April 1, 2008
 

In This Issue

  • Contest Extension
  • Ideablob U
  • February Winner Celebration
  • Community Developments
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Contest Extension:

The ideablob contest was scheduled to end on March 31. However, we're having so much fun with new ideas, watching the community grow and giving away $10,000 each month that we decided to extend the contest until at least... drum roll please:

September 30, 2008.

Please take advantage of the extra time to think up some new ideas and share them with the community for your chance to be a $10,000 winner!

ideablob U:

ideablob U is a tool to help college professors teach their students about entrepreneurialism. It helps students:

  • Explore the site and evaluate ideas for plausibility.
  • Determine best practices for implementing different ideas.
  • Write a business plan for someone else's idea if they cannot come up with one on their own.
  • And for classes, it provides an opportunity for students to submit an idea and see who can garner the most votes.

February Winner Celebration!

February's Winner: The ideablob team rolled into Happy Valley for Aaron Fleishman's big night. Surrounded by hundreds of Penn State faithfuls, we presented Aaron with his "big check."

Aaron is leading a student-based project called Mashavu that will provide networked health solutions for children in third world countries. The concept for Mashavu came from a class assignment to develop a prototype of a cell phone-based system that helps victims in disaster situations and refugee camps. Aaron, joined by Penn State Senior Research Associate Khanjan Mehta, will lead a group of 14 students to Tanzania in June. He plans on using the $10,000 prize to continue prototype development and cover the cost of equipment, such as laptops, medical sensors, cell phones and web servers.

How did Aaron get so many votes? He used blogs and social media. Post your idea and spread the word. You can be next!

To read more Click here.

Community Developments:

For those of you who like to explore idea, we recently added an RSS feed to which you can subscribe. You can define your feed by industry, most popular, most recent or past finalists. This feature allows you to keep current on all the new ideas coming into ideablob without having to come to the website every time.

The RSS feed is particularly handy if you want to become an expert advisor. By subscribing to your industry of expertise you can stay current on ideablob's freshest ideas, providing you with ample opportunity to share your knowledge. Don't forget, just because someone doesn't specifically ask for advice doesn't mean you can't give it... sometimes we don't know what we don't know! So don't be shy, get out there and share the wealth (of knowledge, that is)!

 
 

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