Alumni Members

Affinity Lab's alumni includes a variety of successful and talented commercial and not-for-profit professional services providers in DC, northern Virginia and Maryland.

We have been honored to have them as members, we are inspired for their unique successes and we are grateful for their continued collaboration with our current members.

We invite you to contact any Affinity Lab alumni for your business needs.

1Well

Making an impact one project at a time
Company:1Well
Web:www.1well.org

1Well is a new entrepreneurial non-profit that allows people to make social investments in high need areas of the world that have a direct and significant impact on the lives of others. Through its local partners, 1Well identifies critical life-sustaining projects – wells, sanitation, agriculture development, etc. – and matches them with social venture capitalists (SVCs) that commit to raising the capital required to complete the project. 1Well projects are grants, not investments, but the social returns are high.

3rd Point International

Making Business Sustainable
Company:3rd Point International

3rd Point International is a sustainability consulting firm that provides strategic and business planning for non-profits, public-private partnerships, and corporations that are seeking to align their business models with social and environmental goals. 3rd Point recently worked with a Fortune 500 asset management firm to develop a social and environmental vision for the future, and with a leading NGO driving the development of global ecosystem markets.

Albus Cavus

Public art for flourishing urban communities.
Company:Albus Cavus
Web:www.albuscav.us

Albus Cavus was originally started as a small basement exhibit space that gradually grew into an international collective of artists, educators and visionaries who work primarily in public space. Our installations physically beautify the neighborhoods and also promote development of healthy and strong communities through interactive events.

Apparent Corporation

Award-winning, intelligent organization scanners
Company:Apparent Corporation
Web:www.itsapparent.com

Founded in 1998, Apparent makes smart devices and software that rocks. Our award-winning technologies, products, and brands organize home collections, create barcodes, process payments, scan documents, track business inventories, and much more.

BlueCadet Interactive

Interactive Design and Production
Company:BlueCadet Interactive
Phone:202-841-1554
Web:www.bluecadet.com

Blue Cadet is an award winning full service interactive design agency based in Washington DC. We specialize in the production of rich media experiences for business, cultural institutions, media and non-profit organizations.

C2Si

Conservation & Climate Security International
Company:C2Si
Web:www.climatesecurity.org

C2Si works with post-conflict, transitional, and developing countries to prepare and adapt to the impacts of climate change, build capacity for conserving biodiversity and resolving environmental problems, and capitalize on natural resources and ecosystem services, to achieve environmental and economic security.

Care2 - Washington DC office

Discover, Share, Take Action
Company:Care2 - Washington DC office
Phone:202-785-7308
Web:www.care2.com
Contact:

company: Care2, Inc.
email: nonprofitservices@care2team.com
phone: 202-785-7308
web: www.Care2.com

Care2.com is the largest social action network of engaged "do gooders" seeking to make a difference. Care2's more than 14 million members have strong values, and a passion for supporting nonprofits and causes -- including Human Rights, Health, Animals, the Environment and many others. For hundreds of leading nonprofit organizations, Care2 is also a preferred source for recruiting new donors and supporters through online lead generation campaigns.

Cause TV

Be inspired. Be empowered. Be Cause.
Company:Cause TV
Web:www.mycausetv.com

CauseTV is the video platform and social network for personal causes.

CauseTV is your place to share and view media about the causes that matter most to you!

Inspire others to join your cause and empower them by telling your story! Now you can be the cause.

Climate Lab

Company:Climate Lab
Phone:202.518.5720
Fax:202.518.5507
Web:www.climatelab.org
Contact:

Tom Adkins

Climate Lab is a non-profit beginning operation in October, 2008, whose mission is to accelerate solutions to global climate change by organizing information that fosters collaboration and action.

CLUE Group

The Community Land Use and Economics Group, LLC
Company:CLUE Group
Web:www.cluegroup.com

The Community Land Use and Economics (CLUE) Group is a consulting firm that helps communities create vibrant, dynamic downtowns and neighborhoods. We help local and state governments, developers, and nonprofits design innovative downtown economic development strategies, cultivate independent businesses, recycle historic buildings, attract young talent, strengthen downtown management programs, and craft planning and land use tools that mitigate sprawl and stimulate town center development.

Company. Social Hall

Feeding Revolution.
Company:Company. Social Hall
Web:www.companysocialhall.com
Contact:

Mike Fogel, co.founder

The Affordable Community-Linked Meal Plan Restaurant.

Raising capital to open in 2011, Company empowers you to nourish your lifestyle and community everyday... ALL at a lower price than you already spend grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning and eating alone at home. Dinner every night is only $49/week!

Save Time. Save Money. Save Your Social Life.

Compass Partners

Company:Compass Partners
Web:www.compasspartners.org

Compass Partners is a student-run company that incubates social entrepreneurial ventures and offers social business training programs. The company provides start-up resources and seed funding to students with innovative ideas to change the world through business. Its main educational program, the Compass Fellowship, is an intensive a two year social entrepreneurial training program for 15 freshmen each year. The program includes a dynamic speaker series and provides each fellow with an internship opportunity then seed grant to launch a social business venture.

Compass Point Associates

Life, Business, Career & Success Coach
Company:Compass Point Associates
Web:compasspointassociates.org

Compass Point Associates, LLC, a global coaching and consulting firm, was conceived to help individuals and business leaders worldwide take bold steps to actively design their personal and professional lives.

Our job is to explore the situation, clear through the clutter, survey the landscape and create a plan of action. Compass Point coaching programs and executive services bridge the gap from the here and now to the ultimate vision.

We invite you to make yourself, your vision, and your life a priority.

CoolTown Beta Communities

Market and economic development for entrepreneurially creative urban villages
Company:CoolTown Beta Communities
Phone:202.518.6300
Web:www.cooltownbeta.com
Contact:

Neil Takemoto

CoolTown Beta Communities establishes 'crowdsourced' communities of creatives for progressive, urban places, events and scenes committed to a triple bottom line vision. These projects have included main streets, restaurants, and green condos.

Crisis

Securing Global Mobility
Company:Crisis
Phone:202.756.5043
Fax:917.677.8201
Web: www.crisis24.com
Contact:

Caroline Paulhan, Marketing & Development Manager

Crisis Consulting offers a complete solution to manage all the risks linked to international mobility and secure your teams and assets all over the world. Crisis provides risk management services to multinationals, international organizations and SMEs and counts on a team of extremely well-qualified and experienced consultants having a deep operational knowledge of high-risk areas, which allows us to provide unique solutions for companies operating in hostile or complex business environments.

DC Greenworks

Rethinking the Roof
Company:DC Greenworks
Web:www.dcgreenworks.org

D.C. Greenworks is D.C.'s preeminent greenroof company with the most experience in the region. As an industry leader, we built the first greenroofs in Washington, D.C. and continue to create unique and effective projects for pioneering commercial and residential customers across the metro region.

D.C. Greenworks provides full-service greenroof design, installation, and consulting. And as an added benefit, all of our contracts serve to train and employ underserved adults in the skills necessary to meet the growing demand for these new environmental services and technologies.

Devine Mulvey

Media | Message
Company:Devine Mulvey
Web:www.devinemulvey.com

Devine Mulvey is a Democratic media consulting firm that produces breakthrough media for its clients. Our approach is grounded on crafting clear messages, producing compelling media, and executing a disciplined communications strategy to shape public opinion and win campaigns.

Our guiding philosophy is to combine authenticity, emotion, and compelling story-telling with sound strategy to produce winning results. We believe that our clients deserve stronger, more creative visuals to reflect the strength we have on the issues.

Dexter Industries

Company:Dexter Industries
Web:www.dexterindustries.com
Contact:

Blog: http://www.dexterindustries.com/blog/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dexterind
Facebook

Dexter Industries: Engineering the NXT generation of robotic sensors. Our passion is robotics. We develop robotic devices and peripherals that are easy to use, fun, and have real-life applications for scientists and engineers . . . and those aspiring to be.

Dreams for Kid's

Changing lives......One Kid at a Time
Company:Dreams for Kid's
Web:www.DreamsforKids.com
Contact:

Andrew Horn, Director of Programming

Dreams for Kids is a place where young people of all abilities are empowered to fearlessly pursue their dreams and compassionately change the world.

Our dynamic leadership programs and life-changing activities include:

-Dream Leaders- a leadership program that unites children of diverse backgrounds through community service and service learning through our After-school Clubs, In-school workshops, and We are the Change Conferences.

Echo Communications

Company:Echo Communications

Echo Communications is a new integrated communications service for clients with issue advocacy, constituency mobilization, fundraising, promotion, and other public outreach needs.

Educated Consumer Project

Delivering Financial Literacy Where it's Needed Most
Company:Educated Consumer Project
Web:www.ecponline.org

The Educated Consumer Project ("ECP") provides youths in low - and moderate-income ("LMI") areas in Washington, DC with a comprehensive financial education program. Our mission is to help teens in LMI areas realize their full potential: to be empowered managers of their personal finances, informed and aware of traps that may impede their earnings, and well-versed in financial services and products that can aid in their success.

Fab Apps

Fabulous Web Applications
Company:Fab Apps
Web:fabapps.com
Contact:

Christian Susanne MacAuley, President

Fab Apps creates fabulous websites and web applications. We're a small firm whose fresh style, attention to detail, and easygoing professionalism sets us apart. We specialize in working with social justice and environmental organizations as well as green businesses. Fab Apps' independent initiatives include Wordage.info, a free expanded thesaurus for the web, and other tools for creatives.

Framework:CR

Company:Framework:CR
Web:www.frameworkcr.com
Contact:

kwhitaker@frameworkcr.com

Framework:CR works with companies to improve and communicate their environmental, social, governance, and financial performance. Our value lies in our ability to see the big picture, our keen understanding of the relationship between sustainability performance and business value, our flexibility and responsiveness, and our ability to raise awareness and influence organizational change. Over the past ten years, we have delivered value to clients in the Global FT500, Fortune 500, S&P 500, Dow Jones Sustainability, and FTSE4Good indices.

FreeWorldPulse

Company:FreeWorldPulse
Web:www.procontentexchange.com
Contact:

Anton Gelman

Our Company

Free World Pulse is an international team of entrepreneurs, technologists, and journalists working together to develop a new way of monetizing media content. Located at Affinity Lab, an award winning startup-incubator in the heart of Washington DC and with locations in Boston MA and Sydney AU, we are dedicated to bridging the gap between Old and New media and rethinking the fabric of the industry. Founded in 2009, we are in the process of leaving stealth mode, launching a series of products to the public, and seeking funding. Drop a line to get in touch!

IndieFeed

Discover Incredible New Music!
Company:IndieFeed
Web:www.indiefeed.com
Contact:

www.facebook.com/indiefeed
@indiefeed
http://tra.kz/itunes

IndieFeed is a human-curated music discovery service delivering artist features in the form of one music track plus the band's story. Having delivered over 100 million features to fans, we provide tools and value campaigns for artists, labels, promotional agencies and brands.

Investors Without Borders

Company:Investors Without Borders
Web:www.investorswithoutborders.net

WB will launch a web-based marketplace connecting individuals across the globe with opportunities to invest directly in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Investors gain access to return-oriented, social impact investments by directly funding SME loan requests with as little as $100 per loan. Borrowers gain access to affordable loans that can create greater economic opportunities while connecting with a global business network.

ITF Consulting, Inc.

Information Technology Consulting
Company:ITF Consulting, Inc.
Web:www.itfconsulting.com

ITF Consulting, Inc. (ITF) is a professional services firm founded in 1996 that is focused on the non-profit community and the for-profit sustainable business community. Our primary business is around setting up and supporting users of CitySoft's Community Enterprise web platform.

We believe in using the power of business to build a better world, and that social, environmental, and financial goals are best accomplished by integrating them into how we do our business, rather than simply addressing them after the business day is done.

Joint Concepts

Full service design and visual communications
Company:Joint Concepts
Web:www.jointconcepts.com

Joint Concepts believes good design is the art of communicating a high-impact message in a memorable and attractive way, and effective communication comes from good planning. We believe that professional-quality design solutions can and should be available to everyone, and, since every project is different, we proactively avoid standardized design solutions.

Kate Schott

Communications and Marketing Services
Company:Kate Schott
Web:www.kateschott.com

Kate Schott is an award-winning copywriter and respected communications strategist with nearly 10 years of work experience. A former reporter, she has extensive knowledge of the media as well as far-reaching expertise in public relations and marketing for aviation sector clients.

Her mission is simple: to help her clients find their voice and successfully reach their target audience through the most effective channels of communication.

KBenterprises

Company:KBenterprises
Web:www.kbeauctions.com
Contact:

Brett Tarnutzer

Brett Tarnutzer is an auction consultant focused on implementing auctions for high-stakes government assets (spectrum licenses, financial instruments), procurement of goods (electrical generating capacity) and trading (carbon offsets). HIs company, KBenterprises LLC provides auction software, bidder support (auction simulations, bid tracking, strategic advice) and policy advocacy (assisting institutions in developing and managing market-based allocation or procurement mechanisms).

Ladies Who Launch*

Entrepreneurship & creativity as a lifestyle
Company:Ladies Who Launch*
Web:www.ladieswholaunch.com

Launching is for every woman. Whether you are launching a business, creative hobby, passion or artistic endeavor, Ladies Who Launch gives you the tools, inspiration and network of like-minded, lifestyle-oriented women to make any dream a reality, or take anything you've already launched to new heights. Through our online and in-person Incubator programs around the country, Ladies Who Launch harnesses this energy and drops it on your doorstep.

* Affinity Lab is one of the DC sites for the Ladies Who Launch incubators facilitated Nicolette Pizzitola.

Live Liberty, LLC

Company:Live Liberty, LLC
Web:http://www.liveliberty.com
Contact:

Marcus A. Finley, President

Live Liberty, LLC \ˈliv\ provide individuals an online and mobile application to self-organize and create a movement around any issue that engages and informs their network. The birth of Live Liberty originated from widespread cynicism, apathy and increase distrust in our political and social institutions. From local issues like park closures or national issues like immigration, individuals struggle with ways to voice their opinions and find others with similar values.

LiveGreen

Green Living Made Easy
Company:LiveGreen
Web:www.greenlivingmadeeasy.org

Founded by DJ Kim, owner of Java Green (a vegetarian, organic café in downtown Washington, DC), and a dedicated team of environmentally conscious professionals, Live Green will serve as a liaison for businesses and individuals looking for easy and more affordable access to eco-friendly food, products, work environments, and homes.

Maga Design

Government and Federal Market Branding from Design to Distinction to the Deal
Company:Maga Design
Web:www.magadesign.com

Maga Design, LLC (Maga) crafts culture-based branding campaigns and communications materials for federal government and corporate clients. We develop campaigns that unite incisive strategy with powerful creative design to energize stakeholders and to bring a coherent, compelling vision to life.

Uniquely, we focus on bringing commercial branding concepts to government clients who seek support for specific initiatives or for their organizations as a whole and to commercial clients who want to improve their position in the federal marketplace.

Marc Harkness Design

Design Services for the Legal and Music Industries
Company:Marc Harkness Design
Web:www.marcharkness.net

Mariposa Communications

Create awareness, encourage behavior change and reveal your voice
Company:Mariposa Communications
Web:mariposacommunications.com

Mariposa Communications looks inside your organization or issue to learn what you need to communicate, and we distill this information to craft messages that create awareness, encourage behavior change and reveal your voice - the essence of what you need to say. We make these messages work for you by identifying the best messengers to address key audiences and by determining the most effective avenue for your message. This combination helps you to inform and inspire the people you need to reach.

MeMyself&Co.

Catch the Eye, Win the Brain
Company:MeMyself&Co.
Phone:202.460.1213
Web:www.memyselfandco.com
Contact:

Adrian Constantyn, Principal

MeMyself&Co.© Design Services is a multi-disciplinary sole proprietorship started by Adrian Constantyn in November 2008 to serve the needs of a variety of clients within the Washington DC region and beyond. With concentrations on print and web work aimed at target audiences through collaboration, MeMyself&Co.© executes intelligent brand development, dynamic advertising campaigns, tailored marketing collateral and events materials, as well as strategic creative consulting to guide the ideation process towards successful above- and below-the-line results.

Mile Maven

Earn the most miles on every trip
Company:Mile Maven
Web:www.milemaven.com

MileMaven.com is the leading provider of route-based frequent flyer promotions. The MileMaven.com database contains more than 300 airlines and frequent flyer programs, hundreds of offers, and millions of route combinations. The database is updated daily.

Momentum Analysis

Serving Democratic Campaigns, Progressive Causes, And Corporations
Company:Momentum Analysis
Web:www.momentumdc.com

Momentum Analysis helps forward Democratic and progressive causes by providing high-quality research to candidates and organizations around the country. Clients benefit from years of experience in research and in the political consulting industry and from sophisticated research techniques and analytical capabilities. Momentum Analysis delivers high-quality, high-energy, consulting, where scheduling to meet your campaign’s needs is not a problem.

Note: Momentum Analysis was one of Affinity Lab's original beta members, opening up shop before the Lab was even done with its build out.

New Organizing Institute

Online Grassroots Organizing Training and Research
Company:New Organizing Institute
Web:www.neworganizing.com

The New Organizing Institute is a unique grassroots training and research program created by experienced online organizers and technology professionals in politics in conjunction with MoveOn.org.

Nicole Foley

Nicole Foley is a freelance graphic designer (web + print) and owner of quiet mind yoga in Columbia Heights
Company:Nicole Foley
Web:http://www.quietminddc.com
Contact:

Nicole Foley, Principal

Nicole Foley is a freelance graphic designer (web + print) and owner of quiet mind yoga in Columbia Heights. Quiet Mind Yoga offers a thoughtful reprieve from one’s daily routine by providing mindful yoga instruction in an inviting and comfortable environment. Classes provide detailed instruction that focus on the proper posture alignment, strengthening and fluid movement found in iyengar, ashtanga and vinyasa. Instructors place great emphasis on the need to relax and restore one’s mind and body, leaving quiet mind students invigorated and radiating peace.

NucleationSites

Web Development for Social Change
Company:NucleationSites
Web:www.nucleationsites.com

The mission of NucleationSites is to provide technical assistance to progressive non-profits, small businesses, and individuals who are trying to make a difference in the world. With years of professional experience designing and building web applications, we can help you communicate more effectively with your members, the press, and the general public.

OneWebDay

Your Web. Your Day.
Company:OneWebDay
Web:http://onewebday.org/

Founded by Susan Crawford, who now advises President Obama on science, technology, and innovation policy, OneWebDay is an annual, global event which is celebrated every September 22 since 2006. Much like Earth Day, which inspired it, OneWebDay provides an opportunity for communities to celebrate the power of Web for positive change, to take action to protect what is precious about it, and to educate the public and policy-makers on key Web issues with social, economic, and political consequences.

Open Organize

Technology Solutions for the Social Sector
Company:Open Organize
Web:www.openorganize.com

Open Organize is a technology consulting firm that enables social sector organizations to increase their effectiveness and expand the scope of their goals. We create customized web applications and internal databases, and implement management solutions that leverage the full power of information technology.

Parley

Company:Parley
Phone:202-744-8750
Web:www.parley.co
Contact:

max@parley.co

Parley is a cultural consultancy dedicated to building convergent communities of the creative, well-informed, and civically-engaged. We do this by convening discussion panels, focus groups, and cultural events geared toward generating interdisciplinary communication in ways that educate and inspire. In the process, we serve as talent scouts, events management team, and curators of human excellence. And we make intellectualism hip.

Pokeit LLC

Poker data made simple
Company:Pokeit LLC
Web:http://pokeit.co
Contact:

Chaz Littlejohn, Founder

Pokeit is a web application for internet poker players that makes it easy to analyze, and discuss poker hands online. Pokeit grew out of the idea that if you play poker online, and you talk about hands with other poker players online, you should be able to track your hands online too. Having your hands online makes it easy to share them with your friends and on poker forums. You can access them on all your computers and devices, and best of all, you don’t have to manage a database on your own computer.

Project Akilah

Education and Entrepreneurialism for Rwandan Youth
Company:Project Akilah
Web:www.africagrassroots.org

Project Akilah matches the needs of a growing Rwandan economy with well trained, technically savvy women eager to contribute to Rwanda's future. By building a vocational and technical training institute for Rwandan women who do not have the resources to continue their studies in a formal university setting, Project Akilah is bridging a critical educational gap in Rwanda.

Akilah: the Swahili word for “the intelligent one who reasons”

Remarkabalize

Creating the next generation of business growth
Company:Remarkabalize
Web:www.remarkabalize.com

Remarkabalize* is a new kind of network that helps organizations develop their stories and deliver on creating the next generation of business growth.

Founded by Julie Anixter and Dean DeBiase, the group helps organizations tap into the power of books, like The Big Moo, an unprecedented collaboration of the world's smartest business thinkers, blending their best ideas on how to remarkabalize* your organization.

Skyline Innovations

Company:Skyline Innovations
Web:www.skylineinnovations.com
Contact:

Kate Heidinger, Project Manager

Skyline Innovations is a project finance company dedicated to helping building owners turn their rooftops into value-generating assets, as opposed to simply shelter, by fully financing cost-effective cleantech renewable rooftop assets and returning to building owners a percentage of the value generated. Starting with a product that is cost-effective and profitable today—solar thermal for buildings with substantial hot water consumption, and moving to other technologies as they are economically viable—Skyline Innovations will maximize the value of commercial rooftops.

Solimar International

Sustainable Tourism Development
Company:Solimar International
Web:www.solimarinternational.com

Solimar International is a small corporation made up of a team of focused, creative professionals who share the common vision of how sustainable tourism can be used to stimulate economic growth while conserving natural resources and cultural heritage.

Solimar Travel

Fully Independent Sustainable Travel Planner
Company:Solimar Travel
Web:www.solimartravel.com

Chris Seek and Ben Isenberg founded Solimar in December of 2001. The two met in Costa Rica back in 1998 while taking an ecotoursim class at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Chris and Ben share a passion of travel and promoting sustainable tourism, but their backgrounds are very different. Chris possesses the business and marketing experience while Ben possesses the conservation and non-profit experience.

SpeakEasy DC

Company:SpeakEasy DC
Web:http://www.speakeasydc.org

SpeakeasyDC's mission is to entertain, create meaning, and build community through the creation and performance of original stories drawn from real-life experience. The sharing of personal stories enriches our lives, expands our minds, and opens our hearts. SpeakeasyDC and its parent organization—Washington Storytellers Theatre—have provided a space for the performance and learning of storytelling to be practiced as an art since 1990.

Test Heads

It's crucial that your standardized test scores not only meet - but exceed - median scores for the graduate or professional program of choice.
Company:Test Heads
Web:http://www.testheads.com/
Contact:

Theresa Gheen

At Test Heads, we have extensive experience in crafting customized tutoring plans and instructing group courses. We can design and implement a question type-by-question-type plan for you to achieve optimum score results. Once your score goals are met, we focus on your essays and personal statements to provide personalized guidance on telling your story.

Translation Creation

Translation Creation brings translation to the web
Company:Translation Creation

Translation Creation is bringing more translation to the web: we
enable you to find qualified translators who will translate your
content right through the web. Take care of finding, hiring, and
paying translators all in one place!

Translation Creation is an Amundo, LLC production, and is brought to
you by codepoint U+263A.

Twisted Fiction

A narrative way of thinking.
Company:Twisted Fiction
Web:http://www.twistedfiction.tv/

We are a forward thinking film production company dedicated to telling the story of brands through great visual artistry and innovative methods. Our goal is to constantly change the way we interface with clients as well as our audience to provide the best experience. Led by Director and Executive Producer Kenny Morrison, Twisted Fiction boasts decades of production experience as well as a network that spreads across all creative industries. Check out the work and feel free to give us a shout.

vOfficeware, Inc.

Company:vOfficeware, Inc.
Phone:(202) 478-9620
Fax:(888) 647-6110
Web:www.vofficeware.com
Contact:

Tim Spell, Director; Kunal Johar, President

We are a Washington, DC Web Development firm specializing in custom web apps, web design, iPhone applications, Facebook development, Content Management Systems, and SalesForce Integration. We are a team of engineers with a few graphic designers interspersed. We want your toughest challenges!