Lifestyle companies…are we the 99%?
Lifestyle companies are, as partially defined by Wikipedia, businesses that are established and run by their founders with the primary aim of sustaining the founder and, secondarily, those who work for...
View ArticleIn Praise of Creative Entrepreneurs
Written by: David L. Colby, Esq., Managing Director of Colby Law Office, PC When creative people start a business, interesting things happen. Cool things, Inspired things, game changing things. But...
View ArticleAre you a successful business?
Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful: 1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of...
View ArticleAre you a successful business?
Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful: 1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of concept...
View ArticleLearn How To Set Up An eCommerce Store To Sell Your Products With WordPress
Do you want to sell clothing, shoes, jewelry or anything you can make or distribute online? Learn how to use WooCommerce, the leading WordPress plugin which creates online stores, to build your own...
View ArticleLearn How To Make Any Kind Of Web Site With WordPress – Starts November 2, 2016
Do You Want To Make A Web Site? Have you heard about WordPress? If you haven’t you are: Not living on Planet Earth. Not having any fun in your life. Not reading this page which was made using...
View ArticleFunding
This chart is especially good for those of you in fashion tech but should provide valuable insight to all fashion designers on where the funding dollars are going....
View ArticleNY NY Lapdogs of luxury via @CrainsNewYork
John Larson of Water4Dogs helps French bulldog Connie with her recovery from spinal-cord damage. Photo: Buck Ennis NY NY Lapdogs of luxury via @CrainsNewYork. —- Between our Professional Development...
View ArticleDesign Entrepreneurs NYC Mini-MBA program — year 3 and gaining momentum!
Dr. Joyce Brown, President of FIT, welcoming the new designers! Jeannette Nostra, on the Board of GIII & Morris Goldfarb, President, Chairman & CEO of GIII in the background. The DENYC just had...
View ArticleNamaste NYC
I would like to congratulate Ritu Jadwani, one of our ESL/Fashion Business certificate students from 2008, on starting her own business! I’ve seen these in person and my personal favorites are the...
View ArticleLifestyle companies…are we the 99%?
Lifestyle companies are, as partially defined by Wikipedia, businesses that are established and run by their founders with the primary aim of sustaining the founder and, secondarily, those who work for...
View ArticleIn Praise of Creative Entrepreneurs
Written by: David L. Colby, Esq., Managing Director of Colby Law Office, PC When creative people start a business, interesting things happen. Cool things, Inspired things, game changing things. But...
View ArticleAre you a successful business?
Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful: 1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of...
View ArticleAre you a successful business?
Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful: 1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of concept...
View ArticleAre you a successful business?
Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful: 1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of...
View ArticleBusiness Startup Basics
Okay so it’s still January and below is a link to another list – this one is good for all times. The 20 points are all business startup basics. Great post. I’ll add one point to the list: 21....
View ArticleWhen technology intersects with fashion – you benefit.
There’s a new tech idea/website that’s been specifically developed for fashion designers (although other businesses can certainly use it). It seems to be a cross between crowdfunding/sourcing and...
View ArticleYour corporate identity…get it right the first time
Part 1: Focus on your logo Every company should start out with minimal corporate IDs or branding – logo, name, tag line (value proposition), design templates and color palettes. There should be a...
View ArticleAre You A Design Entrepreneur?
The second (annual I hope) Design Entrepreneurs NYC program came to an amazing finale Thursday evening September 26 with the announcement of two winners of cash awards of 1st place- $25,000 and 2nd...
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