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New appointments, additions made to SEED SPOT Executive Board

May 2, 2023

SEED SPOT, one of the nation’s leading social enterprise incubators, announces the appointment of Sentari Minor of Scottsdale-based behavioral health integrator evolvedMD as Chair of…

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

July 14, 2017

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…

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Halona Foods: Making Delicious Snacks out of Food Fortunes

July 10, 2017

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…

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Empowered To Run: Converting Voices into Candidates

July 7, 2017

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…

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How to Pitch Your Venture to a Reporter

July 6, 2017

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…

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Darren Cambridge: Helping Kids Choose Books with Mia Learning

July 4, 2017

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…

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imby: Where Citizens are the Real MVPs

June 28, 2017

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…

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5 Ways to Make Your Business Pitch Perfect

June 28, 2017

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…

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Mayla: Matchmaking for Nature

June 27, 2017

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…

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i4Spy: Creating a Hummingbird Effect in Cyber Security

June 25, 2017

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,…

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

June 21, 2017

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…

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The Mentor Method: Creating Inclusive Workplace Cultures

June 20, 2017

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator As a first generation American from the Congo, Janice Omadeke had experienced a “lack of opportunities for those who…

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AcademME: Keeping Students Ahead of the Labor Curve

June 19, 2017

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Brooks Garber dedicated his career to education reform after seeing how the education system limits options for students in the…

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