Andrae Washington founded Growth Plug AI in 2025 to help small service businesses get found, get reviewed, and get more customers in an era when search results are dominated by national chains. He has spent the last decade building and advising venture-backed companies, and now runs GrowthSparked as the editorial publication that translates his daily work with local business owners into practical guides anyone can use. Andrae lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his family, and serves as both the editor-in-chief reviewing every piece of content on this site and the founder of the company that publishes it. Every article on GrowthSparked is reviewed by Andrae for accuracy, originality, and usefulness before it goes live.
As editor-in-chief, Andrae reviews every article on GrowthSparked before it is published. Each piece is checked against our editorial standards for factual accuracy, originality, and usefulness to the reader.
Spot an error in any article? Email Andrae directly at [email protected] — verified errors are corrected within 48 hours, with a dated correction noted at the top of the article.