Making It Creative

Making It Creative

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Making It Creative episodes

  • Our Podcast Rebrand, Company Growth, and Personal Lessons of Entrepreneurship, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    This episode with our co-founder Lindsay covers the reasons behind our recent “rebrand” of this podcast, as well as some exciting new growth of our Student-Made company– and all the lessons that come with this journey as a founder. The big takeaway? Entrepreneurship is about seizing opportunities as they arise, and always being ready to say “YES” even if what lies ahead is a big scary or unknown.

    📱 Instagram:

    Student-Made Store 

    📬 Contact Us:

    [email protected]

    [email protected] 

    👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

    ⁠Our Campuses

    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!

    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Our Campuses

    34 min
  • Season 5 Kickoff! 3 College Students Are Propelling Creative Founders to Success

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Today we’re bringing you the story of 3 impressive college students who are helping run their campus branch of Student-Made, a program designed to support creative student founders as they take the next BIG step in their entrepreneurial journey.


    📱 Instagram:

    Student-Made Michigan State 

    Student-Made Loyola

     Student-Made Troy

    Macaronza! 


    👩🏽‍💻 Websites:

    Student-Made Michigan State 

    Student-Made Loyola 

    Student-Made Troy 


    📚Read the Full Stories:

    Stories Blog


    🏛️ Bring Student-Made to YOUR Campus!

    ⁠https://www.studentmadestore.com/launch⁠ 


    🙏🏼 Thank you, thank you to our awesome partner campus

    MSU Burgess Institute

    Loyola Simon Center

    Troy Idea Bank

    43 min
  • Season 4 Finale: Lead with What You're Good at When Pursuing YOUR Passion, Feat. Our Founder Lindsay

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    We are so glad you're with us today to hear a message from our co-founder Lindsay Reeth about a very important lesson in entrepreneurship (or really any endeavor you are pursuing) which is to lead with what you are good at. Of course our minds can be so self-doubtful and fearful and they lead us to think of what we're NOT good at and what might go wrong, but we hope this is a powerful reminder that there are probably more things you can think of that you are good at and that you know about yourself and are confident in, so put those out in front and let those lead your way!  Please subscribe to the show to automatically see new episodes weekly (when we start the new season in September 2025!) 


    📱 Instagram:

    Student-Made Store 

    Student-Made Rock Hill


    📬 Contact Us:

    [email protected]

    [email protected] 


    👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

    ⁠Our Campuses

    Student-Made Rock Hill


    📖 Read:

    Lindsay's April Letter


    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!


    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Our Campuses

    44 min
  • Our Top April Student Brands, Feat. UofSC, Loyola, Winthrop University

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Our April Top Brands episode is here! Featuring our marketing guru Liz, who breaks down her top 3 brands YOU need to check out right now– not only for their amazing products, but because they have each mastered a key to success in creating buzz for their 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 University of South Carolina, Loyola University Maryland, and Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC!


    📱 Instagram:

    Willa Jones x Willa Wear Jewelry

    Mailyse de Jesus x Mai Made It

    Savannah Garrison x Sandbar Studio

    Student-Made UofSC 

    Student-Made Loyola Maryland

    Student-Made Rock Hill


    👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

    Student-Made UofSC 

    Student-Made Loyola

    Student-Made Rock Hill

    This Month’s Top Products


    🎧 Listen to Relevant Episodes: 

    Shaped By My Community + Jamaican Heritage, Feat. FSU's Shantelle Silburn


    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator

    Apply to Be a Manager


    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Darla Moore School of Business

    Simon Center for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

    Winthrop College of Business

    Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation

    Our Campuses

    34 min
  • Shaped by My Community + Jamaican Heritage, Feat. FSU's Shantelle Silburn

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Hey, it’s Ryan here, a co-founder of SM and host of this show Student-Made Stories– and we have the full episode for you with Shantelle Silburn of FSU. She is the founder of the Jamaican inspired brand ‘Wallflower Draws.’ There are so many highlights from Shantell’s short 1 year journey with her business thus far– and we tried to cover as many of them as possible in this one episode. We hope you enjoy it, and feel a bit more inspired yourself. Before we get into this episode– I’ll just mention that our episode last week featured Shantelle reading her story for us, so feel free to check that out as well! 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_floridastate

    @wallflower.Draws

    @ Student-Made Store


    🛍️ Shop:

    Student-Made FSU 

    Wallflower Draws

    All Campus Shops


    📖 Read:

    Shantelle's Story


    🏛️ Join Us:

    ⁠Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!


    🌟 Shoutout to the ASU Managers: 

    Brooklynn Halloran (campus manager)

    Sarah McCourt

    Zyon (Z) Fleming

    Brianne Miller

    Emma Sarhaddi

    Madeline Dixon

    Samaya Perez

    Alfre Rosing


    🙏🏼 Our Awesome Partner: 

    Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship


    🌟 Other Shoutouts

    Colors of the Caribbean

    47 min
  • FSU's Shantelle Silburn: My Creator Story, Founding Wallflower Draws

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Hey, it’s Ryan here, a co-founder of SM and host of this show Student-Made Stories– and today we’re going to hear from Florida State senior, Shantelle Silburn, founder of the Jamaican inspired brand ‘Wallflower Draws’ that is spreading her Caribbean heritage throughout South Florida and her college town of Tallahassee Florida. You’ll hear how she came to officially start her business thanks to some guidance from a SM FSU manager who came to speak to one of her classes– and I think you’ll be pretty amazed by ”hit the ground running” mentality Shantelle had– appearing in numerous large vendor events in her first year of operation– including a massive Caribbean festival in Broward County FL called Colors of the Caribbean.

    This is a preview for the full episode with Shantelle that will be coming out next week, so please stay tuned for that, and help us share it by sending to someone you know who could use the encouragement to pursue something they love. Be sure to check out Shantelle’s Collection linked below, and also explore Student-Made Florida State.com to see dozens of student creators growing businesses of their own with the help of their campus community!

    Alright, story time– sit back, relax, and imagine yourself in tropical Jamaica or South Florida (whichever is most appealing to you), as these will both be big parts of Shantelle’s journey.


    📱 Instagram:

    @studentmade_floridastate

    @wallflower.draws

    @ Student-Made Store


    🛍️ Shop:

    Student-Made FSU 

    All Campus Shops


    📖 Read:

    Shantelle's Story


    🏛️ Join Us:

    ⁠Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!


    🌟 Shoutout to the ASU Managers: 

    Brooklynn Halloran (campus manager)

    Sarah McCourt

    Zyon (Z) Fleming

    Brianne Miller

    Emma Sarhaddi

    Madeline Dixon

    Samaya Perez

    Alfre Rosing


    🙏🏼 Our Awesome Partner: 

    Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship


    🌟 Other Shoutouts

    Colors of the Caribbean

    7 min
  • Understanding the Value of Student-Made, Feat. 3 Creatives at a Potential New Campus

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Hey, it’s Ryan, a co-founder of Student-Made and host of this show Student-Made Stories– today we have a pretty unique episode for you, because the 3 creators we’re hearing from today are not from a current Student-Made campus… but they could be in the near future. These students were part of a Feasibility Study for our program– which is an option we offer to universities where they get to test out the concept of Student-Made,, gauging the entrepreneurial spirit on campus before they go ahead with implementing our program. The campus we’re hearing from today is Illinois Wesleyan U in Bloomington, IL. And based on the findings from our 2 month Feasibility Study, I think it’s fair to say that the passion for creativity and entrepreneurship is vibrant here.

    📱 Instagram:

    Student-Made IWU

    🎧 Listen to Relevant Episodes: 

    The Power of College Side Hustles, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay

    📚 Read

    Why College Students Should Consider a Side Hustle This Semester

    7 Reasons to Start a Business While in College

    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator

    Apply to Be a Manager

    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Petrick Idea Center

    35 min
  • Our Top March Student Brands, Feat. Troy, JMU, and UNC

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Our March Top Brands episode is here! Featuring our marketing guru Liz, who breaks down her top 3 brands YOU need to check out right now– not only for their amazing products, but because they have each mastered a key to success in creating buzz for their 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 Troy University in Alabama, James Madison in Virginia, and UNC Chapel Hill. Enjoy!

    📱 Instagram:

    Icie Wallace x the_way_icie_it

    Tess Riley x Riles Designs Co.

    Payton Wilkins x Crocheted by Payton

    @Student-Made Troy 

    @Student-Made JMU

    @Student-Made UNC

    👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

    The Way Icie It 

    Riles Designs Co.

    Crocheted by Payton

    This Month’s Top Products

    🎧 Relevant Episodes: 

    5 Marketing Tips for Creative Small Businesses, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay

    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator

    Apply to Be a Manager

    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Troy IDEA Bank

    JMU Gilliam Center

    Explore All Our Campuses

    37 min
  • The Power of College Side Hustles, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    This episode will be about the evolving trend of side hustles among the younger generations– starting with 53% of Gen Z currently operating one, and a projected increase to 69% among Gen Alpha (age 1-14 years old). This puts university entrepreneurship centers in a prime position to jump on board this trend and support a HUGE number of student creatives on campus looking to scale something they’ve started. And, if you’re among these young, side-hustling generations– you're in for plenty of inspiration out of this episode. If you are listening to this on a College campus where student made is NOT present, then we would love to work with you to launch our program and help dozens of student creative student founders turn their passions into something much greater.

    📱 Instagram:

    Student-Made Store 

    📬 Contact Us:

    [email protected]

    [email protected] 

    👩🏽‍💻 Shop:

    ⁠Our Campuses

    Ashley Limbaugh, Ashley's Arts

    Megan Timmerman, Blue Threads and Co.

    Jonalie Zamora, Little Artsy Aloe

    📖 Read:

    Lindsay's March Letter

    🎧 Listen:

    Ashley Limbaugh - Top February Brands Episode

    Jonalie's Marquette Creator Story

    🏛️ Join Us!

    Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!

    🙏🏼 Thanks to Our awesome Partners: 

    Our Campuses

    44 min
  • Finding My Canvas on Custom Shoes, Feat. Marquette's Tessa Hollander

    🎙️ Episode Description: 

    Today we’re going to hear from Marquette University sophomore, Tessa Hollander, founder of a super unique brand called Tailor Made by Tessa, which will give you a custom painting on an unexpected canvas.  Tessa got started on this founder journey at a really young age, and had a really special support system around her that encouraged her to pursue this talent of hers. You’ll hear about how she came to work with shoes as her main canvas of choice, as well as a major opportunity to showcase her work at New York Fashion Week while still in high school– and how that trip, while understandably terrifying for a young high schooler, has propelled her brand to where it is today.

    📱 Instagram:

    @studentmade_marquette

    @tailormadebytessa

    @ Student-Made Store

    🛍️ Shop:

    Student-Made Marquette 

    Tailor Made By Tessa - Custom Order

    All Campus Shops

    📖 Read:

    Tessa's Story

    🏛️ Join Us:

    ⁠Launch on Your Campus 

    Apply to Be a Creator!

    Apply to Be a Manager!

    🌟 Shoutout to the ASU Managers: 

    Bella Drewek

    Lily McLaughlin

    Elena Day

    Audrey Flavin

    Katie Berthold

    Anne Naumann

    Audrey Flavin

    Jonalie Zamora

    🙏🏼 Our Awesome Partner: 

    707 Hub @ Marquette

    🌟 Other Shoutouts

    Music from Upbeat

    49 min

About Making It Creative

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In this fun and inspiring show from Student-Made, hear from our student founders & creative community as we explore the growing movement of creative entrepreneurship, in partnership with some of…