Seattle · 2026-10-06
The SWELL gives Seattle women founders weekly hot seats and an accelerator
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A member survey found 40% resigned from corporate jobs and 30% were laid off before starting their own ventures.
The SWELL, a downtown Seattle hub for women entrepreneurs, has 53 members less than 10 weeks after opening, according to GeekWire. Its programming includes an accelerator, its own consulting startup and weekly "hot seats" where founders work through challenges. Founder Sally Revell says it is a community that happens to have a co-working space.
A custom accelerator for members, created by Nicole Doyle of the Founder Institute's Pacific Northwest cohort, starts in January. Membership is $200 a month and capped at 75. The survey results come from participants, so they describe members, not Seattle founders overall.
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