Ok. Honesty moment. I never really liked school. It was boring, and I never felt like I learned anything I needed to get the gigs I wanted.

So I had the idea to build Useful School. Something useful, fun, affordable, and catered to the people who needed it. Plus, a sick logo.

We’re a business doing good. We’re a for-profit, public benefit corporation. Why? Because education needs private enterprises like ours to center people of color in creative fields.

We started with 2 classes centered around product design, and have expanded to branding, financial wellness, decolonization, and more.

Oh, and please give if you can!

‍<3,

‍Ritesh Gupta
Founder of Useful School (maybe you’d like to be a Co-Founder? Inquire within.)
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BTW - a huge TYSM to everyone who has helped out so far: The First Person to Say “You Better Do This”: Forest Young; Brainstorming What to Cover: Mitzi Okou, Terrell Griffith, Jo Velasquez, Roshannah Bagley, Shakeil Greeley, Stephanie Santillan Lopez, Annika Hansteen-Izora, Marco Cousins; Branding and Webflow Goodness: Jo Velasquez, JP Teixeira; Continued Support in a Ton of Other Ways: Temi Coker, Zipeng Zhu, Dantley Davis, Catt Small, Daniele Codega, Shannon Washington, Oriel Davis-Lyons, Amy Lima, Armin Vit, Deroy Peraza, Felix Oliha, Badal Patel, Maurice Cherry, Shaun Mosley, Ashley Moody, René Simonsson, Reese Fuller, Niquita Taliaferro, Alan Walker, Shabnam Kashani, Priyanka Rayamajhi, Arielle Julie, Kai Jordan, Garvey Smith, Eric Brown, Abdul Ovaice, Julian Alexander, Liz Brown, Amélie Lamont, Akoua Smith, John Ferguson, Schessa Garbut, Waqas Jawaid, Andy Chen, Catreen Yoon, Renee Freiha, Kimmy Tsai, Tiffany Pai, Rohan Rege, Zariah Cameron, Jackson Lynch, Alexander Chen, Daniel Quay, Morgan Smith, Laetitia Auguste, Gina Marchini, Jonny Funes, Yihuang Zhou, Kozue Yamada, Agyei Archer, Mo Hinojosa, Matteo Bologna, Wesley Brown, Brandon Kennedy, Todd Torabi, Jen & Amy Hood, Wilm Thoben, Cody & Claire, Rhoda Belleza, Sinikiwe Dhliwayo, Jasmine Williams, The FDHE crew, Joel Arbaje, Yaya Xu, Christian Chico, Moe Amaya, and many more