brand campers walk away with a stronger sense of purpose, campaigns locked & loaded, questions answered, and a community of women like you who you can lean on.
we see you.
Whether you’re five years in business or six months out from launch, the challenges of biz building are variations on a few key common themes. Everything about Camp is intentionally designed to address the pain points we all know all too well:
Budget
We believe that it shouldn’t cost a fortune to launch and run your brand. When you consider the cost of digital marketing, business coaching, a financial advisor, a web design team, a social media partner, and a photographer, you’re looking at a launch cost of more than $25K. It doesn’t have to be that way. Buy a ticket to Brand Camp and bring your business, your brand, and yourself to Camp. (If you don’t have branding yet, we’re partnering with Neon Cardigan to get you hooked up beforehand. )
Resources
You know the struggle all too well: you know you should be running a more consistent social media campaign, deploying a smarter email marketing strategy, scaling your business, and maintaining a more beautiful website. But where to begin? Brand Camp, that’s where. We’ve got leading experts lined up to teach you first-hand how to do this thing right with the most effective tools. Plus: You’ll have ongoing access to the community you’re building and the women who are leading those workshops online!
Focus
We grow and learn best when we have the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the NEW, and when you’re launching a new business, everything is new. It’s hard to know where to look! Brand Camp is all about creating space for you to dig into the areas that you’ve been meaning to focus on ever since you started your business. These workshops are hands on, so you learn it, and then you do it, which makes it easier to keep doing it after you go!
Time
Let’s face it—time is usually not on our side. While two-hour workshops can be helpful, you really need more time to strategically grow your business, hone a digital marketing plan, and, oh yeah, take care of YOU. That’s why Brand Camp is a fully immersive two nights and three days. We know that if you go home, you’re going to be sucked right back into the stresses of everyday life. That’s distracting and counter-productive to learning new things and building new relationships.
Bringing female founders together
to grow, learn, and connect.
to grow, learn, and connect.
Grow
When we grow together, we grow farther, faster, stronger. Let’s learn from each other’s journeys. Let’s stretch, push through, emerge. Everything good comes from what’s willing to change and grow.
Learn
We’ve put together an incredible line up of women with deep experience across a wide range of meaningful, relevant, ROI-driving tactics, trends, & technologies.
Connect
We all know what it is to go it alone. Whether you’ve been forging your own way and that’s how you like it, or you’re actively searching for a community that understands, Camp is here for you.
camp leaders
Allie Bashuk
Lexie Carbone
Haley Carlson
Beatrice Dixon
Stephanie Gilbert
Dana Holmes
Kelley Knight
Sarah Lawrence
WORKSHOPS
These workshops & experiences will have us feeling smarter, fresher, and more connected than we’ve ever felt on a Monday.
Brand Campers can attend up to 7 Workshops, depending on which ones you choose to attend. You’ll be able to select your workshops after you’ve been accepted. Click below to learn more about all the offerings we have available!
Business Building
Digital Marketing
Founder Care
Camp founder
Whitney Bolster
Howdy, Campers! I’m Whitney, the Founder / CEO of Ampersand, a women-run creative agency with a heart for female focused companies. Over the past 3 years, we’ve built 30+ brands and worked on national campaigns for the likes of Google, Lyft, and Diageo. In my experience with female clients, I began to notice a pattern: once they had all gotten through branding, they often experienced a “now what” moment, typically in their first year of business. And of course all of us feel isolated, burnt out, and unsupported at times in our entrepreneurial journeys. Given all of this, I wondered how I might provide practical support in a format that would not only introduce us to other women like us, but would also be affordable, focused, and effective.
In the words of Lizzo, “When you inspire yourself, you inspire the world.” And so I finally built the thing that I and so many female founders around me wanted.
Brand Camp is the culmination of the people and the practices that have kept me inspired on my own entrepreneurial journey. For the past two years, I’ve been working on this concept, and this year, all the parts and pieces finally came together. Leveraging my unique perspective and insights into the plight of the female founder and my network of women who have helped me grow my own business, I’m bringing together a dozen ATL women who are experts in areas that matter for female founders.
I hope you’ll join us!
march 22–24, 2020
at Scenic Hotel Clermont
$1500 per ticket*
Two-Night stay at Hotel Clermont in a bunkroom with 3 other campers*
Access to all workshops, panels, and events (schedule will allow each camper to participate in at least 4 workshops)
Headshot Session
Welcome Event Sunday night
Breakfast & Lunch Monday
Dinner & Panel at The Lola Monday evening
Closing Brunch on Tuesday
Cantine well-stocked w/ snacks & caffeine
Swoon-worthy sponsor SWAG bag
Exclusive access to Brand Camp Online
*Non-refundable deposit of $350 required to secure your spot! For an additional fee, you can book your own room.
schedule
Sunday
3 PM Check-In
5 PM Camp Welcome
6:30 PM Dinner Mixer
7:30 PM BINGO
Monday
8 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM-Noon* Workshop Sessions (2)
12:15-1:15 PM Lunch
1:30-5 PM* Workshop Sessions (2)
6-7 PM Cabin Time or Happy Hour
7:15 PM Bus to The Lola
7:30 PM Dinner at The Lola
8 PM Founders Fireside Chat with Beatrice Dixon & Whitney Bolster
Tuesday
9-10 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM-Noon Panel: Female Founder Realness
12:30-1 PM Group Photo
1-2 PM Lunch & Departures
*There are breaks between workshops for you to squeeze in a headshot, facial, a massage, or any of the other Founder Care Suite experiences.
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