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DC Demo Day: 9 Ventures Pitched in Front of 500+ Community Members!

By Lauren McDanell | Jul 14, 2017 | Comments Off on DC Demo Day: 9 Ventures Pitched in Front of 500+ Community Members!
SEED SPOT, DC, event, community, pitch, ventures, founders

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager And just like that, D.C.’s inaugural Demo Day is over. Nine ventures began their journey last night, just steps away from the White House…

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Halona Foods: Making Delicious Snacks out of Food Fortunes

By Lauren McDanell | Jul 10, 2017 | Comments Off on Halona Foods: Making Delicious Snacks out of Food Fortunes
Halona Foods, food fortunes, delicious snacks, social entrepreneur

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Stephanie Westhelle has a passion for ugly fruits. While studying the environment in relation to tourism at the George Washington University School of Business,…

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Empowered To Run: Converting Voices into Candidates

By Lauren McDanell | Jul 7, 2017 | Comments Off on Empowered To Run: Converting Voices into Candidates
Empowered to Run, social entrepreneur, SEED SPOT, governance

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator While working for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Steve Sinha spent time in the field helping campaign volunteers organize in their own communities. While working…

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How to Pitch Your Venture to a Reporter

By Lauren McDanell | Jul 6, 2017 | Comments Off on How to Pitch Your Venture to a Reporter
how to pitch your venture to a reporter, pitch, venture, entrepreneurship

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Last week, you learned all about how to deliver your three-minute pitch in a way that would make hundred dollar bills rain from the…

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Darren Cambridge: Helping Kids Choose Books with Mia Learning

By Lauren McDanell | Jul 4, 2017 | Comments Off on Darren Cambridge: Helping Kids Choose Books with Mia Learning

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Darren Cambridge went to college to be a computer engineer, but he fell in love with the humanities, eventually earning a Ph.D. in Computers…

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imby: Where Citizens are the Real MVPs

By Lauren McDanell | Jun 28, 2017 | Comments Off on imby: Where Citizens are the Real MVPs
imby, SEED SPOT, community, citizenship, social entrepreneurship

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator With a background in real estate development in East Coast cities like D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia, Michelle Beaman Chang has experienced her…

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5 Ways to Make Your Business Pitch Perfect

By Lauren McDanell | Jun 28, 2017 | Comments Off on 5 Ways to Make Your Business Pitch Perfect

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Palms sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. No, not “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, but glossophobia (noun): an abnormal fear of public speaking that induces…

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Mayla: Matchmaking for Nature

By Lauren McDanell | Jun 27, 2017 | Comments Off on Mayla: Matchmaking for Nature
Naamal de Silva, Mayla, SEED SPOT, social entrepreneurship, nature

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Naamal De Silva decided to protect nature when she was 8 years old, inspired by the PBS documentaries and wildlife books she devoured while…

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i4Spy: Creating a Hummingbird Effect in Cyber Security

By Lauren McDanell | Jun 25, 2017 | Comments Off on i4Spy: Creating a Hummingbird Effect in Cyber Security

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Lavinia Popinceanu was harassed and cyber-stalked by a graduate school classmate for three years. Despite changing phones and laptops, the cyber-stalking did not end…

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Lisa Morrow of Birdytell: “It’s Okay Not to Have All the Answers”

By Lauren McDanell | Jun 21, 2017 | Comments Off on Lisa Morrow of Birdytell: “It’s Okay Not to Have All the Answers”
Birdytell, thoughtful gifting, social entrepreneurship, Lisa Morrow

By: Bianca Buliga, Content Curator A little birdy told me that Lisa Morrow is one heck of an ambitious go-getter. A SEED SPOT alumna from Phoenix’s sixth cohort, Lisa is…

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