Brian Reich - This Week's Guest Advisor
Brian Reich Featured as ideablob.com Guest Advisor
What: Brian Reich, the Principal at echoditto, an online communications group that creates vibrant communities and empowers people through the creative use of emerging technologies, is serving as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor for the week of July 14, 2008.
Who: Reich is an expert in the use of new technologies to improve communications and to support fundraising for political and non-profit organizations.
During the 1996 cycle, Reich was the youngest campaign manager in the nation, leading a U.S. Congress challenger race in Connecticut. Reich is a regular writer and speaker on the issues involving the impact of the Internet and technology on politics, society and the media.
Reich is also the editor of Thinking About Media, a blog examining media consumption habits around the world. His book, Media Rules!, was published last December.
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Project Epiphany is June $10k Winner!A Plan to Bring Astronomy to the Inner City Wins the National ideablob.com® Contest for June's Best Small Business Idea Atlanta resident Jessica Hammock, a Teach for America alum and doctoral student at Emory University, will develop astronomy curriculums for underprivileged youth. Hammock will use ideablob's $10,000 prize to purchase telescopes and offset startup expenses. SPRING HOUSE, Penn., July 10, 2008 — Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that Jessica Hammock of Atlanta, Ga. is the June winner of ideablob.com's monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community. Hammock’s company, Project Epiphany, offers urban elementary and middle school students the chance to use real telescopes to learn the principles of astronomy and explore the night sky. Hammock hopes the project will inspire future astronomers and provide children with hands-on activities and astronomy field trips to dark sky sites where students can see the stars in a way that is impossible in an urban environment. … more |
Richard Singer - This Week's Guest Advisor
Richard Singer Featured as ideablob.com Guest Advisor
What: Richard Singer, the CEO of RaiseCapital.com, is serving as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor for the week of July 7, 2008. RaiseCapital.com is a free online community where entrepreneurs and small businesses can market their ventures to investors.
Ideablob.com is a vibrant and active community where small business owners and entrepreneurs are sharing business ideas in exchange for feedback, advice and votes from the community. Advanta, one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market, awards a $10,000 monthly prize to the best idea, as determined by the votes of the ideablob community.
Who: Singer has extensive experience in the capital markets and can advise people on capitalization, organizing a new business, incorporation, business planning, small business credit issues and public relations.
… moreIdeablob and YE Team Up
Making a Difference: New Collaboration Between ideablob.com and YoungEntrepreneur.com
How do you solve society's ills? What can we do to change the world? If you grapple with questions like these, then join the discussion on YoungEntrepreneur.com. Ideablob has recently teamed up with YoungEntrepreneur.com (YE) to create a social entrepreneurship forum for young adults. It’s an online discussion board to stimulate the ideas that make a difference.
Ideablob.com is collaborating with YE to develop the ultimate resource for business owners and entrepreneurial enthusiasts by providing a one-stop shop for every business resource need. This joint effort will feature exclusive articles, interviews with guest advisors, and a free membership-based forum to post ideas and gain valuable advice from thousands of contributors.
… moreThe votes are in. Stay tuned!
We are “verifying” the June winner who will be announced shortly.
In the meantime, continue to vote, explore other ideas or submit your own idea. You could be the next winner!
Note: Results are subject to verification. Announcement of a winner is subject to the requirements in the Official Contest Rules.
Diane MacEachern - This Week's Guest AdvisorDiane MacEachern Featured as ideablob.com Guest Advisor What: Diane MacEachern, the founder and president of Big Green Purse, is serving as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor for the week of June 30, 2008. MacEachern is an expert on how to use the marketplace to protect the environment. Her new book, “Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World,” helps consumers choose what to buy in order to influence manufacturers to go green. Ideablob.com is a vibrant and active community where small business owners and entrepreneurs are sharing business ideas in exchange for feedback, advice and votes from the community. Advanta, one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market, awards a $10,000 monthly prize to the best eligible idea, as determined by the votes of the ideablob community. … more |
Hanover Day & May ideablob winner Alex EavesNorwell native Alex Eaves, May’s winner in the national ideablob contest for the best small business idea, received his $20,000 prize at Hanover Day on Saturday, June 21st. Check him out with Ami and the big check! |
Notable Mentions
Videos
ABC News Now 6/24/08- ideablob.com on ABC News Now
Fox Business News 5/28/08- ideablob.com on Fox Business News
WFMZ 5/28/08- ideablob.com in the news on WFMZ
WTAJ-TV 5/08/08- PSU Students with Great Ideas Get $10,000
Blogs / Articles
The M.A.P Maker 07/14/08 9 ways to help people to help you
HaveFunDoGood 06/27/08 You Could Win $10,000 for Your Do-Good Business Idea
Netbanker.com 06/27/08 Small Business Networks
News on Women 06/27/08 Eight Women Sprint to the Finish Line on ideablob.com
VerdaVivo 06/25/08 Website of the Day: Ideablob
Boston Herald 06/22/08 Recycling goods just comes natural
Wall Street Journal Blog 06/17/08 Four Ways to Find Your Next Business Idea
Wall Street Journal 6/17/08- Finding New Business Ideas
ClickAdvisor.com 6/3/08- Advanta's Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Platforms
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Ideablob Forum on YoungEntrepreneur.comHow do you solve society's ills? What can we do to change the world? If you grapple with questions like these, then join the discussion on YoungEntrepreneur.com. Ideablob has recently teamed up with YoungEntrepreneur.com to create a social entrepreneurship forum. It’s a place to stimulate, inspire and share ideas that make a difference. |
Ridgely Evers - This Week's Guest Advisor
Ridgely Evers Featured as
ideablob.com Guest Advisor
What: Ridgely Evers, the Chairman and Founder of NetBooks (www.NetBooks.com), a business management system specifically designed for small businesses, is serving as ideablob.com’s featured guest advisor for the week of June 23, 2008.
Ideablob.com is a vibrant and active community where small business owners and entrepreneurs are sharing business ideas in exchange for feedback, advice and votes from the community. Advanta, one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market, awards a $10,000 monthly prize to the best eligible idea, as determined by the votes of the ideablob community.
Who: Evers has been CEO of several technology startups, including Exactly Vertical, a supply-chain automation for small business, and nCircle, an Internet network security company. His expertise spans a broad range of issues facing online companies and emerging startups.
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June 2008
Project Epiphany: Transformative Astronomy Educ...
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