Hi everyone,
If anyone is planning on entering the Vodafone challenge, I'd be happy to help with the business plan side of things. It sounds like the criteria is specifically looking for multidisciplinary efforts, so I might be able to help bring a different perspective to technical folks (or at least learn from you).

If there's multiple applicants that could use help, I'd be happy to connect people with other sharp students at Foster Business School, we do lots of rapid business plan competitions and are always looking for ways to contribute to other fields. Feel free to contact me if this sounds appealing.

-Joe Michiels
Foster School of Business, UW - MBA Class of 2010
jmich@u.washington.edu





On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
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Dear Friends,



The Vodafone Americas Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of
our Wireless Innovation Challenge, a new competition that seeks to
identify and fund the best innovations using wireless related
technology to address critical social issues around the world.



We hope you will help spread the word to potential applicants by
forwarding the attached fact sheet and press release, and directing
them to the Foundation website at:
http://www.vodafone-us.com/innovation.html and pressing the "enter"
button below it, or directly reach the Challenge website at:
http://challenge.vodafone-us.com



Three winners will be awarded prizes of $300,000, $200,000 and
$100,000 for unique, late-stage wireless innovations that offer the
best potential for creating social change in the areas of education,
health, economic development, the environment and access to
communication.



The Vodafone Wireless Innovation Challenge is open to projects
submitted by applicants from universities and nonprofit organizations
based in the United States. Eligible projects must:



·         Demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach that uses an
innovation in wireless related technology to address a critical global
issue

·         Hold the potential for replication and large scale impact

·         Include a business plan or basic framework for financial
sustainability and rollout



Applications will be accepted online from November 17 to February 2 at
http://challenge.vodafone-us.com/



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at
challenge@vodafone.com



Thank you very much for spreading the word about the Wireless
Innovation Challenge, and helping to discover innovations that can
change the world.



Sincerely,



Vodafone Americas Foundation

Innovation Challenge

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