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Skopos Spotlight: Joe, Crest Hardware.

Skopos “30-Minutes With…” series highlights some of the best and brightest small business owners in NYC. In our Manifesto, we express the awesomeness of small business owners, and we mean it. “30-Minutes With…” puts us in touch with real business owners in NYC, and their stories. #FranklinThePig Crest Hardware is the epitome of a long-standing community… Continue reading Skopos Spotlight: Joe, Crest Hardware.

Finance Fun with Futureworks

Shout out to FutureWorks for the work they’re doing to inspire a new crop of makers and doers across the 5 boroughs! Elli and Skopos collaborator, Alek Marfisi, led a class on the sexy topic of finance and operations for member companies of the FutureWorks Incubator program. Blake Garcia of Second Muse connected us with… Continue reading Finance Fun with Futureworks

Industry City: Open Studios

Yesterday, Seth and I took a ride to Sunset Park to check out Industry City’s Open Studios event. Built in the late 19th century, Industry City makes up 6,000,000 square feet (yes, 6 million) of space across 9 industrial buildings. In other words, it’s a ton of industrial space in NYC. We entered the… Continue reading Industry City: Open Studios

Kickstarter

Apparently, Kickstarter has been hosting events all year and I am just hearing about it. (Perhaps because this brutal winter has had us in serious hibernation.) So on Monday, I ventured out to Kickstarter’s HQ in Greenpoint to check out Kickstarter for Designers 101: From Prototype to Version One. We know Kickstarter brings… Continue reading Kickstarter

Queens Start Up Competition

I was thrilled when Sante Antonelli, Business Services Director at QEDC, invited me to participate as a judge in this year’s Queens StartUP! business plan competition. I love reading plans and hearing the new ideas that today’s entrepreneurs are undertaking. 9 semifinalists across 3 categories (community, innovation and food) competed yesterday at NYDesigns to win… Continue reading Queens Start Up Competition

Refinery 29: Kim, the last Millennial in the garment district

Thanks Refinery29! The Last Millennial in the Garment District is an excellent write-up about a father (Johnny) and daughter (Kim) who own and manage Johnny’s Fashion Studio, a sample and development factory in the Garment District that does work for cutting edge designers and well-known brands alike. Johnny’s has been in business for some time… Continue reading Refinery 29: Kim, the last Millennial in the garment district

Here's what clients are saying about Skopos

“Elli was instrumental in offering our manufacturing business new lenses to view our financial data and strategic objectives. Elli brings a care, passion and personal attention to her work and it is a pleasure working with her and her team.”

"The benefits of working with Skopos are the valuable principles learned about raising capital, creating solid budgets and good habits to ensure long term business success. What stands out is the attention to detail and sensitivity to the uniqueness of our small business."

“The Skopos secret sauce is a combination of technical skills, macro-level strategic goggles and a genuine interest in entrepreneurial success that can be hard to find in a business partner. The Skopos journey was worth every bit of time, money and effort.”

"We are so appreciative knowing that we have a dedicated team cheering for us, and that you believe in what we hold dearest to us- our passion - our vision -our future. You all held our hands and cheered us on in moments we were ready to throw the towel in. Thank You!"