The Sewing Labs
About
The Sewing Labs, a community learning center for the sewing arts, introduces a new entrepreneurial hub, The Sewing Salon. The Sewing Salon provides an unconventional entrepreneurial hub for marginalized and at-risk individuals to develop their sewing businesses.
The Sewing Salon allows us to teach entrepreneurial candidates all aspects of running a sewing business, to provide oversight and assistance as these entrepreneurs begin to do work for hire and provide opportunities for income production through contracted short-run manufacturing. This entrepreneurial incubator is equipped with a variety of industrial and domestic machines, notions and tools. Entrepreneurial candidates in our program will fabricate custom goods in short runs or start an alterations business, for example. This program will provide entrepreneurial candidates with a furnished workspace during training and perhaps a rentable workspace for startup operations once their business is launched.
The Sewing Labs believes having tools, equipment, and the support and oversight of experienced seamstresses will make it easier for the entrepreneurs to start and grow a sewing business.
The people and organizations benefiting most from this program are currently unskilled unemployed individuals learning sewing as a trade and area employers who have a difficult time locating skilled seamstresses.
Services Provided
Business Planning
- Forming a Business
Legal Services
- Forming a Business
Networking Organizations
- Industry Specific (Specialty)
Office, Incubator, Accelerator, Laboratory, Kitchen and Meeting Space
- Incubator Space (Specialty)
- Maker Space (Specialty)
Training
- Home-Based Business Training (Specialty)
Product Development
- Product Assembly and Packaging (Specialty)
- Product Design and Development (Specialty)
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
- Manufacturing Development (Specialty)
Human Resources
- Employee Development, Hiring and Policies (Specialty)
Starting a Business
- Home-Based Business Training (Specialty)
- Forming a Business
Mentoring
- Formal Mentoring Programs
Internship Programs and Student Services
- Internship Program
- Youth Entrepreneurship Education (Specialty)
Are you Robyn Kerkaert? Update your profile
Send Yourself a Magic Link
Enter the email address associated with your profile (*****@thesewinglabs.org) and we'll send you a link by email that will sign you in instantly!