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UpTide Showcase: Scaling Impact in Today’s Complex World

January 30, 2026

The UpTide Nonprofit Accelerator by 92NY’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact, in partnership with SEED SPOT, concluded on January 28th, 2026, with a…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

SEED SPOT’s 7 Sources of (Intern)al Strength

June 15, 2017

By: Bianca Buliga, Content Curator From SEED SPOT’s inception, the interns we’ve worked with have been our heart and soul. We are constantly on the…

Job-IQ: Career Development in Your Pocket

June 13, 2017

By: Avery Gordon, D.C. Community Cultivator Molly Matthews loves connecting people. So when she noticed that no one was addressing the gap between college and…

Building Culture While Working Remotely

June 7, 2017

By: Corinn Perry, Director of Administration Chances are, you’ve experienced firsthand the effects of a rapidly globalizing and increasingly technological world. Have you coordinated conference…

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