You might have noticed Yu-mn fitness products at Best Buy Canada if you were looking for workout gear. What you wouldn’t have known looking at their products is that the fact that you can shop their fitness equipment at Best Buy marks an important milestone for us. Yu-mn is the first participant of our new Mentorship & Accelerator Program (shortened to MAP) to launch to market! Keep reading to learn more about how Best Buy is taking steps to build a more diverse tech industry, get to know the inspiring entrepreneur behind Yu-mn, then enter for a chance to win a bundle of their travel-friendly fitness products—just in time for the holidays!

What is Best Buy Canada’s Mentorship & Accelerator Program?

Finding the support and resources needed to grow a successful business can be challenging. That’s why Best Buy Canada created its Mentorship & Accelerator Program; it can break some of those barriers and help underrepresented tech entrepreneurs achieve their goals. Through this program, Best Buy connects Black and Indigenous innovators with mentorship opportunities, business support, and a national platform to help take their businesses to the next level.

Watch the video below to learn more about how the program works, directly from MAP team members and MAP’s first successful participant: Harriet Obinyan.

Meet Harriet Obinyan, founder of Yu-mn

Harriet Obinyan, the founder of Yu-mn, is the first participant of the Mentorship & Accelerator Program to launch their product through Best Buy Canada. A former flight attendant used to exercising on the go, Harriet created Yu-mn because she wanted to make fitness more accessible. When she successfully applied for MAP in January 2022, two years after launching Yu-mn, Harriet started working directly with mentors across various departments to help her establish the next steps to grow her business.

When asking her how MAP impacted her and Yu-mn, Harriet told us:

“My whole business has been accelerated because I have experts supporting me at each step. My products are being sold at Best Buy stores and online at BestBuy.ca, which I never thought would have been possible. Participating in the Mentorship & Accelerator Program is the best thing that could have happened to my business, and I am so grateful!”.

Yu-mn fitness products are the perfect gift for any fitness enthusiast

Yu-mn offers high-quality fitness products that can be used both at home and on the go. They’re available at Best Buy Canada online and in-store this holiday season, so make sure to check them out if you’re looking for a gift for the person in your life who loves to work out. Not only will you be helping your giftee exercise as they please, but you’ll also be supporting a Canadian small business and entrepreneur!

From a smart skipping rope that tracks your workout stats and progress, to a premium resistance band set with core sliders and a luxury non-slip yoga mat made of 100% natural rubber, Yu-mn has plenty of options to keep your workouts efficient—no matter where you choose to exercise. Yu-mn products also come with a free carry pouch to make it even easier to transport.

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways.

  1. In a comment below, tell us the name of someone on your list who would love to receive a Yu-mn fitness product for the holidays (first name only) and which Yu-mn product you would like to add to your own home gym.  
  2. For up to two (2) additional entries, create a public post on a social media channel (one entry per channel!) sharing with your friends and followers that you are entering a Best Buy blog contest for a chance to win a bundle of Yu-mn fitness equipment; include the hashtag #BestBuyMAPContest, so we can find your post, and include one of the pictures showing on this article. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.

What you can win 

At the end of this contest we’ll randomly select one winner from all eligible entries. The winner will win a bundle of Yu-mn’s products. The bundle includes:

This contest runs from November 30th until December 16th.

Remember you can enter up to three times as described above. Did you know that Yumn means good fortune in Arabic? Harriet chose this name to symbolize the success she hopes to achieve with her company, and the success she wishes people to have in their fitness journey. Make sure to share this contest with anyone who has set fitness goals for themselves so they can enter for a chance to win this bundle too!

Win a Yu-mn bundle rules and regulations

Good luck

Céline Günther
Céline Günther
Céline is the lead editor at Best Buy Canada, where she writes about tech for the blog. When she isn't behind a keyboard, she's usually reading or exploring the great outdoors.
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  3. My brother, Sam, would love this. I think the Yu-mn Smart Jump Rope would be a perfect addition to his workout regime.

  8. Matt would love the smart skipping rope. These all sound fabulous and would love to have them as part of my fitness routine.

  14. My brother Robert would like to receive a Yu-mn fitness product and adding the smart skipping rope to my gym would be great.

  16. My daughter Melanie is on my list and she would love a skipping rope, she lives in an apartment and space is limited so skipping is such a great cardio workout.

  17. Can’t Go wrong Being a Senior & Trying hard to get into Ship Shape. Thank You Best Buy For The Great Giveaway.

  21. Michael would definitely enjoy a Yu-mn fitness product & the resistance bands and core slider set would be a great addition to my home gym.

  24. My sister would LOVE the smart jump rope. We both jump rope (she actually got me into jumping rope for cardio – much harder than it sounds haha) and it’s one of her go-to warm ups. She would absolutely love this.

    I would love to win the yoga mat as I currently don’t own one 🙂

  25. My daughter Kelly would love this. The Yu-mn resistance band kit would be a great addition to my gym.

  27. Sarah would love to have a Yu-mn fitness product for the holidays!
    I would like to add the Yu-mn Smart Jump Rope to my home gym!

  29. My brother Toby would love to receive a Yu-mn fitness product for the holidays. And for me, would be great to add the smart jump rope to my own home gym.

  31. My cousin Steph, would like this, and I’d like to add the Resistance bands and core slider set to my gym equipment

  34. My neice Stephaine would love this… and I would love to add the Yu-mn Resistance Band Kit with Slider to my home gym.

  35. Will would love this. I would add the Yu-mn Pro Yoga Mat – 6mm – Black (Model Number: YU-MN X1YM) to my home gym.

  43. My mom would love to have this so that it can allow her to be more active (especially when winter rolls around)

  46. My best friend, Ros, would like this, and I’d like to add the Resistance bands and core slider set to my repertoire.

  50. OMG! Don’t tell her I picked her, but my wife, Melissa, would absolutely love one of her products. I used to jump rope and I know it’s great cardio, so I think she would love the smart jump rope set to train with.

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