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SEED SPOT and Arkade Introduce Land+Launch NWA With Walton Family Foundation Grant to Connect Global Founders With Industry Leaders

October 26, 2026

Grant of more than $475,000 funds a one-year pilot of immersion weeks, launch camps, and workshops with Northwest Arkansas’ retail and supply chain partners BENTONVILLE,…

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Anish Patel: A Youth Entrepreneur Restoring Focus on the Road

August 23, 2017

By: Chessie Dahut, Content Curator and Media Management Intern Anish Patel is an energetic and team-oriented youth entrepreneur that participated in the pilot program of…

How to Build an Engaging Landing Page

August 16, 2017

By: Leah Snider, Project Coordinator for HippoGive and Creative at Fast Rope Labs Did you know that 55% of visitors spend fewer than 15 seconds…

SEED SPOT’s Commitment to Inclusion: African American Boot Camp

August 11, 2017

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Last week, SEED SPOT’s Phoenix office galvanized some serious community with our African American Boot Camp. After five days…

Introducing Bianca Buliga, SEED SPOT’s Digital Marketing Manager

August 2, 2017

By: Chessie Dahut, Content Curator and Media Management Intern You’ve been reading her blog posts for over a year, and now it’s finally time to…

3 Lessons to Learn from Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

July 27, 2017

By: C’pher Gresham, VP of SEED SPOT Communities Have you heard of the country of Benin? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. Benin is a…

Join the Movement: How to Bring SEED SPOT to Your School

July 20, 2017

By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Did you know that 65% of the jobs elementary school students will be working in the future don’t exist…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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