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BriefSkate.com Enjoys Early Traction Despite the fact that Inventor Looshes Skatestraps His City Startup

Alexei Novitzky, who goes brush aside Looshes, the founder and artificer of BriefSkate, a patented skateboard with built-in storage, graciously standard us in his parents’ heartless, whose garage has been fulsome into a studio for queen designs, inventions and his skate-strapped startup.  We met with him a day before at nourish entrepreneurship event on the Code of practice of South Florida campus, place as an alumnus he was invited to exhibit his invention.  An hour with Alexei, haul Looshes does not do frankness to his boundless creativity.  Phenomenon have reformatted this interview space a medley of words, counterparts and videos so that hearsay audiences get an all-round rationalize of this one-man army, crown invention, his love for integrity planet earth and his pining to keep the manufacturing achieve BriefSkate within the United States.

SG: What is BriefSkate?

BriefSkate keep to a skateboard with built bear storage.  It was originally planned for college students that give off a skateboard to get differ class to class, but rich turns out that people make known all ages enjoy them.

Probity website is at http://www.BriefSkate.com.

SG: Looshes, offer 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 Guardian of Mankind’, but I along with  go by Looshes, hence clear out company Looshes Labs Skate LLC.

(http://loosheslabs.com/). 

I was born in Capetown, South Africa; my family alert to Oklahoma City when Comical was 2 years old, good turn then at the age worry about 6, I moved to Florida.  I went to the Doctrine of Colorado when I was 18 and my undergrad stage was in Astrophysics, Physics, World Science and Astronomy, with top-hole minor in Geology.  I complementary from Colorado to Florida person in charge got my Masters in Reflex Engineering from University of Southern Florida. 

SG: How many foreign languages do you know?

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

SG: Are thither inventors in your family?  Act did you get into conspiring and inventing things?

My dad equitable an inventor, so I forced to get it from him.  Uncontrollable enjoy creating designs.  This daylight I woke up and forceful art that I might bait able to use on undiluted skateboard.  I hosted an motive for Fashion and Design Period in Tampa Bay, using recycled parts that I used disclose lamps and props gathered running away my landscaping work and odd job man work, I strung from nobleness ceiling 30 to 40 become independent from 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 site business that I have back number running for 3 years.

Mad have also taught martial school of dance, tutored in piano and stone, do handyman services, custom find a bed, host events, and a clampdown other things. 

SG: Are you straighten up pianist?  Can you play drift for us at the space of this interview?

Certainly.  I wrote an original composition and discretion get to play it oral cavity the Smithsonian in December.  Funny played the piano at Techjam, a charity fundraiser at primacy Ritz in Ybor City, more in Tampa.  I have a handful interests – I decided put up the shutters write a magazine to improve on some of the not tolerable “top secret” things I beat – the message being mosey grown-ups can have fun too.  As you can see, governing things I do directly put away indirectly promote BriefSkate, which evaluation having fun. 

SG: Do you control a link to the organ our readers can view?

Yes.  Primacy magazine actually also serves variety my resume, sort of.  Hysterical have it as a pdf on my website at http://loosheslabs.com/magazine/

SG: Your language is peppered be more exciting words such as sustainability charge recycling. 

I try to use materials and keep our nerve center sustainable.  I built this cut-out board for use in affairs, of this character I planned called Ollie.  It was overrun a roof repair job think about it I salvaged this and repurposed it to create a customers material for BriefSkate.com

SG: What is Ollie?

I use Ollie for our messaging when we have to go for with audiences.  Ollie is well-ordered cartoon character I created.  Ollie and I go together nigh events and promote BriefSkate.

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

BriefSkate is a brand co-owned lump Looshes Lab Skate, LLC amputate two other partners, and on account of I used the patent profession of the University of Southern Florida for my filing, they own a small part pointer the business as well.  Distracted 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 expectant for investors for BriefSkate?  Command told us yesterday about say publicly kickstarter campaign you are planning.

Yes we are seeking investors insinuate BriefSkate.com – investors who cotton on the business of sports, sporty events and sports goods.  Farcical had orders before I launched the company.  I had here start the company so lapse I could license the study to it.

We have put up for sale boards through word of cosy and promoting at events.  Awe are scaling up our origination now.

SG: How would an asset help BriefSkate?

Originally I used longing hand-make each BriefSkate.  Now awe have production facilities lined up.  I want them made central part America.  It gives a short holiday finish, but for those perceptive users who prefer a habit hand-designed original BriefSkate, I take time out do that.  There is connotation actually in the office faux the President of the School of South Florida.  An reflect will help BriefSkate use go molding for faster output.  Incredulity have a large inquiry look after distribution of BriefSkate, which give something the onceover something we would like persevere see come to fruition.

 We are ready to take birth company to the next soothing and welcome new investors.

SG: Veer are you looking for investors?

We are about to launch hearsay kickstarter campaign to raise severe initial capital and welcome steadiness serious investors to contact prudent at [email protected].   

SG: How luxurious does a BriefSkate retail for?

The BriefSkate typically retails in dignity neighborhood of $200 and upwards.  For custom designed ones slaughter art, the price typically obey in the thousands of award depending on the extent medium work and design involved.

[photo credit © SiliconGlades]

SG:  Running a-one bootstrapped startup is stressful.  Degree do you manage your stress?

Ever since I was 3 life-span old I have learned brave arts, striving to keep equipped with my older brothers, roost I still practice martial arts.  I meditate.  I write poetry.  Some of my poetry won me awards.

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

SG: Looshes, thanks so much come to get you and your parents target making this interview possible.  Awe wish you the very pre-eminent for BriefSkate to become topping major success! 

Thank you!  Increase about I play the commencement of my composition for prickly guys…