You should get paid well for work you love.
Make enough money to live out your values.
Create a scaleable business that grows, without having to work more.
You should get paid well for work you love. Make enough money to live out your values. Create a scaleable business that grows, without having to work more.
PURPOSE
COMMUNITY
You’ve planted the seeds. Now watch them grow.
INDEPENDENCE
CREATIVITY
September 8th - December 8th.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8pm PT / 9-11pm ET.
All on Zoom.
Applications due August 15.
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Classes cover several topics:
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IDENTITY & PITCH
Your pitch: what you do & don’t do
Who is your work for — and who isn’t it for?
Your personal & professional values
Creativity as business + self-expression
Your biz as part of your artistic body
of work
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MARKETING & SOCIAL
Designing your brand manual
Marketing funnel + yearly cycle
Making your website
Finding your voice in branding
Social Media Training
Content creation
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SELF-ADVOCACY
Set and negotiate your rates
Confidence + pitching your services
Say no to misaligned gigs
Be clear about the gigs you want
Boundaries + Your Business
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MINDSET & FINANCE
Resourcing yourself + avoiding burnout
People pleasing + perfectionism
Inner critic + imposter syndrome
Finance
Scaleable business structure
Why Woven?
Mia founded Consent Wizardry to serve their queer, trans, and disabled community with accessible consent education. Hannah founded her coffee company, Saffron Cowboy, as a love letter to her mixed Southern and Arab heritage. We recognized that the standard curriculum assumes access to capital, able-bodied stamina, and a relationship to risk that we and our students don't have. Entrepreneurs in our communities — queer, disabled, and BIPOC creatives — were getting business advice built for someone else's reality, so we built programming for our own.
Why us? We're in the thick of it. Hannah sells coffee on weekends and is planning a coffee tour of the country. Mia runs bi-yearly consent trainings so others can teach consent to their communities. Our students see themselves in us, and they get current answers to current questions
What you get:
Education
Structured cohort-based
academies teaching:Business fundamentals
(finance, legal,
operations, pricing)Marketing + brand
strategySales + revenue systems
Business planning +
launch readiness
Mentorship
Two 1:1 mentorship sessions with Hannah or Mia, and ongoing mentorship with LGBTQ
founders, executives,
and industry leadersOffice hours with legal,
finance, and marketing
expertsPeer founder pods and
accountability circles
Community
Curated founder pods of
6–8, matched by
industry, stage, and
identityAccess to Woven's
partner, funder, and
investor networkAlumni network and
ongoing programming
beyond graduation
Strategy
You’ll leave with a scaleable business plan so you can work the same amount but make more money as your business grow
A marketing funnel
A brand manual
A plan for recycling and reusing all your content so you can work smarter, not harder
The Details
When and where?
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September 8th to December 8th, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8pm PT / 9-11pm ET.
All on Zoom.
Applications due August 15.
Who is this program for?
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Whether you want to start a business but don’t know yet what you want to do, or you’ve been running a business for a while and want to level up, there’s a place for you in this program. We’ll group you with other students based on where you’re at in the process.
This program is for creatives, artists, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and anyone aspiring to work for themselves.
Working for yourself requires many if not all of the following skills:
organization
self-imposed structure
a synthesis of creative and analytical minds
an abundance of ideas with the will to execute them and let go of ones that don’t work
a cultivated sense of trust with your business so you don’t fall into codependent dynamics by relying on your work to demonstrate your worthiness as a human being
assertiveness
the ability to spin many plates in the air with an awareness of which ones you can put down when
a clear list of priorities and values with an aptitude for focusing on which one needs to be at the forefront when they conflict
an awareness of your capacity so you don’t burn out
an awareness of your boundaries and the ability to hold them because no one is going to tell you when to clock out
to-do lists, calendars, correspondence and communication skills both written and oral
and so much more!
We can and will help you develop some of these skills throughout this program, but please take the time to consider if running a business is right for you before applying. Running a business is rewarding but challenging work and there’s nothing wrong with deciding it’s simply not for you!
Is this program a good fit for me?
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If you feel stifled working for other people and want to feel freer to express yourself authentically and get paid well for work you love, we can help you figure out your business plan, what you do and don’t do, who your work is for, how to set rates, market yourself, and build your brand identity without crashing out.
If you run a business and you feel you’ve hit a wall, want to rebrand, need community support, want to feel more creative in your work, or just need some accountabilibuddies, we can help you figure out next steps while connecting you with business experts in finance, social media, content creation, marketing, strategy, and more to help you feel more confident putting yourself and your business out there.
If you feel like a jack of all trades and master of none, if you feel like you do too many things and they’re not related at all (they probably are!), if you feel like you’re supposed to choose just one career, goal, artistic medium, or idea and you want to feel like an integrated, whole person with a coherent and cohesive business who never gets bored, you’re gonna like it here.
Not sure if this program is right for you? Email us!
What is Woven looking for in an applicant?
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We want to help people whose work has beneficial community impact and is rooted in values of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We look for creatives who want to help others and make a difference in their communities, who want to create jobs, and who take care in making their work accessible. You might be a chef who wants to open a cafe, a therapist looking to start a private practice, or a muralist looking to teach kids to paint. As long as you’re giving back, we’re here for it.
Check out our Social Impact Business Guidelines on the What do we do? page to see if we share values and goals.
We encourage you to expand the definitions of both business and art. We think being an artist likely means you already run a business, and we believe that being a marine biologist can mean you’re an artist. We use these terms loosely and love to see others do the same.
Recordings will be available for cohort members after each session, but live attendance is required. We request no more than 2 absences (known ahead of time when applying) but we get that shit comes up and maybe you have to miss for a sweet, high paying gig!! **THIS COURSE CANNOT BE COMPLETED VIA RECORDINGS ALONE.
There is suggested homework between each class which includes additional resources such as podcasts, videos, and reading, as well as practice exercises, journaling prompts, and assignments like making a brand manual, marketing kit, writing your business manifesto, making your website, and more.
You’ll receive two 1:1 mentorship sessions from Hannah or Mia throughout the program. You’ll schedule those sessions yourself and should come prepared with questions and any requested materials. 24 hours notice is required to cancel these.
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Expectations
Takeaways
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You can expect to leave with a scaleable business structure that allows you to make more money without working more as your business grows. You’ll have a new community of entrepreneurs who will support you as you build your brand. Hannah and Mia offer continued mentorship beyond the 3-month container and will continue to be your community members. You’ll have a brand manual, year long marketing plan, mission statement, clear services offered, rates, and so much more!
This program is $4200. We offer payment plans to pay in 2 installments, 3 weeks apart.
We are working with community organizations to secure funding for a limited number of scholarships! Scholarships will allow students to pay between $500 and $1500 for the whole program.
Cost
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Instructors
Hannah Said
Founder of Saffron Cowboy + Woven
Hannah covers burnout prevention, networking, strategy, and business development.
Mia Schachter
Founder of Consent Wizardry + Woven
Mia covers brand identity, marketing as creative self-expression, boundaries, self-advocacy, and more.
Leo Aquino
Founder of Queer and Trans Wealth
Leo covers Finance
richie reseda
Founder of Question Culture
Cofounder of Initiate Justice
Cofounder of Success Stories Program
richie covers cooperative business
Afomia Hailemeskel
Founder of Divine and On Time
Afomia covers social media and content creation
Meenadchi
Founder of Work with Meenadchi
Meenadchi covers money trauma and pricing
and more…
LET’S GET STARTED