Creative Entrepreneurs
About Barbara Garnes
Each creative entrepreneurs vers toward their distinctive field of
passion. In the case of Barbara Garnes a love for travel and an
appreciation of heritage and respect for family traditions all collided
in the creation of SoHe Designs; a celebration of cultures South of
The Equator, hence Southern Hemisphere. Barbaras sketches and textile
configuration grace her line of dinnerware , laminated patio and
partyware and Home textile offerings!
about ARTSURFIN
An online showcase to promote local arts, fashion, cultural, and business scene from various neighborhoods.
ArtSurfin takes the artist stroll online, more importantly, this event introduces the potential of the Internet to creative entrepreneurs, many of whom are hesitant adapters. This installation will explores the use of new web apps and their integration and influence in new business models.
Organizers will stress of Free and Open Source Software and challenge the efficiency of the OLPC and low cost computing devices as an entrepreneurial tools.
ARTSURFIN will be available during Internet Week NY June3rd to June 10th 2008 . Artist wishing to participate have till May 29th 2008 to Apply.Inquiries can be made at website. Sponsorship and Partnerships with companies developing products targeted towards entrepreneurs or content producers are welcome Please use the forms below to contact us.
DeMarketplace for creative entrepreneurs
Marketing your Product
A well run business requires
Sourcing, Design, Information aggregation, Production,
labeling and Packaging, Inspiration and Trending, PR,
advertising, Marketing , Distribution & Fulfillment,
Shipping, Training,, Professional Services,
Presentations, Workshops, sale Assistance
Exactly how do you achieve this?
Working with established designers we’ve set about
digitizing sytems that works and finding ways that new
media and technology can better improve their workflow. As such we’ve started with Brooklyn’s design community which has a stong tradition and culture of independent business. Demarketplace connects service providers, artisans, designers and skilled craftsmen, some with as many as thirty years experience, we provide the technical skill,technology and new media services they need to adapt these to the changing marketplace, so that they can
do what they do best. We alsopractice a VIP policy!
What is your VIP philosophy
Vested Interest Person
Business is an ecological sytem. The small fish aren’t
fed they die, when there is no small fish in the pond
the Big fish die. As a society and as artist,
craftspersons, trades person, we have a vested
interes in seeing our neighbors thrive. befor a
product hist the shelf there is a circle of service
and professional business , in a Venture Circle these
are all VIP. At Demarketplace , we have been negotiating betterprices for marketing and services for our designersand businesses. Now the printer is assured work, the photographer and videographer. more importantly thereis a common understanding of what that brand is trying to achieve. Our VIP program will soon extends those benefits to other businesses and organizations