Agreed. In our building there's a "modelling agency." Young girls are always going in their with their mothers, and usually coming out a few thousand dollars p

Agreed. In our building there's a "modelling agency." Young girls are always going in their with their mothers, and usually coming out a few thousand dollars poorer for their "courses" and their "portfolio." From time to time I hear them talking about "the business" while they chain-smoke outside. I am always reminded of Sean Young's incredible line from Bladerunner: I'm not in the business, Mr. Deckard, I am the business. If you are paying to demo, if you pay fees to people to find you money, if you pay fees to your investors... you are not in the business, you are the business.