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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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3 Self-Care Tips and Tools For Busy Founders

December 22, 2020

This year has been intense for everyone, especially founders of startups and small businesses. We have been balancing a completely new environment while pressing forward…

Two Quick Tips To Increase Customer Conversions

December 15, 2020

Impact-driven ventures exist to help make a difference in the world through serving their customers, users, or beneficiaries. Yet, one of the hard parts of…

Startup Marketing: Where To Start

December 9, 2020

Every company and founder needs to build a marketing engine to drive awareness and close deals. Yet, as a founder and entrepreneur, there is limited…

Every Founder Should Know These Metrics

December 1, 2020

As the saying goes, “If you can’t measure it, it didn’t happen.” A key aspect of building a startup is focusing on making progress towards…

SEED SPOT wins $300k EDA Grant in Partnership with Canyon Angels

November 20, 2020

The partnership will grow Arizona’s local investment ecosystem through training 180 new angel investors to deploy $4m in investment capital over the next 3 years.…

Thinking of Starting a Nonprofit? Don’t make our mistakes

October 23, 2020

Starting a business is one of the most courageous and impactful things you can do. If you are considering starting a nonprofit organization, we get…

Conference Season is Here

September 14, 2020

It’s officially (virtual) Conference Season, and SEED SPOT is excited to represent social-impact driven entrepreneurs at many exciting conferences! We know, we know… Sometimes, conferences…

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

September 8, 2020

At SEED SPOT, we are invested in supporting entrepreneurs who are looking to create impact and work towards global opportunities.  SEED SPOT defines impact by…

Raising $100k in 28 Days… Completely Over Zoom

August 27, 2020

Are you ready to raise $100k in just 28 days… Completely over Zoom? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to…

SEED SPOT Venture Reflections: Impact Accelerator

August 6, 2020

SEED SPOT’s Fall 2020 Impact Accelerator application is officially open, and it’s your time to shine! We are so excited to welcome brilliant, social-impact driven…

Press Release: BUILD to Acquire SEED SPOT’s High School Program to Continue the Momentum in Supporting the Future of Social Entrepreneurship for High School Students

July 22, 2020

National nonprofit organizations join forces to support young people with an entrepreneurial mindset.     Washington, DC: Two nonprofit organizations – Build.org  and SEED SPOT …

Conversations with Founders

July 2, 2020

Are you an entrepreneur looking for support with your business model during COVID-19? Attend the next 2-Day Pivot Camp on July 23rd-24th for guidance on…

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