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Capital Follows Progress: What It Really Means to Be Investment-Ready 

September 1, 2026

When people think about raising capital, they often picture pitch competitions, investor meetings, or grant applications.  Those things matter. But they usually aren’t where investment…

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

December 20, 2018

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…

Breaking News: SEED SPOT Board Announces Matching Donations

December 6, 2018

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…

How To Measure Meaningful Social Impact

November 29, 2018

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…

Happy Thanksgiving from the SEED SPOT Team: 7 Thankful Things

November 20, 2018

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…

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

November 14, 2018

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…

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

November 1, 2018

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

Meet Our Measuring and Evaluation Fellow, Ishaq Zaighum

October 24, 2018

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…

Entre Ed Forum Reflections: Cultivating Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets

October 8, 2018

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…

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

October 3, 2018

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…

Arizona Congresswoman Sinema Visits SEED SPOT Team

September 18, 2018

By: Tristan Gandolfi, School Partnerships Manager Entrepreneurship is vital for a number of reasons – it spurs innovation, creates jobs, strengthens the economy, builds community,…

SEED SPOT Schools Alum Speaks at United Nations DPI-NGO Conference in NYC

August 29, 2018

By: Josh Kaplan, Co-Founder of BrailleBoard, Founder & President of GOALS, and Alum of SEED SPOT Schools When I was fifteen years old, I made a…

PRESS RELEASE: SEED SPOT and the Georgia Vision Project Partner to Prepare Students for Future Workforce

August 21, 2018

The partnership combines GVP’s vision for high-quality public education with SEED SPOT’s mission of empowering impact-driven entrepreneurs, of all ages, across the nation The Georgia…

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