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Kevin Lavelle

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
102 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

He is hell-bent on global domination.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

We just broke our 100,000-unit soul mark.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

No, just that I never wanted to be an entrepreneur.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

I had a great corporate gig and was ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds that I could have imagined being able to work with, but this idea that I had

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

while I was working as an intern in DC for a performance fabric dress shirt just stuck with me and I couldn't let go of it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

So we launched that in July of 2012 and here we are, ready to take on the world.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

Yeah, it's great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

I don't remember when it was.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

It was certainly a long time ago that we got to meet, but it's one of those things you don't always expect to stay in touch with people you meet on vacation and you have such a special family.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

We are all fortunate to have been able to stay in touch as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

Yeah, so in July of 2012, I launched with the world's first performance fabric dress shirt.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

So I watched this guy run into a building soaked in sweat, and it was around the time that performance polos on the golf course started to become almost acceptable and mainstream, and I thought,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

If those at first were deemed almost unacceptable and became mainstream because it makes much more sense to wear a performance polo on the golf course than a cotton polo, why couldn't you do the same thing with dress shirts?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

But I knew nothing about textiles, design, manufacturing, fashion, etc.,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

And so the idea stuck with me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

And after working for a few years, the entrepreneurial bug bit me through a mentor.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

And I decided I had to give it a shot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

So I launched in July of 2012.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

And our dress shirts are moisture-wicking, wrinkle-free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The Smart Way To Quit Your Corporate Job with Kevin Lavelle Ep 7

You don't have to iron them or dry clean them.

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