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    Scottevest Chairman Hap Klopp on creating a travel vest that stores travelers' accessories and gadgets.

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To -- a little bit today -- all of your lover of gadgets but hate it he held up at the airport to have the -- screamed at security my next guest company.

May have this solution you've been searching for and I'm wearing joining me now for this week's small business big idea is -- -- Men could -- less than half -- where money invest the other guys here in the senate where the best is well they weren't the jacket version.

I had of the -- that come about to say you know what.

With a market is missing this product and I need to introduce if you -- -- Well you started off with the idea that is Scott was a lawyer and he was a lawyer traveling around and always left everything at the airports.

And it became very irritating so you said what what isn't there a better way and he created jackets like the -- have the best you have.

And if you put everything that he used to travel with right in those jackets in fact they went so far as they have somebody trouble for ninety days around the globe.

Just wearing the jacket no bags or anything at all so that was that was -- Genesis.

Have -- got the vest on and I've got -- I had here in the side pocket and we're showing a demo -- -- my own them all right here use -- tenants.

Put -- side pocket here I've got a phone.

In this pocket as well.

How do you take this product it's sort of grow it did have you expand the line from from just the best -- jacket and all all these other products.

Well there's almost forty products in the market right now some -- and some for women.

There's vast there's the named Scottie vest implies investment there's a lot more outerwear and jackets like that.

And the it's an online effort.

Originally Scott who started the company attempted to take hidden and wholesale -- to other people take the idea he has a patented wiring system in here for personal area network.

And he thought that everybody would jump on the idea unfortunately nobody did.

So then by happenstance he went to the director.

To consumer by using the web has been a fantastic opportunity and now every blogger in the world -- attacking picks up on it all the travel writers pick up on evidence.

It's a question now of listening to the customers and so there's a constant dialogue on his website where he's asking people what do you want and then he's just designs what they want.

You're moving direct as you said -- the direct to the consumer channel what about the military have they seen applications where they could use some Avaya.

I do you designs you technology.

Absolutely right now about 95% of the sales are direct consumer.

And then there's some corporate purchases as well people like Herb -- are using it for his conference.

In Sun Valley.

But the concealed carry is a big thing with the military in the government -- these jackets like the one I'm -- has 24 pockets you know summer up to 26 -- And you can have everything from weapons inside to the phones to the batteries that you need to carry with you.

And so it's it has great application there.

-- -- -- enough 18% of the sales are international right now and there's no advertising going on is just on the web.

I it's a great idea to take this -- home with -- along with the I had and the iPhone and everything else sit -- half clock and Scottie vest thank you so much sir.

Thank you -- invest on the dot com we'll check it out -- this is the name Warner brother.

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