My Fashion Initiative tauts itself as the answer to the fashion industry woes designers have on being able to start up their business, get their funding and not get scammed.
WRONG. Do not listen to them. Every word that comes out of their mouths are lies. They are definitely scamming many many people out of hard earned cash, on top of that being what they say they will protect you against, they also be-rate clients and really literally never produce.
You pay them to consult with you on your business, write your business plan and help you find loans, and make sales for a year, and end up with nothing 8 months down the line. And don't bother calling or emailing, they won't return your messages. The staff is more busy building myspace profiles and sending out messages than actually doing the work for you that you contracted with them for.
Even more outrageous, they want you to pay at least $50,000 for the services on top of sales commission! And if you don't they raise the commission and try to lock you in for 3 to 5 year monthly payments.
And they also are not as large as they say. Floating about there are reports that the company has upwards of 800 employees. False. It is the owner and 3 interns, whom he doesn't pay. And there is incredible turnover of the employees that are competent, you could end up have 5 different account managers in a 3 month period. The owner is not only scamming clients, he's scamming his employees too.
If you are a designer, buyer or anyone else that has been contacted by them or thinking of working with them, stay far far away. You definitely do not want your name associated with this company, ever.
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