Entries from January 2008
January 28, 2008
The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is a unique, annual business plan competition for female entrepreneurs in the initial phases of business development. Created in 2006 by Cartier and the Women’s Forum with the support of McKinsey and INSEAD management school. The Awards are an international distinction honoring five innovative business projects led by women, one per continent. Winners also receive receive a US$ 20,000 grant and personalized coaching support for a full year.
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January 27, 2008
Women 2.0 is now accepting applications for the 2008 business plan competition. Teams with at least 50% female ownership are invited to submit their business ideas on a 7×7 inch paper napkin (must also complete an online application). Focused on business ideas that are in concept stage or in beta launch only, this competition is for new, independent ventures in the seed, start-up, or early stage.
Purpose of Competition
To increase the number of young women entrepreneurs by providing resources that will lead to the launch of their company.
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January 20, 2008
Kathleen Maher, loyal fan of Woman Start Your Business Now.com (WSYNB) saw my post last fall about the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. She took action right away, entered the contest and comes back often to leave updates about her progress.
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January 20, 2008
“Enough selling by yelling. We need to…do what it takes to be welcomed by consumers as valuable, useful friends. That means involving them, exciting them, celebrating and sharing with them, and always caring about them.”
Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi and author of “The Lovemarks Effect: Winning in the Consumer Revolution
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January 19, 2008
To all my international readers who complain most of the competitions listed here are for US residents, here’s one where geography is no barrier. You must act fast though because the deadline for this one is January 25.
Purpose of the Competition
Nokia and the other sponsors want to open the field to start up and medium sized companies to further explore and create new aspects of miniaturization, green technologies and enhanced technologies for consumer devices.
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