My Obsession With getting local, Global, sustainable Independent & Black designers on NASDAQ!
yes you read right... not a runway, not a TV series, but NASDAQ! I want to put Designers on the NASDAQ! I'm NOT speaking the teletron either... I'm Speaking on building businesses that can be traded on the Stock Exchanges (NASDAQ But NYSE also)
It started at Photo Hack Day when The prize of two weeks on the Teletron was awarded... somehow in between my half-asleep state the thought "what designers could do with that", ran through my head.When I signed up for NY Video Hack ... I focused on the thought to get me past my inability to to focus on the APIS! A task so difficult I needed a visual stimuli... even then, I realized the problem was that techie's were not communicating to me. They were communicating to other techies!
I can have solid ideas but that stuff is simply unreadable! The only way I was getting designers onto the Nasdaq teletron was by super imposing their images LOl!
That said I'm still going to the hack( so any developers are welcome) I need to develop tools for www.BrooklynFashionFilmfestival.com
But the concept stuck with me..
I am about the BUSINESS of Independent Fashion, but sometimes still I need motivation...
and that is the power of corporations such as the NASDAQ investing in the communities! Not only did they sponsor but the representative came and was part of the event! Giving a Human face to an nstitution that well... I've seen as stiff and uninviting!
The two designers in the images represent the broad range I work with... and the challenges!
IQ-Test In NY ... and Kuumba Designers In St Lucia... Both focus on well made, eco conscious and sustainable clothing! Both are about quality and fair trade! Both women owned! One is Local the other International, one is a Black designer , the other White they both face the same challenges... and are dedicated to success!
But somehow I've never thought of Green businesses on the Stock Exchange! Can we scale companies like this to be profitable and attract investors... I love a great challenge, so one way or the other I'm now obsessed with getting designers n the NASDAQ
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Bonnie Sandy
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