aboutwhat problem you have solved for these people? - So.

Well, yeah, my name is Ted Baker.

One of my best friends andI, my co-founder and I, started a company called Qalo.

- Qalo.

- Qalo.

- Qalo.

- Yeah.

- If you don't know what that is, Qualo stands for QualityAthletics Love and Outdoors.

He and I each married ourwives about a month apart, and immediately found a pain point in this newfound, this greatnew thing we call marriage.

And the pain point was,the happiness of our wives with our inability to find a way to want to wear a wedding ring.

- So, there you go, people.

All of you do this, evenin a week, or a month, or in a year.

There you go, you got married,at some point in your life.

- Yeah.

For those of us who have gotten married, at least for me, as a male.

I know, for females, veryaccustomed to wearing rings.

For me, I had never worn a ring, I didn't want to wear a ring.

My partner and I both were, you know, we were beating ourselves on the head.

We worked together at the time, and we were both complaining incessantly about how terrible it was tohave to try to wear a ring.

I tried for about a week,I had just got a new car, I was very excited, I got married, I got a new car, all thesethings were happening.

I'm scratching up my car with my ring.

You know, I'd spent all this money, I wanted to just basically take it off.

So, eventually, of course,my ring found its way to my side table, or whatever, and I just stopped wearing it, so.

I had a very interesting interaction with my wife, one day,she came up and asked me if I was ever going towear my wedding ring, and I looked at herand said, probably not.

Because it didn't really fit my lifestyle.

- It didn't.

- And she may have usedan explicit word with me, and told me that I should figure it out.

And so, I then went back to work, began speaking to my now, you know, business partner about it, and we came up with this idea to solve this problem.

And that's it, you know like-- - Tell us the solution? - It's very simple, it's a Qalo ring.

It's made of.

Well, we have it made ofdifferent materials right now, different polymers, butthis one was made.

This particular one was made of silicone, which is hypoallergenic, it's flexible, it stretches four times its size.

It'll rip at 39 pounds of pressure, so those people who are worried about losing their finger.

It's great for, you know,like occupational hazards.

If you're a firefighter,if you're military, if you're a police officer,if you're a plumber, if you're a woodworker,if you play sports, if you go to the gym, if you Cross Fit, if you 45, if you yoga, you know, if.

Whatever it is you do, this kind of goes with your lifestyle.

So, it's been a great thing for me, solved a problem for me.

I had a void, becausewhen I want to represent that commitment to my wife, I did want to, I just didn't want to have this ring.

And I found myself walking around, and people would ask me if I was married, I'm like, of course I'mmarried, yeah, you know.

If another woman would askme, oh, you're married? You don't have a ring on.

I'd be a little ashamed, like, oh yeah, I don't have a ring on, but I am married, and I love my wife.

And it just, you know,a couple months of that, and we needed to fix the problem.

So, we fixed it for ourselves,and, now, seemingly, we've apparently fixed it for an awful lot of other people, so.

And we're now, here today, in Australia, because we're coming to the market, here.

We recognise that theAustralian market is, even though it's not, youknow, a huge numbers market, we feel like the DNA of the Australian, that commitment aspect,that who you guys are, like, at the base ofyour, you know, person, a lot of you are occupational, a lot of you work with your hands, you know, there's a lot ofdifferent things like that, there's a lot of sport,you know, a lot of sport going on, here.

And we just felt like itwas a really good synergy, for a place for us to go internationally.

And we've opened in Canada.

You know, we're basedin the United States, we opened in Canada,Australia's our next market, and then we're going withthe EU later this year, which we're very excited about.

Basically, bringing ourbrand, and our mission, kind of to, you know, theinternational culture, because it's really about the mission.

I mean, the mission of the company is to inspire and sharethe power of commitment.

You know, it doesn'tmatter if it's your wife, or your kids, or, you know, your job.

Your sport, if you have.

You know, if yourmother, father, you know, are fighting a disease, you know, like, my mom died of colon cancer when I was a child, my sisterbattles lupus, right now.

We have a Lupus ring.

We do a lot of charity,a lot of give-back.

We sit on a lot of boardsfor philanthropic things, something I think is very important when you're starting a business, to start giving back really soon.

So, it's been a realgift, our journey's been a real gift, it's been interesting.

- Amazing.

- Yeah.

- Some touching words.

So, when did the journey start? - You know, the moment we got married.

We each got married in2012, July 8, for me.

It was later that year, about August, about a month later, thatwe kind of recognised that we needed to fix this problem.

My wife had looked at me, she had given me those words.

And then it.

I had done some otherbusiness things in the past.

My co-founder came on, and looked at me, and said, we've gotta do this.

Like, let's start a business.

And at the time, I was doinga couple of other things.

And I was being very successful, you know, I had finally.

I had worked years and years to get to a point of success, andI was doing relatively well, I felt like I was doing well.

And he was like, I'll do it with you, like, we can do this together.

And, like, it was that inspiration of him being like, wecan do this together, I'll do it with you, whichreally turned the corner for me, and made me say, like,okay, I would like.

That sounds like a great idea.

I think having somebodythat you trust and value as a business partner is a huge benefit.

You know, being in business,one of the first things you hear is, watch out for your partner.

- Yeah, exactly.

- And it's amazing howmany warnings I've had, from mentors.

And choosing a partner islike choosing a spouse.

- Yeah.

- If you choose the right one, it's going to be the greatest ride, ever.

And it's just aboutchoosing the right one.

So, I got lucky inchoosing the right wife, and now I've gotten very lucky in choosing the right business partner.

And his name's CaseyHoliday, he's an amazing guy.

Just at the core of hissoul, a great human being.

And I think that's.

I think that's what we need to look for in business partners, in relationships, in all things we do.

If we are looking to the right people, and having the right personalrelationships with them, I think that is a gamechanger, and that's kind of what I've always leaned onfor when I'm doing business, and I'm doing work.

I kind of have a propensityto be overly loyal, sometimes.

But, I think if you're dealingwith the right human being, and the people have the right agenda, then you should be all in,and do everything you can.

'Cause, at the end of the day, there's.

Nothing is perfect.

If somebody is always agreeing with you, there's something wrong.

- Sure.

- You know, you have to have a banter, and you have to be big enough, and be able to put your own ego aside, at times, to get around, and makethe business kind of grow.

And that's one of the things I think is extremely pivotal for many businesses.

People can't get around their own ego, so they wind up trashingwhatever great it is about the business, becausethey can't get around their own ego.

And I think that's oneof the things that.

My wife keeps me in very goodcheck with that, as well.

(laughing) So, she does a lot ofdifferent things for me.

Keeping my ego in check is one thing that she does extremely well, so.

- So, with such a uniqueconcept, I mean.

Coming into the market,and selling the idea of having a ring that's,say, that's made out of a few different.

- Polymers.

- Yeah, what is it?- Polymers.

- Yeah, polymers.

The key point in selling these rings wouldn't haven't beenthe actual ring, itself, it would have been.

Or, this is basically my assumption, from what I've seen, it would have been the message, or themovement behind the ring.

- Yeah-- - Because, let's face it, I mean, you can go down to your local store and just grab a ring.

I call it rubber, here, rubber ring, and put it on.

So what were some of the key factors that really took this concept, this idea, off the ground? - Well, I guess.

First of all, we were never really trying to sell you a ring.

We were trying to sell you a way of life.

We're trying to sell you.

You know, we're sellingyou an emotional value, we're selling you functionality, a representation ofsomething so much bigger than a piece of gold,metal, silver, or rubber.

- Correct.

- This is a representation of who you are.

And, to build that community was, like, the basis of the company really exploding.

Because it needed to be morethan just selling a ring, it needed to be selling a lifestyle.

And that's what we've tried to do, we've tried to, you know.

If you walk by, in the United States, at this point, and I'm very realistic, like, we're still in a growth stage.

We've had three years, where.

I'm not anybody importanton Google, we're like.

I haven't gone.

I have a grind to share with people, I don't have like, somemad dashing success story, it's not like everything is just roses and popping bottles of champagne.

But, you know, the goal wasto sell something bigger.

And when you walk by someonein the United States, if I'm walking in anairport, I see someone else with a ring on, it's a Qalo ring, it tells me somethingabout them, immediately.

And that's what we wanted it to do.

We want this to be arepresentation of who you are on the inside, as a human being, you know, because, in a way, it's the opposite of the way society normally values things.

Normally, society values things as, the more expensive it is,the more meaningful it is.

And I'm trying to go the exact opposite.

I'm saying, wait.

Spend less, and make that show more.

Because if you're wearing a Qalo ring, it says that you're going out of your way, because of an occupational problem, or because of a.

It could be a health reason,because, like, you're allergic to gold metal, or whatever.

What it's saying is that, at all times, you want to represent yourcommitment to your spouse, your family, or to whatever.

And so, it's actuallypeople who really want to represent that commitment even more than a $10,000, you know, wedding ring.

They can spend this,and always have it on.

There's nothing you can't do with this on.

You know, we make 'em special, now, that if you get your hands dirty with gas, or whatever, we cameout with a Q2X material, that facilitates that.

If it's just a comfortability material, you can use the classic.

The goal is to, like, make that show that like, in a way, I love my wife, I represent my wife,I represent my family, I represent my commitment, even greater, and I spent less to do it,but it means even more, because I always want to have it on.

And it's very adversarialto what normal society, you know, like, if I drive a nice car.

It cost more money.

You know, like, I want to saysomething about myself, my.

How much is my suit jacket? Or, you know, my shoes, or whatever it is.

I have 12 year old son,trust me, I know all about.

All about, you know, what itmeans to buy something nice.

And, I want a pair of nice shoes, because people'll think whatever.

And I'm just like, it's notabout how much it costs, son.

- Society's really becomingabout materialistic things.

We can tell, especially ifyou jump on social media, especially the platforms that are really image and video-based, youwill really, really see how materialistic individuals are.

And what Qalo is doingis quite the reverse.

And slowly, slowlychanging that mentality.

- And that's the wholething, we want to change.

You just gave me thetingles, that's awesome.

If I ever get tingles in an interview, normally it's something good happens.

It's literally.

It's going against the grain,and thinking outside the box.

And that's what, youknow, in everything I do, I'm always about.

I look at my leaders, and I say, like, think outside the box.

And people come to me and say, well, that's not how it's done.

I'm like, well, figureout a way to get it done, a different way, that would facilitate.

We're in a very complex world, right now, with e-commerce exploding,brick and mortar dying, there's all of thesethings that are happening around us, and the entirelandscape of business is evolving, we're inthis very crucial time.

And I believe that people need to stop, take a look at things, andnot just go to the norm, but begin to think outside of the box.

I think that's the key for the evolution of things happening, thatwill really drive society.

- Social pressures arereally driving people in quite the other way.

So what you guys are doingis honestly, amazing.

And I'm not just saying thatbecause you're sitting here with me.

There's not many companies out there that represent such, what's the word? Just so I can be fair to you.

That represent such aunique, sentimental value.

Because if you look around, companies in modern day society, work towards what the consumer wants on the surface.

- Right.

- What you guys are doing is,you're telling the consumer, no, this means more to you than what the rest of the gang is telling you.

This is really somethingthat you need to treasure, need to look after, which is basically, that ring there, it's not about the ring.

It's about--- It's about commitment.

- Exactly.

- Yes.

- The family, the wife,the kids, the legacy that you leave behind you.

- Money is only so much.

- Exactly.

Exactly, we hear so many stories of people who are worth millionsand billions of dollars, committing suicide, not happy, miserable.

Yeah, why? Obviously, money is not the solution.

- Money, my wife will tellme on a regular basis, money cannot buy your happiness.

- Exactly, exactly.

- I hear it every day,it's drummed into my head.

We're just, you know, this is a battle, it's a struggle, like,what we're trying to do is not normal right now, it is very much thinking outside the box, and, you know, we're very.

We've been very blessed,we've been very lucky.

I mean, luck, let's behonest, luck has a huge part.

- Hard work, a little bit.

- You have to put in your hard work.

And I always say, I'drather be lucky than smart, because I'm not that smart.

But, you know, I like to surround myself with smart people.

I like to think that whatI value in human beings goes much beyond, youknow, what you pay them, or, you know.

It starts with the culture of the company, it starts with who we are on the inside, you know, the same wayyou, as a human being, what really matters iswho you are on the inside? It matters what's going oninside these four walls, in our building, and what Qalo means, and what we do with ouremployees, how we treat them, how we go.

How we want to representourselves to them, and then how we wantto represent ourselves to the outside world.

And, you know, it's a different time than, quite frankly, when I was really.

Had a real job, per se,when I was growing up, you know, how businessesrun, and what my employees.

Very lucky, my partner is amazing.

One of his goals wasto make our company.

We have very lofty goals.

We wanted to make ourcompany one of the top 100 places to work in thecountry, in the United States.

And, you know, like having goals like that are so much more important than saying, I want to do $100 millionin sales, you know? - That's gonna lead to that.

- Well, that's.

Exactly.

- That's going to lead to that, and that's what many CEOs.

Well, not only CEOs, companies in general, they forget that.

Creating that workplace, that environment, where your employee wants to come to work, and stay there, hedoesn't want to go home, he's happy to be there,because you've created that atmosphere for him.

He's motivated every morning.

He comes there, he's workingfrom somewhere deep inside, not because he has to bethere, to pay the bills.

That's what leads to hundreds of millions, that's what leads to the billion, that's what leads to the soon, and so on, and so on.

- I mean, with this test theory right now, let's hope.

(laughing) Let's hope everythinggoes the way we want.

But, I mean, I will tell you this, that, you know, we.

As far as employees go, Irespect my employees so much, I appreciate them, wheneverI see them, you know, I say I appreciate their hard work.

I'm not even, you know, I'm in the office least of all our employees, probably, because I travel a lot.

I'm doing either licencing deals, or travelling for ambassador meetings, or, you know, giving thistalk, or presentation, or whatever.

So, I'm in the office less than anyone, and it always cracks me up because, I go to the office, or I'll see something, you know, someone will show me something on social media that'shappening in my office.

I'm like, ah, hell, that looks amazing.

How am I not there for that, right now? So, I miss out on those things, a lot.

But, you know, my partnertakes a huge stance on making sure that theculture of the company is sound, and so that's really important.

- Awesome, awesome.

So, tell us a bit about some of your areas that you guys faced,or problems or issues coming to market, like.

Maybe, share that fight withus, so we can, you know? - Well, I mean, we got.

When I say we got lucky, we.

I was very lucky tofind the right partner, have the right thingshappen, but it doesn't matter how lucky you are, it doesn't mean you don't still have headaches.

- You still, in effect, face obstacles.

- Obviously.

I mean, manufacturingwas a huge issue for us.

Trying to.

I.

I tried to get the productmade in the United States.

Because I wanted.

I mean, we're from the US, so I was like, I want it to be made in the US.

We could not find, for months,and months, and months, call after call, meeting after meeting, we couldn't find anybody,you know, at the time, no one ever knew we would grow to, you know--- This size.

- Yeah.

So, nobody wanted to take a chance on you, and we started this companywith all of our own money, we didn't take anyinvestment, everything was.

You know, we worked out of our garage.

You know, like this is as grassroots as you could ever imagine.

And so, we couldn't find anybody else, manufacturing was a huge problem.

I wound up going toAsia for manufacturing, and I know a lot of peoplein the United States say they want everything made in the US, but I would make anargument where innovation actually happens becauseyou find people outside that are willing towork, and take a chance.

That factor of me, me,me, greed, greed, greed, that is very valid in the United States, and people don't want to take a risk.

They only want things that are sure locks, everybody wants something positive.

Nobody wants to take a risk.

So, we found someone to take a risk, and our manufacturing wasn't great at the very beginning,it was a huge issue, it was a huge nightmare.

But we got it done, westarted, we were able to spend a lot of time, afterwe got the product here, fixing the product,making the product right, you know, every product was basically.

Our first couple oforders, our first orders for the first nine months was like, we handpicked every order,put it in a little dime bag-- - Quality control, that is-- - Quality control at its best.

Put it in a little bag that looked like it held drugs, and put in the thing, wrote a personal note,sent everything out.

Like, it was very, verymuch grinding, hands-on.

And, you know, we got through.

We went from one manufacturerto another manufacturer, and then that manufacturer,we outgrew that one, and we went to another manufacturer, and now we have a coupledifferent manufacturers.

But I've actually stayed in Asia.

We were looking at manufacturingin the United States, right now, we're doingsome licencing agreements with some of the militarychannels in the US, they are very.

It's more advantageous ifyou have it made in the US, so we're looking at those things.

But the world is a global market, now, and you know, yes, we go to our facility, we make sure that there'sno child labour laws being broken, and we have.

Actually, have a great relationship with my manufacturer,now, so it's been great.

- Awesome.

Okay, so, just quickly before we go, any tips, words of advice, words of wisdom to all the young people out there who are trying to build businesses? Old, young, they can bewhatever they want to be-- - Yeah, absolutely-- - I'm sure everybody canuse a piece of advice.

- Well, first of all,I'm a big proponent of, you know, starting a businessand trying something new, happens at any age.

It doesn't matter ifyou're 60, if you're 80.

- That's the mostbeautiful thing about it.

- If you're 15.

You can literally, this whole, like.

To use the word entrepreneur,this whole idea behind that is that we are in a society now, where you can literally reinvent yourself, over and over again.

So, when I see somebodywho's 70 years old, and they have an idea, I'm like, why aren't you doing it? - Exactly.

- Like, do it, it's youropportunity, right now, there's no reason.

Ageism should not exist in this.

You know, go.

- It's literally just a number, now.

When it comes to business.

- It's ridiculous.

- You know, like youcan be a genius at 12, or you can be a genius at 80.

- Exactly.

- But words of wisdom are, you know, I guess, figure out who you want to be, figure out what you want to leave behind, and then act accordingly.

Treat people like you want to be treated.

And.

- And be real.

- Yeah, you know? Like, just be up front,just, this is who I am, this is what I believe in.

And just be honest.

More than anything, just be honest.

Do your best, you know? - Honesty's the best policy, I'd say.

- It's crazy.

It's so simple, but ifwe utilise these things, and just like.

You're going to makemistakes, just fix 'em.

When you do something wrong, apologise, and move on.

If the person doesn't accept your apology, and can't get around it, then.

- Time will heal.

- Yeah.

- Time will heal.

- So, I guess that's my word of wisdom.

Just, be honest.

- Where can we find you on social media? - Oh, wow, okay, so.

We're launching in Australia, so please, if you're married, andyou want to be a part of our community, which would be awesome, Qalo.

Com.

Au.

Very excited to get this market rolling, and to like, really spreadthe movement over here.

You can find us, you know, obviously-- - Facebook?- Instagram.

Facebook, yeah, we have AU pagesfor Instagram and Facebook.

We got a great team out here, very excited about those people, what they're doing, what they're going to bring to the thing, to the market.

And just excited to becomepart of this community.

- Awesome, we'll be linking all that up in the video, and so youguys have access to it.

Thank you very much, Ted, it'sbeen an absolute pleasure.

- Awesome, brother, appreciate it.

- Unbelievable, thank you very much.

- Appreciate you having me.

- Thank you, thank you.

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