07.01.19
Roxanne Quimby, the co-founder and former CEO of Burt's Bees, has created an online course for students at Unity College. The five-week course is focused on entrepreneurship.
Quimby will teach, "Creating a Healthy Hive: Starting Your Own Sustainable Business."
"In my years of developing Burt's Bees into one of the fastest growing brands in its sector -- and even before that, studying and working as an artist -- I learned so much even beyond building a successful business, and I'm excited to pass down that information and those stories to entrepreneurs," said Quimby, a Massachusetts native who founded Burt's Bees after moving to Maine, where she still resides. "I hope it inspires those students who are looking to start their own business with sustainability and the environment at its core."
Unity College Chief Distance Education Officer Dr. Amy Arnett says, "This is an incredible opportunity for our students to gain first-hand knowledge of how to run a business from someone who created one of the best-known brands in the country. No matter what phase of your career you might be in -- whether you're just considering starting a business, looking to expand your business to the next level, or even if you want to get an insider's look at how brands and markets work as an employer, you're going to come out of this course with a new perspective and a leg up on the competition."
The course runs August 26 through September 29, with registration open until Wednesday, August 28.
