LINDSAY’S NOVEMBER LETTER: UNTAPPING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
But whenever the calendar flips from October to November my brain immediately kicks into holiday-mode. And with that mode comes an overwhelming appreciation for community.
It’s funny, because our communities don’t magically appear around the holiday season, and then disappear right after. It’s just something about this time that emphasizes their importance and impact in our lives.
To me, nothing in the world is more important, even though at its core it seems pretty simple.
Just as you do for them. But there’s a unique power that comes from it that not much else can compare to.
When I started finding students running businesses on my college campus, I quickly realized that they had so much in common.
The skills they were learning,
The struggles they faced
The tools they needed to grow and succeed.
But what stood out to me the most was that all of these students were running their businesses alone, and didn’t even know there were so many others in their same shoes on campus.
There’s already so many difficulties that come with starting a business, nevermind starting a business as a college student while navigating the many, many other things you're figuring out at the same time.
And that is what inspired me to create this community, alongside my co-founder and our amazing team.
I wanted talented, ambitious student-creators to know—
Student-Made is operating at 11 campuses across the country, with just about 300 students participating.
If you told me this is where we’d be three years ago, I would have told you you were crazy! It’s been the most exciting journey and I am so thankful for the work I get to do to strengthen this program everyday.
What still excites and inspires me more than anything else is the opportunity we constantly have to untap the full potential and power of this community.
So as we head into the holiday season, I’d love for you to think about how YOU might be able to utilize this community to help you reach your own goals, and also to inspire someone else to reach theirs.
I can’t wait to see how you all lean into this community with the holidays around the corner.
