Guest post from our friends at Good Capital:
Jack Alter, a Philadelphia schoolteacher, started giving loans to some of his fellow teachers in 1951 with big dreams and less than $100 in seed money. Since then, Advanta has grown into one of the nation's largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market. Today, as a respected company with close to 1,000 employees and well over one million small business customers nationwide, they are choosing to give other entrepreneurs and small business owners a chance to pursue their dreams. For those not already in the know, Ideablob.com is an online community sponsored by Advanta Bank comprised of entrepreneurs and small business owners who share their ideas. In addition to the feedback and support provided by a community of like-minded peers, each month the site’s users vote for their favorite idea. The winner is awarded a $10,000 cash prize to either turn their idea into reality or increase the scope and scale of their project.
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Napoleon Wallace - As sustainable entrepreneurship has evolved, the growing need for innovative resources that can provide support to this niche entrepreneur has become increasingly evident. The result has been a wave of innovation that is providing new platforms and resources so that good ideas can be nurtured to fruition for the benefit of both entrepreneurs and stakeholders. One such company is Ideablob.com, an online community that allows entrepreneurs to share and grow their business ideas. In addition, each month a “winning” idea is awarded $10,000 based on votes from the rest of the ideablob.com community. I had the opportunity to speak with Ami Kassar, founder and the Chief Innovation Officer of Ideablob (his bio can be found here), to briefly discuss his thoughts on the growing need for resources that support new ideas, and Ideablob’s role in helping to fill this gap. He will be a part of the “Web 2.0 Panel” on Friday during the Net Impact North America Conference. [read more]
In a tentative agreement that would bring jobs and economic development to a First Nations reserve in British Columbia, Raven Biofuels and the Kamloops Indian Band are working to finalize an agreement to develop a biorefinery and cogeneration plant, as well as additional commercial ventures, that would rely primarily on beetle-killed pine wood waste as a feedstock.[read more]
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Good news on the electric vehicle infrastructure front came out this week: Xcel Energy announced the launch of its SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colorado while Palo Alto’s Better Place announced a nationwide build-out renewable power-to-electric vehicle project in Australia.[read more]
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As part of Blog Action Day, we introduced you to the public purpose investment company, E+Co. To recap, E+Co is...[read more]
As part of Blog Action Day, we introduced you to the public purpose investment company, E+Co. To recap, E+Co is...[read more]
