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Ideablob.com awards alum $10,000 for project
by Sarah Bayer
News | 3/4/08
Posted online at 5:34 AM EST on 3/4/08
The IT and Entrepreneurship Club fulfills ideablob's goals because it combines "the skills and technology that people have in the computer science community with the ideas and entrepreneurship that people have in the business community," said Lempert, an Economics major with an Internet Studies minor.
The intersection between innovation and telecommunication also propelled Bar-Yam's endeavors, as those active in the milk bank movement took to the Internet to vote for Bar-Yam's idea. "The breast-feeding community is very Internet-savvy," Bar-Yam said, explaining her success.
The IT and Entrepreneurship Club received a $1,000 grant from Advanta for its sponsorship of the event. The club is currently unchartered because most of its activities do not require funding. Lempert said he is considering using the money to create a contest similar to Ideablob's, "but geared toward college students." Before that can happen, though, he wants to "find people that would be the pillars of the club."
The contest was run and organized by Advanta's Chief Innovation Officer Ami Kassar '91 and Lempert. The event was held in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.
In terms of what's next for Mother's Milk Bank, Bar-Yam's committee is initiating "a lot of education programs both in the medical community and in the health community" and is trying to find a lab to process the milk. "The committee is also continuing to raise funds, because, as Bar-Yam said, "$10,000 is great, but it won't be quite enough to get us off the ground."
The intersection between innovation and telecommunication also propelled Bar-Yam's endeavors, as those active in the milk bank movement took to the Internet to vote for Bar-Yam's idea. "The breast-feeding community is very Internet-savvy," Bar-Yam said, explaining her success.
The IT and Entrepreneurship Club received a $1,000 grant from Advanta for its sponsorship of the event. The club is currently unchartered because most of its activities do not require funding. Lempert said he is considering using the money to create a contest similar to Ideablob's, "but geared toward college students." Before that can happen, though, he wants to "find people that would be the pillars of the club."
The contest was run and organized by Advanta's Chief Innovation Officer Ami Kassar '91 and Lempert. The event was held in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium.
In terms of what's next for Mother's Milk Bank, Bar-Yam's committee is initiating "a lot of education programs both in the medical community and in the health community" and is trying to find a lab to process the milk. "The committee is also continuing to raise funds, because, as Bar-Yam said, "$10,000 is great, but it won't be quite enough to get us off the ground."
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Allison Clark
posted 3/13/08 @ 1:51 PM EST
Aaron Won!
Social entrepreneur student wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com* contest
Penn State student Aaron Fleishman wins for Mashavu, a student project providing networked health solutions for children in third world countries. (Continued…)
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