Office Depot and Brit + Co Team Up to Launch Selfmade, a New Online Startup School for Women
September 17 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Collaboration Enables Hundreds of Women to
Start and Grow Businesses
Brit + Co and Office Depot today announced that Office Depot
will be the exclusive sponsor of Selfmade, a new 10-week virtual
startup school for women. The course is hosted by Brit + Co
co-founders, Brit Morin and Anjelika Temple, and includes highly
personalized skill development to enable each student to start or
grow her own business.
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To help drive educational change, Office Depot’s sponsorship
will enable the course to be made free for up to 200 women,
focusing on women of color, women from underserved and
underrepresented communities, and women in need of support to help
them trailblaze. Additionally, a portion of proceeds from the
course will be donated to digitalundivided, an organization whose
mission is to provide economic empowerment to Black and Latinx
women.
“With unemployment at record highs and mental health at record
lows, Selfmade just seemed like the right thing to do at this
moment,” said Brit Morin, founder and CEO of Brit + Co. “Knowing
the tools, expertise, and network at our disposal, we couldn’t sit
around and watch so many women miss the opportunity to change their
lives and make money on their own terms.”
As part of the curriculum, students will also hear from over a
dozen other notable female founders, experts and investors who have
signed on to help teach, including Bozoma Saint John (CMO of
Netflix), Julia Hartz (founder and CEO of Eventbrite), Tina Sharkey
(former founder and CEO, Brandless), Joy Cho (founder and CEO of Oh
Joy) and many more.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Brit + Co to help entrepreneurs
start and grow their business,” said Gerry Smith, chief executive
officer for Office Depot and The ODP Corporation. “With the new
tools and skillsets learned, as well as inspiration from some of
the most successful women in business, we hope the students
complete the program feeling empowered to build the business of
their dreams.”
Features and benefits of Selfmade include:
- 15+ hours of live instruction in all facets of how to start a
company
- 1:1 coaching and group chats with like-minded
entrepreneurs
- Customizable templates for P&Ls, pitch decks, marketing
assets and more
- Access to world class experts in tech, finance, marketing,
sales, and investing
Selfmade registration is currently open and class will kick off
on Monday, October 5. To nominate yourself or someone you know for
a scholarship, visit TrySelfmade.com/scholarships.
About Brit + Co Founded by Brit Morin, Brit + Co is on a
mission to give women the courage and creativity to live life at
their fullest potential. Through our inspirational content,
educational online classes and useful products, she is enabled to
shape her future. Over the past nine years, Brit + Co has become
one of the largest digital brands for women, now reaching an
engaged community of over 115 million monthly users across its
website and platforms. It is a top 5 global publisher on Pinterest,
has garnered over a billion video views and has produced more than
60,000 pieces of content. The brand extends offline as well, with
permanent retail experiences, classes, events, and physical
products sold at mass retail stores nationwide. Visit Brit.co for
more information.
About Office Depot Office Depot, LLC is a wholly owned
subsidiary of The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider
of business services, products and digital workplace technology
solutions to small, medium and enterprise businesses. Through its
banner brands Office Depot® and OfficeMax®, as well as others, the
company offers its customers the tools and resources they need to
focus on their passion of starting, growing and running their
business through approximately 1,200 stores, an online presence and
thousands of dedicated sales professionals. For more information,
visit news.theodpcorp.com and follow @officedepot on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram.
The ODP Corporation and Office Depot are trademarks of The
Office Club, Inc. OfficeMax is a trademark of OMX,Inc. ©2020 Office
Depot, LLC. All rights reserved. Any other product or company names
mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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Julia Allison
Brit + Co Press@brit.co
Danny Jovic
Office Depot Danny.Jovic@officedepot.com
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