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Student-Made Stories
by Ryan, Co-Founder
In this fun and inspiring show from Student-Made, hear from our founders & creative community as we explore the growing movement of creative student-entrepreneurship across the country, in partnership with colleges and universities.
Episodes
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You Don't Need a Huge Audience to Make a Huge Impact, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: Student-Made co-founders, Ryan and Lindsay explore the importance of focusing on the right audience for small businesses and how impact often comes from meaningful face-to-face connections rather than large social media followings. They share insights from their recent...
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Embracing the Awkwardness and Personal Growth From Just Starting Something, Feat. Charleston's Adriana Green
🎙️ Episode Description: In this Creator Story episode, Adriana Green from College of Charleston shares her journey from initially hating jewelry to founding A’luxuri jewelry brand while balancing college life and an accounting major. We explore her early challenges with putting yourself out…
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Genuine Impact on Customers... Reaching Thousands in Sales? When Does My Young Brand Turn 'Legit'? Feat. Our Monthly Top Student Brands from Mizzou + USC
🎙️ Episode Description: Welcome to our September 2026 (SEC) edition of our “Top Student Brands,” hosted by our digital marketing strategist, Liz, who breaks down why she chose these student brands across the country who have each shown one big key to success in creating buzz for their young…
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(Season 7 Launch!) 5 Things Every Young Entrepreneur Should Know - Part #1: Your First Idea Is Only The Beginning, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: In this episode, co-founders Lindsay and Ryan explore how entrepreneurial ideas evolve over time, emphasizing that your first idea is rarely your best… (yet). They share personal stories, business pivots, and insights on adapting to new opportunities, highlighting the...
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(Season 6 Finale!) Fastest Growing Creative Founder Program From the Ground Up: Texas State Student Managers and Faculty Cover their Meteoric Rise + Hosting SCALE 2027
🎙️ Episode Description: Dive into the vibrant world of student-led entrepreneurship at Texas State University, where innovation, community, and real-world experience collide. This episode showcases the journey of student managers, faculty perspectives, and the exciting future of Student-Made,...
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Blooming from Nine to Nineteen: Family Celebrations + Mexican Culture Define Ari's Designs, Feat. Troy U's Arianna Guzman
🎙️ Episode Description: Journey with us from young creative in Alabama to full-time college student managing a thriving event planning business, Ari’s Designs. A Mexican immigrant’s family background, cultural values, and passion for memorable family experiences are the basis of this venture....
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This Month's Top Student Brands: Bringing Your Fans into Your Creative Biz, Shaping Brand Voice, Doing Customs, Feat. Mich State, Mizzou, UofSC
🎙️ Episode Description: Welcome to our May Top Brands episode, (the last of season 6), where we explore the journeys of three innovative student entrepreneurs from Michigan State University, the University of Missouri, and the University of South Carolina. Discover their brand stories, social...
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4 Ways to Make the Most of Limited Time With Your Business or Creative Hobby, Feat. Student-Made Co-Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: Student-Made Co-Founders, Lindsay and Ryan explore actionable tips for maximizing productivity during tight deadlines, whether in business or life. From clarifying priorities to enjoying the journey, they emphasize strategies to maintain focus and fulfillment when time is...
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Stickers, Strategy, School Spirit: Shop Julia Kelly is Accessorizing JMU’s Gamedays
🎙️ Episode Description: Julia Kelly, a junior marketing major and founder of Shop Julia Kelly shares her entrepreneurial journey from high school slime sales to building a thriving business around JMU school spirit– from stickers to buttons and anything else to accessorize your gameday…
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Joys of Creation + Curation: Getting to Love the Process Behind Our Business, Feat. Our Top Student Brands from JMU, Winthrop
🎙️ Episode Description: Welcome to our April edition of “Our Top Student Brands,” hosted by Student-Made’s Digital Marketing Strategist, Liz, who breaks down why she chose these 2 student brands who have each shown a big key to success in creating buzz for their young brand. Our campuses…
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5 Ways to Reset Your Creative Business for Spring– Starting With Your Workspace, Feat. Student-Made Co-Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: Hear from our co-founder Lindsay as she shares practical tips on how to reset your workspace and mindset for spring, emphasizing the importance of your environment for boosting creativity and productivity. Ryan and Lindsay discuss seasonal shifts, workspace organization,...
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Trash to Trends: Threefold Vintage Spawns from Finding a 70's Big Bird on the Street, Feat. OkState's Trey O'Toole
🎙️ Episode Description: Join us for a fascinating convo with Trey O'Toole, a student entrepreneur from Oklahoma State University, who built a successful vintage clothing brand called Threefold Vintage. Hear how he started from trash pickup day in the neighborhood, leveraged his campus culture to...
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One College Creator’s $35k Year: The Dynamic Collaboration Between Student-Made and Michigan State, Feat. Founders Megan and Ella From Blue Threads Co. + Stuck on You Design
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we are talking about the power of collaboration– specifically between the Student-Made company and a nationally ranked entrepreneurship program– The Burgess Institute for entrepreneurship at Michigan State University. This partnership has enabled so many major…
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4 Reasons to Love Being an Entrepreneur, Feat. Student-Made Co-Founder, Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: Our co-founder, Lindsay shares insights on the joys and challenges of entrepreneurship– emphasizing the importance of long-term thinking, resourcefulness, self-discovery, and freedom with purpose. Discover how these mental shifts can transform your approach to business…
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Crucial Support Systems in the Early Stages of a Creative Business, Feat. UNC’s Kenisha Nanda - Founder of KN Designs
🎙️ 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...
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Our Top Student Brands Impressing This Month, From our Marketing Strategist Liz - Feat. Michigan State, UNC, Mizzou
🎙️ 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…
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3 Ways to Avoid New Year's Goal "Burnout" as an Entrepreneur, Feat. Our Founder Lindsay
🎙️ 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...
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(Season 6 Kickoff!) Our Fall 2025 Manager Stories: Putting People First, Feat. UorArizona, Troy, Loyola MD
🎙️ 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...
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Season 5 Finale: The Learning Journey of an Illinois Student Who Landed on Shark Tank and Retail Shelves Nationwide, Feat. CharCharms
🎙️ 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…
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Our November 2025 Top Student Brands, Feat. Boston U, Arizona State, Texas State
🎙️ 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...
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2 Reminders for Maximizing Holiday Sales as a Creative Brand
🎙️ 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...
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Voted Boone NC's Best Student Business, Feat. Appalachian State's Katelyn Bush
🎙️ 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…
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Our October 2025 Top Student Brands, From Marquette, Arizona, Troy U
🎙️ Episode Description: Welcome to our October 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 growing their creative brand. If you’re in the early stages of a creative venture–…
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4 Standout Experiences of Shopping Small, Feat. Our Co-Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: Co-founders of Student-Made, Ryan and Lindsay run this creative entrepreneurship program on campuses across the country– platforming small businesses started by young college founders. This love for small business first started from exploring small towns full of character...
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Stringing Together The Dream: From Swingset CEO to Founding Riles Designs Co, Feat. JMU's Tess Riley
🎙️ Episode Description: We have one ENERGETIC episode for you today… Tess Riley is only a sophomore in college at James Madison University, but man does she have an accomplished career in not only business– but business that always has an impact behind it. From just 2nd grade she was thinking…
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Our Top September 2025 Student Brands, Feat. Boston University, Mizzou, and UNC
🎙️ Episode Description: Welcome to our September 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...
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Unlocking Business Growth Through Your Network, Feat. Our Founder Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: In this episode, our co-founders Lindsay and Ryan reflect back on the numerous ways networks have fueled our business growth at Student-Made. Not only have they enabled our company to grow, but they also prove invaluable at each campus branch around the country as work to...
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Finding Your Brand and Appealing to Your Audience, Feat. NC State's Megan Miller
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we have the journey of one creative entrepreneur from Virginia who started her brand as only a sophomore in high school, and has continued to grow it all the way to her senior year at North Carolina State University. What we focus on most in this conversation is the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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Getting My Designs in Free People: The Success Story of a Student-Made UNC Alum, Feat. Delilah Eby
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we have a bit of a bonus episode, outside the norm of our usual episodes we share with you every week. We have a Student-Made ALUM, Delilah Eby, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill! Delilah joined Student-Made in her later years of college, back around 2022, and took away...
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Our Top February Student Brands, Feat. Arizona, Michigan State, and South Carolina
🎙️ Episode Description: Our February 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…
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5 Marketing Tips for Creative Small Businesses, Feat. Our Co-Founder, Lindsay
🎙️ Episode Description: This episode will be about marketing tips for early stage businesses– and a BIG one is that– in any product or service you’re offering, you should be picturing who your desired customer or user is, and what value are supposed to be getting from it. So, practicing what we...
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Taking the Leap to Commit to My Business, Feat. ASU's Madison Bullock
🎙️ Episode Description: In this full episode, Arizona State University junior Madison Bullock, founder of the jewelry brand ‘Beaded by Madison' shares the background behind the origin of her brand— starting as a kid exploring what it was like to create things from scratch, up through high school...
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ASU's Madison Bullock: My Creator Story, Founding Beaded by Madison
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we’re going to hear from Arizona State University junior, Madison Bullock, founder of the impressive jewelry brand ‘Beaded by Madison.’ As she’s still in the early stages of her creative business, be warned… this story may inspire you to take the same ambitious leap...
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Chasing Dream Careers Through Student-Made: Feat. Four Amazing Student-Managers
🎙️ Episode Description: Hey, it’s Ryan here, a co-founder of SM and host of this show Student-Made Stories– welcome to the second episode of our Manager Spotlight series. We featured the former Michigan State campus manager, Linda Komis last week, who has now gone on to co-found her own company…
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Season 4 Kickoff! Michigan State's Linda Komis: From Campus Manager to Co-Founder
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we’re bringing you the story of Linda Komis, a founding member of the Student-Made MSU Manager Team, who, in her time helping launch this branch brought an incredibly unique perspective and skillset that allowed her team to be extremely effective in providing...
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Season 3 Finale: A Look Inside Johnny's Art Box: Feat. Loyola Maryland's Johnathan Kane
🎙️ Episode Description: Enjoy this full episode of Johnathan’s Creator Story, a sophomore artist at Loyola University Maryland, and founder of Johnny’s Art Box! You'll hear all the interesting ways he finds inspiration as a creator on his college campus, and how his love of art started as a…
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Loyola Maryland's Johnathan Kane: My Creator Story, Founding Johnny's Art Box
🎙️ Episode Description: Enjoy a preview of Johnathan’s Creator Story, a sophomore artist at Loyola University Maryland, and founder of Johnny’s Art Box! Be sure to come back for our full conversation with Johnathan next week for a deeper look into his journey thus far, and and the interesting…
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Our Co-Founder, Lindsay: Overcoming the Fear of Failure
🎙️ Episode Description: We are taught to be averse to failure our whole lives, but in this episode we hear from our co-founder Lindsay about the upsides to things not going quite as we planned. We hear why we might just need to cut this “f” word out of our vocabulary entirely– because when you...
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Community Care + Reciprocity as the Foundation of My Brand': Feat. UofArizona's Tommey Jodie
🎙️ Episode Description: In this full episode with University of Arizona senior and founder of Butterflies and Azee’, Tommey Jodie– we discuss her background growing up in a Dinè (Navajo) community in Winslow, AZ and the influence that had on her journey as a creative and as the eventual founder…
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UofArizona’s Tommey Jodie: My Creator Story, Founding Butterflies and Azeé
🎙️ Episode Description: Today we’re bringing you the story of University of Arizona senior and founder of Butterflies and Azee’, Tommey Jodie. In this preview episode, Tommey reads her story for us– starting with her background growing up in her Dinè (Navajo) community in Winslow, AZ, and...
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Liz's October Top Brands: Feat. JMU, Troy, ASU!
🎙️ Our October Top Brands episode is here! Featuring our marketing guru Liz, who breaks down her top 3 brands YOU need to check out, especially for this upcoming Holiday season. Catch Kayla Dixon, founder of KD Creative from JMU, Jessica Roberts from Troy University– founder of Jaxon Lane...
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In this fun and inspiring show from Student-Made, hear from our founders & creative community as we explore the growing movement of creative student-entrepreneurship across the country, in partnership with colleges and universities.
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Ryan, Co-Founder
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In this fun and inspiring show from Student-Made, hear from our founders & creative community as we explore the growing movement of creative student-entrepreneurship across the country, in partnership with colleges and universities.
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