Financing Options For Apparel Manufacturers

Understanding and developing a cash flow will be a crucial factor to the success of your company and will determine the financial future for your company.

This important seminar will explain where to find the funds and how to wisely plan:

• Determine if your apparel company is set up for financial success or failure?
• Options for obtaining initial funding to start your business
• Ensuring enough cash for operations to grow your business
• The various forms of financing available and what you need to know in order to qualify for it.
• Accurate record keeping and financial reporting to survive and prosper in a down economy.
• What you need to know about cash flow and payment timing before you accept orders for production

Instructor: Dana Fried

Date: March 19, 2008 6:00 - 8:30pm
Location: FBI Resource Center, 127 E. 9th Street, Suite 212 LA, CA 90015
To Register: www.fashionbizinc.org

Growing An Apparel Company:
How To Build A Strong Infrastructure

Topics of discussion:

• How to structure your price points to succeed in a competitive market
• The costing process and how your margins will dictate your future
• Making sure your customers are credit worthy before going into production
• Understanding what finance companies are looking so you can get factoring or financing needed for cash flow.

Instructor: Dana Fried

Date: Tuesday January 8, 2007 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: FBI Resource Center, 127 E. 9th Street, Suite 212 LA, CA 90015

Financing Options For Apparel Manufacturers
Wednesday September 26th, 2007 6:00-8:30pm
SBA Conference Room, San Francisco CA - Get Map

Understanding and developing a cash flow will be a crucial factor to the success of your company and will determine the financial future for your company.
This important seminar will explain where to find the funds and how to wisely plan:

• Factoring Your Orders
• Loans
• Friends and Family
• Repayment Of The Loan Or Investment
  

Presented by the Renaissance Design Incubator (RDI). www.rencenter.org (register to attend on their website)

Presenter: Dana Fried, Partner Delphic Consulting Group, Inc.

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Starting An Apparel Business:
From Design Concept to Apparel Manufacturing
MAGIC Show Wednesday August 29th, 2007

This informative seminar answers all the critical questions you should ask when planning to turn your creative ideas into a profitable business: how to get those creative ideas into the stores, turn a profit, and stay in business longer than one season. How do you identify a market niche? Which market is right for your line? What licenses are required, and how do you get them? What type of funding is needed to start and support your venture? Should you have a Business and Financial Plan? How do you price to make a profit? Where do you find a sales representative who will really work for you? How do you get publicity and when? Can selling through the Internet work for your business?

Presented by: Frances Harder Founder/President Fashion Business, Inc. Author of Fashion for Profit. With Dana Fried of Delphic Consulting Group

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Financial Planning For a Retail Operation
MAGIC Show Wednesday August 29th, 2007

This seminar is designed to assist retailers understand the importance of having a working financial guide that will better prepare them, and thus increase their chances of prospering. Cost analysts, Operations, Projected Budget, Buying plans are some of the aspects to be covered.

Panel will Include: Dana Fried, Delphic Consulting Group; Frank Kaufman, Business Assurance Partner, Moss Adams, LLP