Issaquah's Combat Flip Flops Picked for YouTube Sales Event

Issaquah-based footwear, apparel, and accessory maker Combat Flip Flops is among 20 small businesses YouTube has chosen to showcase popular summer gifts as part of the first YouTube Small Business Day,  which is occurring in conjunction with Google’s second annual International Small Business Week. YouTube, with more than 2 billion users, is part of Google Services. “It’s like winning the lottery,” Combat Flip Flops co-founder and CEO Matthew “Griff” Griffin said of being selected to appear on the YouTube shopping livestream Thursday, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Viewers can purchase items directly from the livestream via links to the businesses. The AK-47 flip flops. (All photos courtesy of Combat Flip Flops) “It really means a lot to us because we are a small family-owned business,” Griffin said of the five-person company that includes his brother-in-law, a close friend whom he calls a brother-in-arms, and a mother-son combination. “To be highlighted as a company nationally and globally on behalf of YouTube for small businesses, we’re really honored.” Griffin served as an Army Ranger in four Iraq and Afghanistan combat tours and founded the business in 2012 with fellow Ranger Donald Lee, and Andy Sewrey. The company employs people in Afghanistan, Laos,…
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