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The Story of a Brand

Kenny Flowers - A Better, More Modern Hawaiian Shirt

The Story of a Brand

Ramon Vela

Business, Entrepreneurship

5145 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

**This episode is brought to you by MuteSix, ShoppingGives, DRVE, and CartLoop**

 

“A better, more modern Hawaiian shirt”, that's Kenny Flowers. Today we have Kenny Haisfield - founder of Kenny Flowers, a clothing brand that embraces the feeling of vacation every day.

In 2015, Kenny moved to Bali with a dream to create a new version of Hawaiian shirts after quitting his job at IBM. He has an attachment with Bali and shares history with it so he chose this place for his brand. In high school, he even started a nonprofit organization to sponsor teenagers in Bali.

In the early days, he had no business plan or background in fashion design, which he thinks was a blessing as got to talk to many people and think carefully about potential customers.

He talks about:

* Gratefulness
* Overview of the brand
* What his dad thinks
* Did he did any research
* How did he choose location
* What influenced him to build nonprofit
* Experience at IBM

Join Ramon Vela and Kenny Haisfield as they break down the inside story on The Story of a Brand.

For more on Kenny Flowers, visit: https://www.kennyflowers.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

recorded at mute six studios this is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast

0:11.0

and he's not your average host this is the story of a brand with your host rome vella

0:17.3

i kind of saw this opportunity where one I needed to get some new shirts for my closet,

0:25.6

but also I had no idea where to start, where to begin.

0:29.6

This was over six years ago.

0:32.6

And I think that really taking a chance, realizing Kenny Flowers was my calling, led me to that ability to go out there and create a better, more modern Hawaiian shirt and kind of bring back a style from the past in a way that has morphed into much more.

0:56.0

Now we're, like you mentioned, a thought of as more modern resortwear brand.

1:01.0

My wife, Christina, she's a luxury travel blogger, JetSet Christina,

1:09.0

and she's brought a woman's touch to the brand as well.

1:12.3

So now it's not just shirts for guys, but truly, you know, an inclusive his and hers brand.

1:23.0

Why not amplify your sales with up to $50,000 per day in ad spend and a team of experts to optimize each paid marketing campaign?

1:32.2

Sound good?

1:33.0

Well, let me introduce you to Drive.

1:35.1

Drive invest and manages in paid marketing for e-commerce brands around the world.

1:39.2

They have a unique offer of capital, expertise, and data-driven systems to scale online sales. For more information,

1:46.3

visit drive.com for slash P-O-D. That's drive without the eye. That's D-R-V-E.com

1:55.5

for P-O-D. Looking for ways to engage conscious consumers through social impact? Well, shopping gives has you covered.

2:04.8

Working with brands like Steve Madden and Kenneth Cole, shopping gives is helping brands of all sizes

2:09.7

give back while boosting customer loyalty and lifetime value. Get access to native integrations,

2:15.8

exclusive donation data, and a fully managed donation process so you can do good while doing well.

2:22.8

To get started on your social impact journey, visit shoppinggives.com forward slash SB.

2:28.7

Again, that's shoppinggives.com forward slash SB.

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