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Fashion Business Series / Session 5 : Legal & Small Business

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Fashion Business Series presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA]. This essential workshop is for individuals, students and professionals looking to start or expand their business in the local San Francisco fashion industry and to learn from companies offering business services that are invaluable to success as a fashion entrepreneur. Perfect networking opportunity for fashion startups, fashion designers, students, retailers, entrepreneurs, boutique and business owners. Connect with other professionals in the San Francisco fashion industry. RSVP HERE! 

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Tech Fashion Week 2014

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[Photos by: SFPaparazzi]

#FashionTechSF : 4th Year Anniversary. »>  FASHION+TECHSF is FASHION TECH NETWORK’s [Fashion Tech Media ® LLC] San Francisco Chapter… we’re nationwide ::: Fashion+TechSV [Silicon Valley], Fashion+TechLA [Los Angeles/ Silicon Beach] & Fashion+TechNY [New York]... #FASHIONTECHSF is the longest running monthly workshop and the original [REAL + NOT the copycats] event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology. Our mission is to create educational, economic development, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. From it’s inception in February 2010, #FASHIONTECHSF has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Fashion Business Series - Local SF Fashion Industry Resources & Fashion Founders’ Panel “Why SF?”

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FASHION BUSINESS SERIES. SF Resources for the Local Fashion Industry and Fashion Founders’ Panel “Why SF?” If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But why make it in New York when you can make it in San Francisco? This special presentation will seek to answer that question by moderating a panel of prominent San Francisco based fashion founders who will tell you why they founded their companies in the city by the bay. RSVP HERE!

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HerBusyLife presented by: Sidecar & The Find

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[ Photos by: SFPaparazzi | See photo album HERE ]

TheFind applies patented e-commerce technology to make the consumer shopping experience easy, efficient and fun. TheFind works in a multi-channel environment to personalize the shopping experience. TheFind shows the most relevant products from top stores right on the first page of results, and delivers a visually compelling, efficient and complete online shopping experience from the browser, smartphone or tablet.

Sidecar’s smartphone app matches everyday people in their own car with people nearby for shared rides. It’s a fast, safe and fun way to get around the city, meet new people and keep extra cars off the road. Sidecar is a totally different transportation experience.

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SFFashionLab : SFFAMA's Fashion Incubator / Product Services Presentation

SFFAMA to reintroduce SFFAMA’s Fashion Incubator ’SFFASHIONLAB“ & Premium Membership…Introduction of community partners. Find out more about ‘SFFashionLab’, our community partners & SFFAMA’s premium membership on December 12th, 2013. Who should attend: fashion designers, stylists, fashion bloggers, vc’s & investors, fashion startups, students, fashion entrepreneurs & retail industry professionals…We will also discuss Retail Tech Summit & Fashion Tech Week 2014…Recruiting talents for startup projects…Who should attend: fashion designers, stylists, fashion bloggers, vc’s & investors, fashion startups…We will discuss Retail Tech Summit & Fashion Tech Week… We are also recruiting talents for startup projects… Beer and wine will be served… $10 to attend this event…LIMITED SPACE / RSVP REQUIRED or visit SFFashionLab. 

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#SFFASHIONLAB #HackFashion : SFFAMA's Fashion Incubator Partners Presentation

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Find out more about ’SFFashionLab’, our community partners & SFFAMA’s premium membership on December 12th, 2013. Who should attend: fashion designers, stylists, fashion bloggers, vc’s & investors, fashion startups, students, fashion entrepreneurs & retail industry professionals…We will also discuss Retail Tech Summit & Fashion Tech Week 2014…Recruiting talents for startup projects.

Advisory Board {More To Come}

Community Partners [more to come]:

Services:

  • Boutiques and retailers referral
  • Business lead generation
  • Crowdfunding marketing
  • Digital printing
  • Ecommerce and online sales 
  • Entrepreneurship training
  • Industry and merchants referral
  • Lookbook photography & photo studio
  • Marketing, PR and publicity
  • Mentorship & entrepreneurship guidance
  • Manufacturers and suppliers referral
  • Online media and press coverage
  • Pitch events and demo nights
  • Popups and trunk shows
  • Sewing facilities
  • Social media marketing
  • Talent representation
  • Technology and educational workshops

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SFFAMA, Inc. is a 501©3 education and economic development non-profit corporation supporting fashion, design and technology entrepreneurs, startups, and communities. The largest and most innovative fashion industry organization in California. SFFAMA provides business, technology and fashion industry education and resources while serving as a business and social impact development network for our 10,000 members and industry partners. SFFAMA is an active member of San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (SFciti)

SFFAMA Highlights:

  • SXSW 2014 Accelerator 2014 Advisory Board
  • The largest and most innovative fashion industry organization in California with over 10,000 members, leading social networks and initiatives including green economy and sustainable fashion, crowdfunding and alternative development programs, arts and culture, and education
  • Pioneer in the development and transformation of San Francisco’s fashion industry business vertical into the technology and innovation global industry leader in conjunction with the Mayor of San Francisco’s FashionSF initiative for garment industry revitalization and manufacturing infrastructure research and development
  • Pioneer in establishing San Francisco as the leading startup eco system for the fashion tech and wearable tech industries
  • Leading Fashion Tech Network with groups including Fashion+TechSF, Fashion+TechNY, Fashion+TechLA and Fashion+TechSV
  • Award-winning producer of San Francisco Fashion Week™, Project San Francisco and Pret a Porter SF, showcasing over 100 new San Francisco designer collections since 2009
  • AIGA Community Partner and AIGA SF Design Week Planning Committee
  • Retail Design Institute Allied Partner and producer of Retail Tech Summit and WearTechCon
  • SFFAMA Inc.w/ Fashion Tech Media LLC produces, co-hosts or promotes over 85 events and workshops annually with extensive sponsorship, partnership and development networks and participation in leading public programs, community projects and organizations.
  • SFFAMA’s Board of Directors, Advisory Board and Mentors include award-winning creative professionals, executives and founders from leading institutions, schools and companies with extensive experience who are actively involved in the fashion industry

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San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL RESOURCES [Fashion Business Series]

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San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL SERVICES… Fashion Business Series presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA].

This essential workshop is for individuals, students and professionals looking to start or expand their business in the local San Francisco fashion industry and to learn from companies offering business services that are invaluable to success as a fashion entrepreneur. Perfect networking opportunity for fashion startups, fashion designers, students, retailers, entrepreneurs, boutique and business owners. Connect with other professionals in the San Francisco fashion industry. RSVP HERE!

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Building the Sewn Products Infrastructure in San Francisco. Presented by Janet Lees, Senior Director of SFMade and Chair of Mayor Ed Lee's FashionSF Initiative.

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Janet Lee’s of SFMADE will discuss the challenges of ensuring that apparel and designcompanies of all sizes start, stay, grow and hire in San Francisco. She will cover the manufacturing sector, the increase in the number of apparel/accessory product design companies and how San Francisco brand helps locally manufactured products differentiate themselves in the marketplace. FashionSF, is a new economic development initiative focused on supporting the retention and growth of apparel manufacturers and fashion designers in San Francisco. RSVP HERE!

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Talk Series with Local Fashion Entrepreneurs

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Talk Series with Local Fashion Entrepreneurs. The purpose of this workshop/mixer is to have attendees meet other entrepreneurs providing resources in the local fashion and tech industries. Attendees will to be able to meet with local fashion entrepreneurs, interns, students, designers, app developers, bloggers, stylists, producers, etc’s. Each attendee will be given up to 10 mins to promote their product.

We connect fashion startups, app developers and retail/fashion entrepreneurs to human and capital resources. Find out what all the buzz is about in fashion and technology! Come learn about innovative new products and business models and the people behind them to accelerate your networking and business opportunities. RSVP HERE! 

 

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How to Start a Business in Fashion (Retail, Fashion Design, Boutique)

How to Start a Business in Fashion (Retail, Fashion Design, Boutique)

TOPIC: How to Start a Business in Fashion (Retail, Fashion Design, Boutique) RSVP HERE!

DISCUSSIONS:

  1. What kind of business documentions is necessary to start a business?
  2. How to create a business plan? What goes into a business plan?
  3. What are the Start-up costs? Where to get start-up financing?
  4. How to get professional help to start a business?
  5. How to evaluate a potential location? Why is location important?
  6. How to obtain your merchandise? How to do a physical inventory?
  7. How to set your prices? Determining mark-up and margins?
  8. How to handle your daily cash sales? What do I need to know about accounting or bookeeping? How to get paid? Payment and Revenue Strategies?
  9. What is Effective selling, publicity or marketing technique?

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