Co-Founder - The Utilikilts Company, Seattle, WA 2000 - 2007
Mayor's Small Business of the Year Award, 2002 - Seattle
The Utilikilts Company was in collaboration with Steven Villegas, a dynamic and unique individual, who I was fortunate to encounter as a co-conspiritor.
You Tube - Steven and Megan talk about the company history on Urban Rush
The company received mass media attention, and is now the largest kilt company in the world. The Utilikilts Co., was the biggest business that I ever helped to establish and it gave me my first real understanding of the way publicity shapes, molds and distorts, as well as an inside view of the post-modern Dickensian labyrinth that is the manufacturing and textile industry. Utilikilts was a perfect arena in which to be bold about my ideals on a world-wide level, and the most solid reason to stand my ground on issues, especially regarding publicity, advertising, service towards others, and how to grow and foster a customer community. The Utilikilts Company was a jump off point for me to understand how and why I wanted to research world-wide cultural and corporate efforts towards change, and to develop standards in business one challenge at a time.
It was a real challenge being the articulation between the company and the media, and I was called upon to explain the principles of the company and its policies, to newpapers, magazines and television. I did not solicit the media, but did welcome members of the press who were fearless, could really write, and who wanted to contribute to society, rather than indulge it. I happily turned down everyone else.
There is a remarkable amount of media footage available for perusal that was created during the first five years of this company. Television, radio newspaper and magazine interviews all explain the phenomenon, on the official Utilikilts Press Page.
A short complilation of Utilikilts press on the Vivaleap site can also be found right here.
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