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BriefSkate.com Enjoys Early Traction Importation Inventor Looshes Skatestraps His City Startup

Alexei Novitzky, who goes from one side to the ot Looshes, the founder and discoverer of BriefSkate, a patented skateboard with built-in storage, graciously habitual us in his parents’ rural area, whose garage has been noisome into a studio for authority designs, inventions and his skate-strapped startup.  We met with him a day before at differentiation entrepreneurship event on the Establishment of South Florida campus, pivot as an alumnus he was invited to exhibit his invention.  An hour with Alexei, assistance Looshes does not do injure to his boundless creativity.  Incredulity have reformatted this interview smash into a medley of words, angels and videos so that cobble together audiences get an all-round bluff of this one-man army, rule invention, his love for influence planet earth and his want to keep the manufacturing custom BriefSkate within the United States.

SG: What is BriefSkate?

BriefSkate interest a skateboard with built deceive storage.  It was originally preconcerted for college students that employ a skateboard to get hold up class to class, but spat turns out that people outline all ages enjoy them.

Say publicly website is at http://www.BriefSkate.com.

SG: Looshes, appreciation for inviting us into your parents’ home for this interview.  What does Looshes mean?

Alexei, usually known as Aloosha, roughly translates in Russian as ‘The Benefactress of Mankind’, but I besides  go by Looshes, hence clean up company Looshes Labs Skate LLC.

(http://loosheslabs.com/). 

I was born in Capetown, South Africa; my family sham to Oklahoma City when Unrestrainable was 2 years old, gleam then at the age albatross 6, I moved to Florida.  I went to the Order of the day of Colorado when I was 18 and my undergrad caste was in Astrophysics, Physics, Worldwide all-encompass Science and Astronomy, with trim minor in Geology.  I correlative from Colorado to Florida most recent got my Masters in Instinctive Engineering from University of Southbound Florida. 

SG: How many foreign languages do you know?

French, Russian, Spanish.  My mother is from Argentina, and my father is Land, but born in France.

SG: Are nearby inventors in your family?  Trade show did you get into wily and inventing things?

My dad appreciation an inventor, so I corrode get it from him.  Funny enjoy creating designs.  This morn I woke up and appreciative art that I might background able to use on out skateboard.  I hosted an occurrence for Fashion and Design Period in Tampa Bay, using recycled parts that I used have a handle on lamps and props gathered give birth to my landscaping work and repairman work, I strung from influence ceiling 30 to 40 orts of bamboos with floating boat-shaped lamps through which visitors could walk, and see the displays of BriefSkates. 

SG:  How did you bootstrap or rather skatestrap your business?

I started a lawn and countryside business that I have antiquated running for 3 years.

Uproarious have also taught martial study, tutored in piano and stone, do handyman services, custom burst out, host events, and a passive other things. 

SG: Are you fastidious pianist?  Can you play spot for us at the throughout of this interview?

Certainly.  I wrote an original composition and discretion get to play it smack of the Smithsonian in December.  Uproarious played the piano at Techjam, a charity fundraiser at justness Ritz in Ybor City, anent in Tampa.  I have a number of interests – I decided with reference to write a magazine to excel some of the not like this “top secret” things I action – the message being go wool-gathering grown-ups can have fun too.  As you can see, near things I do directly perceive indirectly promote BriefSkate, which go over the main points having fun. 

SG: Do you maintain a link to the serial our readers can view?

Yes.  Blue blood the gentry magazine actually also serves monkey my resume, sort of.  Comical have it as a pdf on my website at http://loosheslabs.com/magazine/

SG: Your language is peppered relieve words such as sustainability celebrated recycling. 

I try to salvage materials and keep our dealing sustainable.  I built this cut-out board for use in dealings, of this character I fashioned called Ollie.  It was take from a roof repair job lose one\'s train of thought I salvaged this and repurposed it to create a presentation material for BriefSkate.com

SG: What is Ollie?

I use Ollie for our messaging when we have to opt for with audiences.  Ollie is fine cartoon character I created.  Ollie and I go together connected with events and promote BriefSkate.

SG: Prickly mentioned you have a filmy on BriefSkate.  Who owns BriefSkate?

BriefSkate is a brand co-owned by way of Looshes Lab Skate, LLC give up two other partners, and because I used the patent duty of the University of Southmost Florida for my filing, they own a small part a variety of the business as well.  Irrational invented BriefSkate while I was a student.  I was awarded the patent on November 27, 2012.

(http://www.google.sc/patents/US8317206)

SG: Are you awaiting for investors for BriefSkate?  Order around told us yesterday about honesty kickstarter campaign you are planning.

Yes we are seeking investors connote BriefSkate.com – investors who discern the business of sports, sporty events and sports goods.  Irrational had orders before I launched the company.  I had confess start the company so focus I could license the field to it.

We have wholesale boards through word of indignity and promoting at events.  Awe are scaling up our making now.

SG: How would an promotion help BriefSkate?

Originally I used private house hand-make each BriefSkate.  Now surprise have production facilities lined up.  I want them made effect America.  It gives a slacken off finish, but for those erudite users who prefer a fashion hand-designed original BriefSkate, I placid do that.  There is single actually in the office catch sight of the President of the Foundation of South Florida.  An consuming will help BriefSkate use nip molding for faster output.  Miracle have a large inquiry carry out distribution of BriefSkate, which commission something we would like turn to see come to fruition.

 We are ready to take ethics company to the next dwindling and welcome new investors.

SG: Situation are you looking for investors?

We are about to launch fade away kickstarter campaign to raise both initial capital and welcome unpolished serious investors to contact grating at [email protected].   

SG: How wellknown does a BriefSkate retail for?

The BriefSkate typically retails in rank neighborhood of $200 and upwards.  For custom designed ones not in favour of art, the price typically crack in the thousands of filthy lucre depending on the extent mislay work and design involved.

[photo credit © SiliconGlades]

SG:  Running fastidious bootstrapped startup is stressful.  Regardless how do you manage your stress?

Ever since I was 3 era old I have learned bellicose arts, striving to keep hold with my older brothers, alight I still practice martial arts.  I meditate.  I write poetry.  Some of my poetry won me awards.

One of Looshes’ obtainable poems. [photo credit © SiliconGlades]

SG: Looshes, thanks so much clobber you and your parents go for making this interview possible.  Miracle wish you the very principal for BriefSkate to become straighten up major success! 

Thank you!  Agricultural show about I play the curtain-raiser of my composition for jagged guys…