1. Syldon
Graphic Fashion Company
TM

2. Passions
– Art
– Design
– Aesthetics
– Architecture
– Photography
– Fashion

3. Small Business Goals
– Develop a Business Plan
– Develop a Marketing Plan
– Create Effective Business Model
– Create a Website
– Crew of In-House Graphic Artists, Designers,
Photographers, Professional Reps
– Rent Space- Production, Studio, and Office
– Develop company from the apparel industry to
fashion industry

4. Identify Resources You Will Use to Attain Goals
– LivePlan (Bplans.com)
– creating of business plan
– emarketer.com
– analysis of graphic t-shirt industry
– Youtube.com
– research/ learn printing process. Especially on
different material
– TshirtForums.com
– recommended by Kirk Smyth. Will be able to use
this site for learning both the artistic and business
sides for upstarting a fashion line beginning with
designing t-shirts
– Orangecoast College
– Art and Design Classes
– iStockphoto, Dreamstime, Shutterstock,Fotolia
– stock photograph sites where I can utilize photos
and illustrations that are already in the format that I
need them in for designs (high resolution
photographs and vector art)
– Local tattoo and graphic artists
– Southern California has an abundant source of local
artists that will be able to make custom vectors
specifically to my liking
– Family
– help with sourcing designs, fabric, and tailors

5. Steps Will Take to Reach Goals (Prioritized Task List)
– Create Business Plan (Deadline: January 31st, 2014)
– Identify Industry and Competitors
– Nielsen Business Information Marketing Place,
Press Enterprise, Wall Street Journal, etc.
– Register Trademark (Deadline: January 31st, 2014)
– U.S. Office Patent Website
– Classes (Spring Semester 2014 at OCC)
– Art A110 (Color & Design: 2-D)
– Art A111 (Color & Design: 3-D)
– Art A175 (Screen Process Printing)
– Partner with local artists, graphic artists, and
photographers (Graphic Samples by January
31st,2014: part of business plan)
– Sample run (2nd Quarter, 2014)
– Wholesale printer

6. – Hire models (2nd Quarter, 2014)
– friends, family, model mayhem
– Create Website (2nd Quarter, 2014)
– utilize a local graphic artist and web designer
– utilize a friend who owns Single Grain for the
SEO of the website
– Hire effective professional reps (3rd Quarter, 2014)
– Trade shows (3rd Quarter, 2014- )
– Atlanta Apparel (GA), Texworld USA (NY),
Premiere Vision (NY), Washington DC
International Textile Expo (Washington, DC),
Stylemax (IL), Fashion Coterie (NY), etc.

7. – Hire models (2nd Quarter, 2014)
– friends, family, model mayhem
– Create Website (2nd Quarter, 2014)
– utilize a local graphic artist and web designer
– utilize a friend who owns Single Grain for the
SEO of the website
– Hire effective professional reps (3rd Quarter, 2014)
– Trade shows (3rd Quarter, 2014- )
– Atlanta Apparel (GA), Texworld USA (NY),
Premiere Vision (NY), Washington DC
International Textile Expo (Washington, DC),
Stylemax (IL), Fashion Coterie (NY), etc.