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An Entrepreneur's Guid to Marketing & Innovation July 19th 2016 
Hey Everyone, Next Tuesday we will be hosting a fashion cocktail mixer at Vespaio in Downtown LA. Come join the community and meet some amazing people. Connect, relax and talk fashion with ABR. As always, feel free to invite friends and colleagues. See you there!  Hey Everyone, Next week at ABR we will be featuring two guest speakers who will deliver short but fun and interactive presentations. Our first speaker is Rich Freshman, Business Owner and Professional Tailor. His segment, "You Are your Best Brand Ambassador" will be a more practical talk and will focus on brand representation and managing your own business. Our second speaker is Pierce Lopatic, Footwear Designer and Developer. His segment, "Faith: Your Most Important Skill" will be an uplifting talk focusing on the power of self-motivation and using your believe in yourself to get what you want out of both your personal and professional lives. Date: Tuesday - April 19th, 2016 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Park Showroom — 845 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA 90014 Speakers: Rich Freshman & Pierce Lopatic Topics of Discussion: Brand representation and managing your own business & the power of self-motivation. As always, ABR is open to any of your friends and colleagues in the industry an beyond, so feel free to pass the word along. See you all next week!
 Hey Everyone, Next week's ABR gathering is a special one! Our Guest speaker Rich Cofinco, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Creative Recreation will deliver an apparel talk titled "The Story of Creative Recreation," which will delve into the world of shoe design and explore how a brand inspired by the spirit of street art changed the landscape of the footwear industry. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain some first-hand knowledge from a true visionary and Fashion Industry Veteran. Date: Tuesday - March 1st, 2016 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Park Showroom — 845 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA 90014 Speaker: Rich Cofinco — Co Founder & Creative Director at Creative Recreation Topics of Discussion: "The Story of Creative Recreation" As always, ABR is open to any of your friends and colleagues in the industry an beyond, so feel free to pass the word along. See you all next week!   Hey Everyone, It was a pleasure having you all at ABR last week and we couldn't be more excited for this coming Tuesday night. Next week we are a back at The Park Showroom in Downtown LA where we will be welcoming guest speaker Heath Seltzer, who is a financial adviser at Morgan Stanley and will presenting on Finance and Fashion. For those of you out there looking to start your own company or are working your way into higher level managerial positions, this talk is one to see for basic and advanced finance topics that will be discussed. Date: Tuesday - February 16th, 2016 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Park Showroom — 845 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA 90014 Speaker: Heath Seltzer — Executive Financial Services Director at Morgan Stanley Topics of Discussion: Finance in the Apparel Industry, Corporate Financing, Short and Long Term Investments As always, ABR is open to any of your friends and colleagues in the industry, so feel free pass the word along. See you all next week!   Hey Everyone, We hope you have had a great start to your week! Thank you to all for joining us last week, the community is growing rapidly and we couldn't be more excited about where the group is headed over the next few months. We will be meeting at The Park Showroom in Downtown LA with guest speaker, Jason Wright who will be covering topics including the monetization of artistic fields and applying effective strategies used outside of the apparel business back into the fashion industry. As always, ABR is open to any of your friends and colleagues in the industry, so feel free pass the word along. See you all next week! Date: Tuesday - February 2nd, 2016 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Park Showroom - 845 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA 90014 Speaker: Jason Wright — Business Consultant to Apparel Companies Topics of Discussion: Monetizing Activity in Creative Industries and Applying Strategies Used in Other Industries to Fashion   Hey everyone, We hit the ground running in 2016 with our last meeting, it's absolutely amazing to see so many new faces! We're excited to see how fast our community is growing, so let's keep the momentum going! Next week we are exploring a new venue at a creative space here in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles called The Park (details bellow). This innovative creative space was an amazing find, as they share many of the same ideals as ABR. Our speaker this week is Matt Janda, Attorney and fellow ABR member. His segment "Law In Fashion" will cover some of the basics of doing business in the apparel industry and what you need to know to run a sustainable company. This new venue is our largest one yet, so there is plenty of room for friends and colleagues. Spread the word and we'll see you all next week! Date: Tuesday - January 19th, 2016 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Park- 845 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA 90014 Topics of Discussion: General Business Structure, Intellectual Property, Independent Contractor Vs. Employee   We hope you all had a fabulous holiday season. As 2015 draws to a close it’s time to get back in business and kick-off the New Year with the right mindset for your continued success! We’ll be hosting our first meeting of 2016 next Tuesday, January 5th at Vespaio in Downtown Los Angeles. Our speaker Lt. Col. Brett Vance is back for part two of his segment on “Military Tactics Applied to Business.” The presentation will start at 7:00pm but please feel free to come as early as 6:00pm for appetizers and refreshments. As always this is an open invite so go ahead and bring friends colleagues, and significant others. We’ll see you all next week! Vespaio Address: 225 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 221-7244
Hey everyone! Our final meeting of 2015 which will be held next Tuesday December 1st at 7:00pm at Vespaio restaurant here in Downtown Los Angeles (Address bellow). We will be providing complimentary appitizers for all who attend, but please feel free to order drinks and additional food at your own expense. Our speaker will be Brett Vance, an accomplished test pilot with the United States Airforce, and a natural born leader. The topic of discussion will be effective leadership and military tactics applied to business. As always this is an open invite so please feel free to bring whoever you want. We're excited to end this year with a bang, and look forward to seeing all of you there! Please contact us if you have any questions. Vespaio Address: 225 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 221-7244 Fashionably Yours, Jason Shinn (928) 301-8063 Chase Vance (801) 390-1542
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We're really excited to see you all tonight's meeting. Our speaker this week is Joan Nelson, inventor of the Levi's Women's 501 jean. The meeting will be held at 7:00pm tonight at the Apex building in Downtown LA (address bellow). The building has some guest parking, there is also street parking, parking lots and parking structures in the surrounding area. Ralphs has free parking for 90 minutes with a validation which is one block west of the Apex. We look forward to seeing you all there!!! Address: The Apex (900 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015) Hi everyone,
Thanks again for coming to our the first ABR meeting a few weeks ago. We are extremely excited to move forward and see where this adventure takes all of us. Our second meeting will be held tomorrow at 7:00pm at the same location as before (Address Bellow). Our speaker this week will be Chase Vance, Account Executive at JP Communications. He will be giving an overview on logistics, and international costing as they pertain to the fashion industry. As always please feel free to invite whomever you like, and remember those business cards. We look forward to seeing all of you there Address: 225 S Olive Street Unit 905 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Parking: There is street parking on olive street, as well as guest parking at the Museum Tower (entrance on Kosciuszko Way). Please call one of the hosts (either Chase or Jason) to be let into guest parking. Once you have parked simply walk through the front entrance of the Tower and head to the elevators located in back and to the right of the main lobby. Head to the 9th floor unit 905. If you have any questions or trouble finding the place feel free to call Jason Shinn (928-301-8063) or Chase Vance (801-390-1542).
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We're finally pushing forward and starting the movement towards a better industry with our first official Apparel Business Review meet-up this coming Tuesday the 13th of October at 7:00pm. This first meeting will be hosted at the Museum Tower Apartments (address below) in Downtown Los Angeles. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. See you all there! Address: 225 S Olive Street Unit 905 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Parking: There is street parking on olive street, as well as guest parking at the Museum Tower (entrance on Kosciuszko Way). Once you have parked simply walk through the front entrance of the Tower and head to the elevators located in back and to the right of the main lobby. Head to the 9th floor unit 905. If you have any questions or trouble finding the place feel free to call Jason Shinn (928-301-8063) or Chase Vance (801-390-1542). |
