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SEED SPOT Appoints Shannon McGhee as Chief Executive Officer

December 2, 2025

Experienced Chicago-based leader brings proven record of advancing equitable innovation and entrepreneurship CHICAGO [December 2, 2025] — SEED SPOT, a national social impact incubator supporting…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Bowerbags LLC

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Jamie Bowerman is the inventor of Bowerbags, a venture that enhances mobility and ensures safety for the Department of…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Guidefi

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Charlene Fadirepo is the founder of Guidefi, a fintech marketplace that makes it easier for women and diverse professionals…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: College to Congress

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Audrey Henson is the founder of College to Congress (C2C), a non-partisan nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a more…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: The Ability Challenge

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Sarah Sandelius is the founder of The Ability Challenge (ABC), a venture that offers the only integrated solution designed…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Flushh

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Kv Tjatjara is the CEO and co-founder of Flushh, a venture on a mission to provide affordable and hygienic…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Just Results

April 17, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Alex Macdonald’s venture, Just Results, is disrupting the international foreign assistance market by getting rid of bureaucracy that businesses…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Pet Connect™

April 6, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Hector Ocasio and Jason Hanny are the co-founders of Pet Connect, a pet-focused technology company that provides digital solutions…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Traipse

April 6, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Darren Smith and Austin Auclair are on a mission to promote and preserve historic areas and independent merchants. Traipse…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: MotherNation

April 2, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Adrienne Prentice and Cait Zogby are the co-founders of MotherNation, a social support and advocacy community for Mothers. They…

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Meet the DC Impact Accelerator Ventures: Givhero, Inc.

April 2, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager Vishal Chintawar and Timothy Guinan teamed up to create Givhero, Inc., an innovative social wellness platform that leverages social…

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SBA Relief is Here for Small Businesses, Contract Workers, & Non-Profits

April 2, 2020

By: Erin O’Shea, CFO of SEED SPOT If you’re a small business, solopreneur, or non-profit, I don’t have to tell you that you’ve been hard-hit…

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Give and Take: How SEED SPOT Alumni Can Benefit from Joining the Slack Community

March 26, 2020

By: Bianca Buliga, Senior Marketing Manager “You can’t just take – you have to give. How can we all help each other out?” When Emmett…

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