Paul Fredrick Menstyle

Paul Fredrick MenStyle is a high quality, high value collection of business apparel, classically inspired, yet transcending the ordinary.

What you sell / services you offer (brief description of your company):

Paul Fredrick designs, manufactures, and sells a full collection of menswear to the businessman including dress shirts, neckties, cufflinks, suits, sportcoats, knits, trousers, and sport shirts.

Have you always wanted to run your own business? What were some of your previous jobs / companies?

I initially wanted to work in a large company. After earning my undergraduate degree (BS in Chemical Engineering) from Carnegie-Mellon University, I worked two years for American Cyanamid. Went back to school at Tulane University Business School to earn my M.B.A. and then worked for Texas Instruments for several years in finance and accounting positions.

How / when did the idea of your website / company come about?

After leaving Texas Instruments, I went to work for my father-in-law at his shirt manufacturing company. I began to understand the fashion and manufacturing business and saw an opportunity to manufacture and see directly to the consumer, by-passing the distributor and the retail store.

If you could give readers of this book one piece of advice when starting up a business, what would it be?

Be sure to research the existing companies in your business field so you don’t end up “re-inventing the wheel”

Who are your role models / mentors and why?

I have three role models. First, my brother, Richard Sacher, who is nine years older than me, was multi-talented since he was a genius in music as well as mathematics. I’m sure following in the footsteps of my brother caused me to work much harder academically because he was a tough act to follow. My second role model was my father-in-law, Lenny Abrams, who taught me the apparel business and how to be thoughtful and diligent when making business decisions. My third role model is Allen Abbott, a friend and the Chief Operating Officer of Paul Fredrick MenStyle. Allen is an entrepreneur who initially started and sold his own business, then became Vice-president of Marketing at DayTimers, and in 1990 joined Paul Fredrick as VP, Marketing. In hiring Allen, I broke the old adage of not hiring friends since I knew Allen since the 1980’s.

Excluding yours, what company / website do you like / admire the most?

eBay.com is the website which I most admire since it was an innovative idea and has developed into the largest store in the world.

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