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Mar 15

Up Festival

San Francisco Urban Prototyping the Arts, Open Data, Civic Participation and Corporate Innovation

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San Francisco hosted the second UP Festival (Urban Prototyping) last year that looked at the role of the arts, design and technology as tools for civic participation and the efficacy and success of private/public collaborations and startups creating new businesses and growth opportunities from the increasing availability of open data sets. The Up Festival travels and first launched in Singapore looking at mobile applications and healthcare innovation. A great San Francisco example of commercial application of open government data is Movity, now part of just-went-public Trulia, which crunches the numbers on open data sets and hyper-local geodata on crime, noise, pricing, etc. to produce a unique value proposition for the real estate industry. http://sf.urbanprototyping.org/

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Mar 1

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Mayor Ed Lee and SF.CITI Tech Town Halls and TechSF Initiative for the Technology Economy

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One thing we’re working on in San Francisco is the “digital divide” technological ability and accessibility issue for both open government participation and growth sector employment opportunities. SF.CITI, with its membership base of over 550 San Francisco technology companies and organizations, is working to increase entry-level employment opportunities in tech sector. The Mayor of San Francisco’s TechSF Initiative, funded by a major grant from the US Department of Labor, focuses on education, training and retraining while designing programs that apply innovation methodologies to business and technology challenges in economic and workforce development.  In terms of cultural industries, San Francisco is currently number one in economic impact of the nonprofit arts and cultural organizations per capita in the United States. At SFFAMA and Fashion+TechSF, as an education and economic development nonprofit, we work on leveraging technology to further develop growth opportunities, innovation and employment in the fashion, design and the arts sectors. 

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Feb 13

WeWork Labs Startup Showcase

WeWork Labs Startup Showcase

WeWork Labs Startup Showcase

Focusing on early stage startups, WeWork Labs SF brings together entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, marketers, biz devs, investors and other magic makers under one roof. We connect the best and brightest in tech and help them accelerate their businesses.

Jan 25

ALEX CORNELL BOOK

Coping with Creativity: An Evening with Alex Cornell

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Join FIDMSF for a creative evening and book-signing Tuesday, January 29, 6:15pm-7:15pm. Alex Cornell is a San Francisco-based designer and musician. Alex cofounded Firespotter Labs in 2010 and has designed and launched Nosh, Jotly, NoshList and ÜberConference. His book Breakthrough: Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination focuses on strategies for combating creative block as offered by a who’s who of leading design professionals. Signed copies of Alex’s book will be available for purchase. FIDM students, alumni, and industry partners will be in attendance. Learn more about Alex’s vision, specialties, and experience here.RSVP your attendance, and direct questions to mburch@fidm.edu.

Jan 11

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FASHION+TECHSF 3rd Year Anniversary

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Join FASHION+TECHSF‘s 3rd Year Anniversary on January 30th, 2013, in partnership with San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. presented by Fashion+TechSF.

This is a pop-up event showcasing fashion, beauty, lifestyle and tech concepts in a social setting. Attendees are introduced to the newest fashion/mobile apps, sample and demo fashion/tech products and shop the latest indie fashion trends. Connect with local fashion/tech industry professionals.

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Nov 15

Start-Ups pitch for potential funding at 3rd annual FashInvest

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FASHINVEST GEARS UP FOR 3rd ANNUAL VENTURE CAPITAL CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, NY (November 15, 2012) – FashInvest, the first global platform dedicated to cultivating sound financial strategies and business opportunities for start-ups within the Fashion, Fashion-Tech, Retail and Branded Goods community, announces its 3rd annual FashInvest Capital Conference slated for Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City’s fashion district.
With the mission, “Where Fashion Meets Finance”, FashInvest does just that. The organization prides itself in bringing together the best and brightest of the fashion, branded goods, apparel and fashion-tech entrepreneurial and investment communities in one room, on one day.
Since inception in 2009, by chairman, founder and leading venture capitalist David J. Freschman, FashInvest has become one of the most respected platforms for fast-growth and emerging companies in the market. As a catalyst for economic growth and entrepreneurial support, FashInvest has aided a myriad of start-ups in securing funding and creating beneficial connections for operational growth.
“This has been an exciting journey to tap into the passion of the fashion and fashion-tech entrepreneurial community and bring together essential funding elements and advisors to accelerate their success,” stated Freschman. “With an overwhelming applicant pool for this year’s conference and reporting of emerging companies on the FashInvest blog, investors have now identified this sector as one of great potential.”
From a pool of a few hundred applicants from around the world, only 20-25 companies will be selected to participate and present their business models to some of the most-active financiers and executives. The event will also include notable keynote speeches, education panels, and sufficient networking time for attendees to foster new relationships, as well as, investment and strategic partnership opportunities.
Prior to the conference day, all selected companies will go through an intense mandatory coaching day where the FashInvest executive team and invited venture capital, private equity and corporate investors will offer useful insightful tips and feedback on the company pitches for impact and maximum results.
Applications for company participation close on Friday, November 16, 2012. For more information, visit fashinvest.com.

 

Oct 29

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Fashion Site Inspirare.com teams up with local fashion and tech groups for fashion show and presentation

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Fashion+TechSF, San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Style SquadSF and Startup Monthly to host a fashion show and style presentation to celebrate the launch of Inspirare’s eShop.

San Francisco, CA October 29, 2012. SOMA based company Inspirare.com celebrates the launch of their eShop with local fashion and tech companies with the help of the talented group of girls at Style Squad they present their first two collections in a fashion show and styling presentation this Friday, November 2nd 2012 6pm-9pm [RSVP HERE]. The company sells small runs of one-of-a-kind pieces from emerging designers. Inspirare’s designer collections are a mash-up of international and U.S. based designers. The companies mission is to launch the budding careers of these fresh and innovative designers by funding 100% of the production and advertising for their brands. All garments are cut and sewn in San Francisco.

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Oct 24

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Silicon Valley + San Francisco + 500 Startup People + Waterfront Party = Startup Social Party Takes Over One Ferry Plaza for the Greatest Entrepreneur Startup Party of the Season

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Proving that getting dressed up and getting out to meet new people is definitely not going out of style, the Startup Socials Party on October 19th  was the largest gathering yet of the bright, beautiful, and business-minded startup communities gathered together by the Startup Monthly Team and co-hosts including SFFAMA and Fashion+TechSF. The crowd, at once cosmopolitan and cool as well as confident, fun and boisterous, enjoyed panoramic views of the nighttime Bay Bridge and San Francisco’s stunning waterfront from the popular outside patio and killer musical curation by a trio of DJs including Adrenalin Room and SNR Music. The dance floor was never empty and always full of surprises while the three-story venue provided plenty of space to meet, mingle and survey the scene.

A great feature of the night was the large meeting space chock full of demo tables by a full spectrum of interesting startups across many industries. Here are a few of my favorites – Goodwillion, SFFAMA was part of the launch festivities for this social good platform that really takes its cues from current economics and allows anyone to auction their time in a manner of their own choosing to support worthy charitable and nonprofit causes; Planwise, free objective financial decision software tools aimed at the fixed income and middle income demographic that simplifies the analytical process and calculations for common investments and purchases such as tuition, homes, and cars with the aim of saving people money; Ducksboard, for those of us interested in dashboards and analytics and tired of chasing down individual metrics. Ducksboard changes metrics into intelligence with real-time KPI visualization from over 30+ services in one elegant dashboard and promises more additions specifically for the blogging world. We were also pleased to discover their no-cost program specifically for nonprofits so we are going long on Ducksboard, Barcelona where they started, and San Francisco where they set up office!

  • By the way, don’t forget to vote YES on Proposition E and support new business, new jobs and the startup creation in San Francisco.

Article written by: Robert Burns Nixon. Robert is the CFO of SFFAMA, Editorial Director for both Fashion For The People and Fashion+TechSF, and Executive Producer of San Francisco Fashion Week™. Previously, Robert was a director in consumer and business technology for private and public corporations in Silicon Valley, in strategic business operations for Sony Corporation in Japan, Europe and North America, and in international field marketing with LVMH | Thomas Pink in Europe during business school. Robert graduated from Brown University with a degree in International Relations and Economics and a subconcentration in Art and Semiotics. He received his MBA from INSEAD in New Ventures, Entrepreneurship, and General Management.

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