Posts Tagged ‘social entrepreneur’
“Fear Means Go”: Bringing Clean Water to 900+ Bangladeshi Girls
By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager “How can I help others reach their full potential?” At five years old, our latest SEED SPOT team member won his golden ticket to…
Read MoreGiving Thanks for the Whirlwind Year of 2017
By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager Is anyone else freaked out that it’s the end of November? Where has this year gone?! Every Thanksgiving, the SEED SPOT team stops to…
Read More7 Ways to Overcome Your Self-Doubt
By: Abby Drexler, Writer and Media Specialist for the Presentation Training Institute Being an entrepreneur means putting yourself out there time and time again. Whether you’re applying for grants, arranging…
Read MoreImelda Hartley: Helping Domestic Abuse Survivors One Tamale at a Time
By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager If you haven’t tried Imelda’s shrimp tamales, you cannot call yourself a true Phoenician. Imelda Hartley is a SEED SPOT alumna, a domestic violence…
Read MoreCourtney Klein: One of “20 People to Know” in Phoenix Startup Scene
By: Bianca Buliga, Digital Marketing Manager SEED SPOT is excited to announce that our co-founder and CEO, Courtney Klein, has been chosen as one of the “20 People to Know”…
Read MoreSEED SPOT’s Commitment to Inclusion: African American Boot Camp
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 of studying business fundamentals, benefiting…
Read MoreDC Demo Day: 9 Ventures Pitched in Front of 500+ Community Members!
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 away from the White House…
Read MoreEmpowered To Run: Converting Voices into Candidates
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 their own communities. While working…
Read MoreDarren Cambridge: Helping Kids Choose Books with Mia Learning
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 earning a Ph.D. in Computers…
Read Morei4Spy: Creating a Hummingbird Effect in Cyber Security
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, the cyber-stalking did not end…
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