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The Business of Creation: SBA Resources for Fashion & Creative Work

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Creative work doesn’t always fail from lack of talent. It fails from lack of financial structure. Join us for a live conversation on funding pathways, loan readiness, and SBA resources for creative entrepreneurs.

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Your support makes a difference! Couture Pattern Museum is fiscally sponsored by Creative Visions, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports creative activists, those that use the arts and media to ignite social change. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Couture Pattern Museum (CPM) must be made payable to “Creative Visions” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.​

 

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