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  SAN FRANCISCO FASHION and MERCHANTS ALLIANCE, INC. Presents: FASHION+TECH Workshop WHAT: FASHION+TECH: How to maintain a successful online boutique WHEN: October 20, 2011, Thurs, 5:30pm-9pm (Please Arrive Early) WHERE: Pigment Cosmetics, One Market Street, Studio #2, SF DEMO TABLE BY: Gift and rewards cards management. Import plastic gift and rewards cards from over 500 merchants. SWAGG tracks your balances and organizes your cards with ease on your phone. SWAGG gifts lets you buy, send and swap digital gift cards from a growing list of participating merchants. SWAGG has partnered with thousands of merchants to help you get the most...

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  SFFAMA is also proud to announce that we are working on forming a partnership with local “crowd-funding” website, IndieGoGo. This partnership will provide an unprecedented opportunity for SFFAMA members to raise money to fund their creative and business goals. If are looking to raise money, you are no longer alone. SFFAMA can help you though our established network, our experience and now our exclusive partnership with IndieGoGo. Amazing things can happen when we work together, and your dreams may be closer than you think. Brad Carrick, CEO of SOLZshoes.com and successful IndieGoGo campaigner, will be running this new venture...

Interview with Brad Carrick, a California corporate attorney and a founder of SOLZ. After working as a product manager at a fast-moving Silicon Valley software start-up, Brad left to attend Harvard Law School.  Upon graduation in 2005, he spent three years practicing law.  His entrepreneurial spirit led him back to pursue an MBA at IE in Madrid, Spain, and start his company.   TA: When did you first discover your passion for entrepreneurship? Have you always considered yourself an entrepreneur? BC: In a way, yes I always have.  In 4th grade I was featured on the cover of our local newspaper for winning the...

September 8, 2011. -- San Francisco, CA. SFFAMA is celebrating the fall season with a Trunk Show titled "FASHION RACKED" (our own version of 'Fashion's Night Out) on Thursday, Sept. 8th, 2011, at 5 Claude Lane Gallery in San Francisco. After the success of the fashion exhibit during San Francisco Fashion Week, it is again a fitting partnership to host a fun fashion-filled evening. SFFAMA is hosting a trunk show in support of the local indie designers and we would li...ke to invite you to celebrate the love of fashion with us. Mingle with shoppers, fashion tech entrepreneurs, bloggers, emerging designers...