9.29.2004

UMMMM, I HAVE A QUESTION: JumpStart's first "Pace Setter of the Month" is Jeasung Jay Yoo of Koyono, inventor of the famous $375 "Black Coat" for Geniuses, Artists, and Innovators. (I'm not kidding, that's what the website says.)
JumpStart Pace Setters are entrepreneurs who exemplify the leadership, courage, energy, and drive necessary to grow a business in Northeast Ohio.
Now I have it on good authority that Jay Yoo is a happening guy, and that his Black Coat is really cool, as the kids say. And it says here that he still lives in Lyndhurst and uses Thompson, Hine for his legal work. And he's a Northeast Ohio blogger in good standing... in fact, he's onto the Philadelphia wireless thing just like yours truly.

But it also says here that Koyono's Black Coats are manufactured in Seattle, the patterns are made in Pennsylvania, and the marketing happens in North Carolina. Only the buttons are made in Cleveland.

So in what sense is Mr. Yoo "growing a business in Northeast Ohio"?

Just asking.