Brit Morin: Self-Made Entrepreneurship | E103
b'Become a Selfmade Entrepreneur with Brit Morin!\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode, we are chatting with Brit Morin, founder and CEO of Brit+CO, a popular lifestyle website. Brit grew up loving arts and crafts, but after she learned how to code in teens, she traded her love of art for a career in technology and marketing -- working with huge names in Silicon Valley like Apple and Google straight after college. At the age of 25, she decided to create her own business, Brit+Co, to center around accessible and helpful DIY how-to\\u2019s. In 10 years, she\\u2019s secured over $50M in funding and over 1.2 Billion page views! Today, she also hosts her own podcast, Teach Me Something New, is a budding investor (she invested in the booming audio-only social media app, Clubhouse), and recently launched Self-Made, an interactive start-up school to empower female entrepreneurs!\\n\\xa0\\nIn this week\\u2019s episode, we talk about Brit\\u2019s passion for creativity growing up as a kid, why we tend to become less creative as we become adults, and why you should try to set aside time for creativity every single day. We\\u2019ll also dive deeper into Brit\\u2019s beginnings at Apple and Google, why Brit created Brit+Co, how she raised capital, her own investing endeavors, and her new venture to help other women become successful entrepreneurs, Self-Made.\\n\\xa0\\nSocial Media:\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nFollow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting\\nReach out to Hala directly at Hala@YoungandProfiting.com\\nFollow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\nFollow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala\\nFollow Hala on ClubHouse: @halataha\\nCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com\\n\\xa0\\nTimestamps:\\n\\xa0\\n00:46 - How Brit\\u2019s Creativity Grew Out of Her Childhood\\n02:09 - Why Creativity Diminishes As You Age\\xa0\\n05:22- The Scope of Creativity\\n08:49 - How Brit\\u2019s Childhood Influenced Her Success Today\\n14:33 - Brit\\u2019s Background of Coding\\n16:42 - Brit\\u2019s Start in Silicon Valley\\n19:21 - Experiencing Steve Jobs\\u2019 Leadership\\n22:25 - What Brit Took From Her Past Experience to Brit+Co\\n27:10 - Why Marissa Mayer Mentored Brit\\n30:50 - The Beginnings of Brit+Co\\n35:34 - When Brit Knew Brit+Co Would be Successful\\n38:37 - How Brit Raised Money\\n41:29 - The Ways Brit Decides to Invest in Companies\\xa0\\n43:49 - Brit\\u2019s Venture, Self-Made\\n46:37 - Success Stories from Self-Made\\n50:18 - Brit\\u2019s Secret to Profiting in Life\\n\\xa0\\nMentioned In The Episode:\\n\\xa0\\nBrit\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/britmorin\\nBrit\\u2019s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brit/\\nBrit\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/brit\\nBrit\\u2019s Website, Brit+Co: https://www.brit.co/\\nSelf-Made: https://tryselfmade.com/enroll\\nBrit\\u2019s Podcast: https://www.brit.co/listen/'