Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator

Saturday, June 4th | 9am-1pm

Location: Pratt Manhattan campus | XCDE 651 | $505 | 3 sessions | 1.2 C.E.U.s

This essential course will introduce basic accounting principles and financial statements used in business along with creating budgets and pricing goods and services.

Topics Include: Tax planning, profit and loss statements, projecting sales and revenue, balance sheets, finding financing and funding sources.

Instructor: DK Smith

D.K. is the managing partner and founder of the Brooklyn Innovation Center, which provides mentoring, startup-focused education, and access to funding to entrepreneurs across the borough. The Brooklyn Innovation Center helps startups connect with the right people, services, and programs through its network of industry leaders, investors, mentors, and advisors.

Prior to entering the Internet industry, D.K. held product management positions with the Gillette Company and Playtex Products. Dissatisfied with life inside big corporations, he started a commercial photography business specializing in the financial services and real estate industries. His clients included State Street Bank and Trust, Fidelity Investments, Bank of Boston, MassHousing, and Tutor Perini. After ten years he sold his photo company and relocated to Atlanta where he cofounded a multimedia firm. Two years later it was bought by a major advertising agency. While in Atlanta he taught the Business and Marketing course in the professional photography program at the Southeastern Center for the Arts. Since 1999 he has worked in e-commerce, digital marketing, and web concept development at Get Customers.com, the SEO and monetization company he founded. He began helping technology startups after several years of providing due diligence and Internet asset analysis to angel investors and venture capital firms. D.K. was formerly the Director of Academic Technology at Brooklyn Friends School. He currently serves on the Superintendent’s Committee for Technology in the school district of New Rochelle, and is a coauthor of the district’s three-year technology plan. He holds a BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute, and a Certificate in Multimedia Technology from NYU.

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To Register:

Students with a domestic address can register online here, beginning April 4th. Please follow the directions below-

Select “Continuing Education” on the right hand side of the page.
Select “Registration & Pay for SCPS Courses”.
Where it says “Course Code Number” enter “XCDE”.
Click “Submit” at the bottom of the page.
You will then see all classes running for the CDE program.
Select the courses you would like to take and press “Submit”.

Alternatively you can register in person starting April 4th at the Office of the Registrar at Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus in Myrtle Hall. For additional information regarding registration, you can contact the Registrar at 718 636 3663.