tryselfmade.com

What It Is

Selfmade is an online business accelerator membership community for female entrepreneurs. Its core goal is to help women turn business ideas into reality and grow them into profitable ventures. It is not a standalone platform of pre-recorded courses; instead, it combines on-demand courses, live coaching, mentor Q&A, peer community support, funding resources, and founder interviews into an ongoing membership service.

Core Content and Format

Based on the main content, Selfmade covers a range of topics from the early startup stage to growth, including mindset building, defining a business idea, marketing, pitching, financing, and fundraising. The learning formats are fairly diverse: 100+ hours of on-demand content, live business coaching, Founder Workshops, CEO interviews and replays, 1:1 mentor Q&A, and 24/7 community support. Full membership also includes live virtual group coaching, workshops, funding resources, member perks, and eligibility to apply for the Pitch Competition. In terms of instructors, the platform emphasizes teaching by real entrepreneurs and highlights guests such as Brit Morin, Care.com founder Shiela Marcelo, and ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia.

Pricing

Selfmade currently uses a subscription model: Community+ is $10/month, while Full is $39/month, with a 7-day free trial available. It is worth noting that mentor sessions are not fully included in the membership fee. Instead, members receive discounts: Community+ gets 25% off, and Full gets 50% off.

Pros and Cons

The advantages are its clear positioning and focus on female entrepreneurs, low price barrier, strong integration of courses, live sessions, mentorship, and community, as well as the public display of many student testimonials and founder stories. The drawbacks are that the website does not state whether formal certificates are issued, and the course syllabus, mentor matching mechanism, specific mentor fees, and payment methods are not transparent enough. User outcomes mainly come from on-site testimonials, with limited externally verifiable data.

Who It’s Best For

Selfmade is better suited for female entrepreneurs who have an idea but lack a clear execution path, early-stage founders, and small business owners looking for peer support and mentor feedback. It is less suitable for users who mainly want authoritative certification, a structured degree-style program, or Chinese-language resources for serving the mainland China market.

Access in China

The main content does not provide information on access from mainland China, payment methods, or localized support, so china_access can only be marked as unknown. Given that its content and community are primarily in English, users in China should also evaluate network access, time zone differences, payment options, and the fit of overseas funding resources.