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A Former Foster Youth’s Path to Becoming an Impact-Driven Entrepreneur

By Lauren McDanell | Dec 20, 2018 | Comments Off on A Former Foster Youth’s Path to Becoming an Impact-Driven Entrepreneur
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By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Imagine having 15 minutes to gather your most prized possessions, stuff them into a trash bag, and never being allowed to return – only…

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Breaking News: SEED SPOT Board Announces Matching Donations

By Lauren McDanell | Dec 6, 2018 | Comments Off on Breaking News: SEED SPOT Board Announces Matching Donations
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By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Have you heard the big news?! Our Board of Directors is matching donations in the month of December up to $25,000! Whether you can…

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How To Measure Meaningful Social Impact

By Lauren McDanell | Nov 29, 2018 | Comments Off on How To Measure Meaningful Social Impact
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By: Lo Kidd, Marketing Intern Does your work make meaningful social impact? 81 percent of millennials expect the companies that they invest in to not only make a social impact,…

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Happy Thanksgiving from the SEED SPOT Team: 7 Thankful Things

By Lauren McDanell | Nov 20, 2018 | Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving from the SEED SPOT Team: 7 Thankful Things

The SEED SPOT team is thankful for SO many things this holiday season! We narrowed it down to our top seven for you to peruse before turning on your out-of-office…

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6 Years of Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship: SEED SPOT’s Annual Impact Report

By Lauren McDanell | Nov 14, 2018 | Comments Off on 6 Years of Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship: SEED SPOT’s Annual Impact Report

6 Years of Impact-Driven Entrepreneurship: SEED SPOT’s Annual Impact Report Download the Impact Report here In 2012, a series of notes, scribbles and thoughts were jotted down in the back…

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How to Spin Your #GivingTuesday Campaign into a Full-Year Culture of Giving

By Lauren McDanell | Nov 1, 2018 | Comments Off on How to Spin Your #GivingTuesday Campaign into a Full-Year Culture of Giving

Q & A between SEED SPOT and Emily Goodstein, Online Fundraising Strategist By Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Emily Goodstein, a…

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Meet Our Measuring and Evaluation Fellow, Ishaq Zaighum

By Lauren McDanell | Oct 24, 2018 | Comments Off on Meet Our Measuring and Evaluation Fellow, Ishaq Zaighum
Ishaq Zaigum, Atlas Fellow, Measuring and Evaluation Fellow

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager When asked what the weirdest thing about America is, Ishaq (pronounced ‘is-haak’) responded: “in some parts of the country people smile at you, and…

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Entre Ed Forum Reflections: Cultivating Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets

By Lauren McDanell | Oct 8, 2018 | Comments Off on Entre Ed Forum Reflections: Cultivating Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets
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By: Dave Kavlick, Director of School Expansion On the weekend of September 28th-29th, educators, school administrators, teachers, and individuals from across the country descended upon Pittsburgh, PA to attend the…

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A Day in the Life of a SEED SPOT Impact-Driven Entrepreneur

By Lauren McDanell | Oct 3, 2018 | Comments Off on A Day in the Life of a SEED SPOT Impact-Driven Entrepreneur

By: Lo Kidd, Marketing Intern One of the greatest appeals to launching your venture is breaking away from the nine-to-five routine. To many, living like an impact-driven entrepreneur means assigning…

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Arizona Congresswoman Sinema Visits SEED SPOT Team

By Lauren McDanell | Sep 18, 2018 | Comments Off on Arizona Congresswoman Sinema Visits SEED SPOT Team
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By: Tristan Gandolfi, School Partnerships Manager Entrepreneurship is vital for a number of reasons – it spurs innovation, creates jobs, strengthens the economy, builds community, and gives voice to change…

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