Stitched together with purpose.
Selvedge Works is an online portal to coaching, community, and tools for business owners committed to people first values.
It is a curated ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs who care about equity and liberation to the resources and relationships they need to build more liberatory businesses and lives.
This ecosystem is for people who are tired of late stage capitalism but still want to build profitable businesses.
Why Selvedge?
In fabric, the selvedge is the margin. The part most people overlook, cut off, or hide in seams. It is also where the strength lives and what keeps the whole thing from unraveling. That is the point. We build from the edges and hold what matters.
The Ecosystem
This is where my work lives now. Media that holds weight. Community that feels like relief. Support that helps you build a profitable business without selling out your values.
Shared language, real support, and spaces where you do not have to explain yourself.
Learn moreOne on one support for building a human first business that can actually sustain you.
Learn moreEssays, podcasts, and resources for people trying to do business differently in a world on fire.
Learn moreNot sure where you fit yet?
Email me what you are building and what feels sticky right now. I will point you to the right doorway.
Hi, I’m Becky Mollenkamp.
I’m a coach and community builder for people who are tired of late stage capitalism but still want to build profitable businesses.
I have been coaching for a decade and before that I spent almost twenty years in journalism and content strategy. I care about clean thinking, honest language, and helping people stop blaming themselves for problems that were designed into the system.
My work is for people who want growth with consent, leadership with context, and success that is measured by sustainability, care, and collective flourishing.
My values
- If it isn’t intersectional, it isn’t feminist. I’m committed to dismantling all systems of oppression. They’re mutually reinforcing, and no one of us can be free until everybody is free.
- I benefit from unearned advantages. While I hold several marginalized identities, I also have a great deal of race and class privilege. That positionality gives me responsibility to challenge unjust systems.
- I want to help build a feminist economy. I define success beyond money and productivity. I pay myself and others a living wage. I offer accessible pricing and payment options when possible. I engage in ethical marketing and sales practices. I resist hustle culture.
- Words and actions matter. I continue to unlearn harmful conditioning in an effort to live in greater alignment with my values. I welcome correction when I make mistakes. I credit those who educate me, and I redistribute wealth via mutual aid.
My educators
- Audre Lorde
- Angela Y. Davis
- bell hooks
- Ericka Hart
- Resmaa Menakem
- Rachel Cargle
- The Nap Ministry
- Kristen Neff
- Tara Brach
- Sonya Renee Taylor
- Emily Nagoski
- Hillary McBride
- Kelly Diels
- Trudi Lebron
- Alok V Menon
- Imani Barbarin
- Mindful Closet
- CV Harquail
- Toi Marie Smith
