Brit + Co Launches Selfmade Season Five in Partnership with Office Depot
September 09 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The Online Startup School for Women is Enabling
the Launch of Hundreds of New Female-Founded Companies
Brit + Co and Office Depot today announced that Office Depot
will continue their sponsorship of Selfmade, Brit + Co’s 10-week
virtual startup school for women. The course is hosted by Brit + Co
founder Brit Morin, with over a dozen other female founders,
experts and investors signed on to help teach. Past notable
instructors include Katrina Lake (founder and CEO of Stitch Fix),
Toni Ko (founder of NYX), and Arlan Hamilton (founder and managing
partner of Backstage Capital). The course 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. As Selfmade’s founding sponsor, Office Depot has
provided 800 talented women with full scholarships thus far. In
addition, Office Depot has curated special promotions for
businesses, plus created a custom starter guide packed with
lessons, templates and solutions to help all business owners
navigate the start, growth and “keep business going” phases of
their entrepreneurial journeys with tips on branding, marketing,
fundraising and more.
“Since Selfmade’s inception, nearly 1,400 incredible women have
catapulted their entrepreneurial journeys. Selfmade acts as a
launchpad and jumping-off point, enabling female founders to
conceptualize and monetize business opportunities -- and do so on
their own terms," said Morin. "Through imagination, innovation, and
grit, these women are rebuilding the future of enterprise in a
post-pandemic world. In sync with the startup boom ignited by the
economic crisis, our students are bringing women's unique
perspectives and talents to the table. Whether it's cultivating
community, combating climate change, treating mental health, or
reimagining products to provide unique solutions for everyday
challenges, Selfmade students are purposefully creating companies
with huge impact," Morin added.
Office Depot-sponsored student Vanessa Perry founded Autumn, a
line of comfortable and supportive undergarments designed for women
with loose skin after weight loss. “I’ve always wanted to start a
business but didn’t know where to start. I was looking for hands-on
training where I could build community with other people with the
same goals I had. Selfmade provided both,'' Perry noted. "The
program helped me conceptualize my business quickly. I'm in a pod
with a strong group of budding entrepreneurs. We share ideas with
one another and get the support we need every step of the way.
Office Depot also sent over a curated box of business supplies -
everything from planners and pens and more - and that has been so
helpful in keeping me on track.”
“We’re proud to continue our collaboration with Brit + Co to
help more women start and grow the businesses of their dreams,”
said Wesley Brinkhurst, vice president of marketing for Office
Depot. “There are so many talented female entrepreneurs who could
benefit from the business development and networking opportunities
available through this program. Being Selfmade doesn’t mean doing
it all by yourself which is why we are so excited to provide this
opportunity to another 200 women during this next session.”
Features and benefits of Selfmade include:
- 15+ hours of live instruction in all facets of how to start a
company
- 1:1 mentoring 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 scholarship registration is currently open through
Friday, September 24, and class will kick off on Monday, October
11. For more information on Selfmade, visit TrySelfmade.com and to
nominate yourself or someone you know for a scholarship, visit
officedepot.com/scholarship.
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 1,100 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.
ODP and Office Depot are trademarks of The Office Club, Inc.
OfficeMax is a trademark of OMX,Inc. ©2021 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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