| Nexx Media 2007-12-24, 3:25 am |
| Description - Exploding from the runways of the fashion world, Bian Variani
has brought the glamour and glitz of the catwalk to the business world. As
the founder and CEO of the investment networking website
www.FindThatMoney.com, Variani has translated his success in "haute couture"
into helping connect investors with entrepreneurs. Venture capitalists and
others who want to put money into startups, franchises and other large or
small businesses can use this site to find business people who need funding
and those who are looking for funding online can find angel investors or
others to help start or expand a successful business
The Art of Combining Finance with High Fashion Perfected at Find That Money
High fashion is not a business; this is an art form that wraps its beauty
around the human form. Such art was never intended to be an industry. It
was meant to be free from the pressures and compromises that steal its joy
and reduce the work of many in fashion designers to simply money-making
endeavors.
Such a picture can be painted of the renaissance at Gucci. Tom Ford and
Domenico de Sole were the design genius and financial guru who helped to
take Gucci from a nearly bankrupt family business and turn it into a global
fashion phenomenon.
Ford and De Sole, are known by many industry observers as "the undisputed
architects of most of modern fashion." They embarked Gucci on a major
expansion plan during the 1990s and transformed Gucci into a multi-billion
dollar fashion giant
By thrusting Gucci back into the international spotlight starting with a
show in 1995 which was simmering in sex and leaving a generation of women
demanding Gucci designs, Ford assumed control of the scissors at Yves Saint
Laurent. His work there produced a more mature and sophisticated, yet still
sexy style that transformed the fortunes of the haute couture house, leading
to the resignation of the company's founder, Yves Saint Laurent himself.
All of this happened under the skillful financial guidance of De Sole, who
worked his own brand of creative magic to bring Gucci back to financial
stability.
Fitting finance and fashion
Gucci is not the only example of the union that needs to exist between the
glamour and glitz of fashion and the black-and-white reality of finance.
Such a balance can be seen in the life and career of Vancouver entrepreneur
and fashion designer Bian Variani. Known for incredible designs and
attention-grabbing stage performances, Variani was already a valued
commodity in the fashion world before he ever stepped into the financial
arena. While renowned for fitting fine fabrics together to make beautiful
and sexy clothing, Variani's career path took an unexpected turn that has
forever fit fashion and finance together.
While seeking investors to help him launch one of his international clothing
lines, this Vancouver entrepreneur and visionary realized that a good
location for locating funding simply did not exist. This void not only
hindered the release of his acclaimed fashion line but it also took time
away from his design endeavors. Variani decided that it was time to design
something fresh and exciting in the financial sector. This vision led to
the birth of Find That Money (www.FindThatMoney.com), Variani's
revolutionary investment networking website.
Designing a way to find funding
Find That Money realizes Variani's dream of creating business opportunities
for not only the fashionistas, but for entrepreneurs throughout the business
world. Venture capitalists and others who want to put money into startups,
franchises and other large or small businesses can use this site to find
entrepreneurs who need funding while those who are looking for funding
online can find angel investors or others to help start or expand a
successful business.
Fashion and finance seem like an odd couple. Thanks to the Bian Variani and
Find That Money, the two are a perfect fit.
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