ABOUT US
About ideablob.com
ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling them.
Great ideas are generated every day by people all across the country, and now these ideas have a place to live and grow. Eligible individuals can submit their business idea to ideablob.com, and based on votes from the ideablob.com online community – which includes other innovators as well as friends, family, colleagues, associates, teachers and mentors – one idea every month will win $10,000.
As individuals take part in ideablob.com’s growth, their business has the potential to grow right along with it.
Why ideablob.com? Advanta began in 1951 with an idea, less than $100 in seed money, and big dreams. Today, as a respected company with close to 1,000 employees and well over one million small business customers nationwide, we empathize with entrepreneurs and small businesses and support their growth.
About Advanta
Advanta was founded by Jack Alter, a Philadelphia, PA schoolteacher, to provide individual, needs-based loans to fellow teachers. Today, Advanta has grown to be one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market. Advanta’s exclusive focus on this market, as well as its size, experience and commitment to developing meaningful product offerings and a high level of service tailored to the needs of small businesses, differentiate the company from other issuers.
Advanta’s current business credit card product is a no-fee Platinum Business Card that offers a combination of low rates, rich rewards and exclusive savings that make it one of the very best credit cards in the marketplace.
In 1990, Advanta Chairman and CEO Dennis Alter established The Advanta Foundation. Under his leadership, Advanta has provided over $14 million in grants for a variety of community activities in the arts, education, health and human services, and civic development. One of Advanta's most enduring values is its long-standing support for the communities in which its employees live and work. This core value is reflected in the hundreds of hours its employees contribute to non-profit organizations and in the financial support provided by The Advanta Foundation and employee gifts matched by the Foundation.
