🎙️ Episode Description:

Just about the wisest young person I’ve talked with in a long time, Kenisha Nanda from UNC brings so many words of wisdom to starting a buisness on the side of being a full-time student (a pre-med major nonetheless) with a super busy schedule and many extracurricular activities. Discovering the overlap between a future in medicine and KN Designs today was fascinating– especially how Kenisha sees the lessons learned in her business as SUPER applicable to a future career in serving patients and making people’s lives better and happier. There are clearly SO many life lessons to be learned running a creative small business, whether it’s jewelry or anything else. Managing balance in ourselves too as creative founders is crucial for long term sustainability of our brand… adaptability is key! I think you’ll enjoy this conversation just as much as we did!

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@studentmade_unc

@shopkndesigns

@ Student-Made Store

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Student-Made UNC

KN Designs

All Campus Shops

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Kenisha's Story

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🌟 Shoutout to the UNC Managers:

Courtney Humphrey

Lindsey Hill

Emma Wieber

Samantha Wang

Anna Routh

Marina Messura

Blaine Lester

Ayla Shapiro

Natalie Boylston

Sherry Chen

Lola Edwards

🙏🏼 Our Awesome Partner:

Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship at UNC

🎙️ Episode Description:

Welcome to our February edition of “Our Top Student Brands,” hosted by our digital marketing strategist, Liz, who breaks down why she chose these 3 student brands across the country who have each shown one big key to success in creating buzz for their young brand. If you’re in the early stages of a creative venture– you’ll want to hear what these 3 founders are doing to gain traction on their campus and beyond. Also catch some of the inspiring founding stories of these entrepreneurs! Our campuses featured today are Michigan State, UNC Chapel Hill, and Missouri.

📱 Instagram:

Baking by Jade

Cardinal.and.co

Just Laina Jane

@Student-Made Michigan State

@Student-Made UNC

@Student-Made Missouri

👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

This Month’s Top Products

Baking by Jade

Cardinal.and.co

Just Laina Jane

🎧 Listen to Relevant Episodes:

Our November 2025 Top Brands

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Launch on Your Campus

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🙏🏼 Thanks to Our Awesome Partners:

MSU Burgess Institute

UNC Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

Trulaske Center For Entrepreneurship

Our Campuses

🎙️ Episode Description:

In today’s world of entrepreneurship, the pressure of achieving goals can often lead to burnout. In this episode, co-founder Lindsay Reeth shares her journey and insights on maintaining well-being while pursuing ambitions, especially as we embark on a new year filled with resolutions. Burnout is a common challenge for entrepreneurs, but Lindsay emphasizes a perspective is vital for anyone looking to sustain their passion and energy in the long run. This insight encourages budding entrepreneurs to embrace their unique paths rather than conforming to the” traditional” notion of business success.

💬 Episode Snippet:

“Believe it or not, the most successful habits don’t depend on motivation. You could have the best intentions and still fall short. So what do successful habits rely on? In my opinion, they depend on structure."

"By creating a daily routine that supports your goals, you shift the focus from pushing yourself to “make it happen” to “following your plan.” When you lean into this mindset, your routine becomes the engine that drives progress, and each small action stacks up into meaningful results.”

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Student-Made Store

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info@studentmadestore.com

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⁠Our Campuses

📖 Read:

Lindsay's February 2026 Letter

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Launch on Your Campus

🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners:

Our Campuses

🎙️ Episode Description:

Today we’re bringing you our Fall 2025 Manager Stories from campuses part of our Student-Made network across the country. These managers are learning invaluable lessons everyday in leading their community of student founders and working together with their team, and we wanted to share some of those with you. Whether you’re in our program or not, we hope these are helpful lessons in growing something creative that matters to you. Read the full stories and support our campus shops below!

🔥 Highlight Snippets:

Hannah: “More than anything, I want to take this community with me when I graduate. When any of them goes on to do something extraordinary, I want to excitedly turn to the people next to me and say, I knew that person in college!!”

Jamarion: “I work to build relationships between the student-entrepreneurs, our campus, and the larger community so that everyone can see the value in supporting student creativity.”

Madison: “Being entrusted with fostering growth for my manager team, Student-Made’s brand, and the creators’ success has been a nerve-wracking weight to hold, but the amount of freedom I’ve been given to do what I love has been exhilarating.”

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Student-Made Arizona

Student-Made Troy

Student-Made Loyola Maryland

👩🏽‍💻 Website:

Student-Made Arizona

Student-Made Troy

Student-Made Loyola Maryland

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🙏🏼 Thank you to our awesome partner campus

UofArizona McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship

Troy University IDEA Bank

Loyola Simon Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation

🌟 Other shoutouts

Hannah mentioned the screenprinting process for the Made in Tucson tshirts, check that out here!

Made in Tuscon T-Shirt Design

🎙️ Episode Description:

Today we have a REALLY cool episode for us because this recording was from one of our live speaker events of this Fall 2025 semester. We’ve reworked a bit to turn it into a podcast episode for you (which by the way if you don’t follow our show yet, please do). This guest is not one of our students, BUT she did start her business as a college student, so this definitely fits in with our mission.

We dove right into the BIG exciting successes of our super impressive guest Charlotte Trecartin and her company CharCharms, including recently appearing on season 16 of Shark Tank, landing numerous giant retail partnerships (that I won’t give away just yet) and then growing to become a roughly $10M company practically just out of college. In the spirit of this show being geared toward those just starting on the path to making something creative– we wanted to be sure to go back and cover all the really important steps Charlotte took early on that YOU can do too, right now, even if you’re just starting to make those sales.

📱 Instagram:

@CharCharms

🛍️ Shop:

CharCharms.com

📖 Read:

CNBC Article

📖 Watch:

Shark Tank Pitch

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🎙️ Episode Description:

Welcome to our November 2025 Top Brands episode, featuring our marketing guru Liz, who breaks down her top 3 student brands across the country who have each mastered a key to success in creating buzz for their young brand. If you’re in the early stages of a creative venture– you’ll want to hear what these 3 founders are doing to gain traction. Our campuses featured today are Boston University, Arizona State University, and Texas State University. Enjoy!

📱 Instagram:

Rachel Zheng x Florify Made

Connor Williams x Local Bum

Peyton Bailey x Peyton Does Stuff

@Student-Made Boston U

@Student-Made ASU

@Student-Made Texas State

👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

This Month’s Top Products

Rachel Zheng x Florify Made

Connor Williams x Local Bum

Peyton Bailey x Peyton Does Stuff

🎧 Listen to Relevant Episodes:

October Top Brands

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Launch on Your Campus

Apply to Be a Creator

Apply to Be a Manager

🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners:

Innovate@BU

J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship Center

Texas State Center for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

Our Campuses

🎙️ Episode Description:

We have our co-founder Lindsay here today to remind us of TWO major lessons when aiming to maximize your sales as a small business creator, especially during the holidays. These tips would apply to businesses of all types and sizes, but we are coming at this from the standpoint of creative makers offering products of theirs either in person at craft markets, pop-up shops, or retail stores– OR online, in a marketplace such as Etsy or Student-Made, or maybe even your own ecommerce site. We have over 400 students currently starting and growing businesses on campus through our SM program across the country, and holiday sales are an enormous opportunity to see their brand gain a ton of traction and momentum as they look to potentially take it beyond a side hustle and into a viable business after graduation. There are some mistakes to watch out for during critical sales periods like this– and we want to share what we’ve learned to help YOU create the most impact for your growing brand.

📱 Instagram:

Student-Made Store

📬 Contact Us:

lindsay@studentmadestore.com

ryan@studentmadestore.com

👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

⁠Our Campuses

📖 Read:

Lindsay's November Letter

🎧 Relevant Episodes:

⁠Foundr Podcast

Lindsay’s February Episode: 4 Standout Experiences of Shopping Small

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Launch on Your Campus

🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners:

Our Campuses

🎙️ Episode Description:

We have quite the distinguished guest here with us today, she’s a senior Digital Marketing major at Appalachian State University, who has been growing her brand ‘Carolina Crafts 4 U’ over the past 3 years as a college student entrepreneur. AND she received the Best Student Business Award in her local town of Boone, NC. Every year this local-loving town of Boone highlights the local businesses and attractions the community loves most– and Katelyn’s business was one of these– voted in by her fellow students. After some bumpy road initially with her young brand, she embraced the journey and kept with it– and now has seen SO many highlights in reaching customers with her beautiful designs she sells on glass cups among other products. We hope you enjoy this chat with Katelyn Bush today, and find some inspiration for your own creative endeavors too. Lastly– help us share this episode by sending it to someone you know who could use the encouragement to pursue something they love. We’d really appreciate that ;)

📱 Instagram:

@studentmade_appstate

@CarolinaCrafts4U

@ Student-Made Store

🛍️ Shop:

Student-Made AppState

CarolinaCrafts4U

All Campus Shops

📖 Read:

Kaitlyn's Story

Best of Boone 2025

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🌟 Other Shoutouts

Soda City Market SC