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Startups: AssignIt becomes ReportIt

By Melinda Wittstock - July 6, 2010

PitchIt! Challenge winner fine-tunes the details of their next-generation crowd journalism platform.

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Starters: Choosing payment processors

By Lucas Sommer - June 18, 2010

Don’t assume that Paypal or Google Checkout will be your payment processor.

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SeeClickFix in The Guardian

By Andrew Nachison - June 15, 2010

Dan Kennedy wrote for The Guardian
a flattering profile of SeeClickFix, one of the 2009 winners of our PitchIt investment challenge. Congratulations CEO Ben Berkowitz and crew – and stay tuned for more PitchIt later this summer.

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Audimated Update

By Lucas Sommer - April 21, 2010

An update and some advice on technical sourcing from Lucas Sommer, founder of Audimated and We Media Pitch-it winner.

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We Media PitchIt! competition nets $50,000 for news and music start-ups

By Suzanne McBride - March 11, 2010

AssignIt and Audimated won We Media’s 2010 PitchIt! Challenge March 11 in Miami, beating six other commercial and non-profit groups vying for the $25,000 prizes.

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Getting ready for #wemedia Miami next week

By Andrew Nachison - March 5, 2010

We’re busy mashing mint, and a few other ingredients for We Media Miami next week. Please try to say hello to Dale and me if you’re there, and if not, join us, contribute and say hi online.

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Meet Diana Wells

By Beth Laing - March 3, 2010

Diana’s leadership has created and expanded social entrepreneur programs and improved their effectiveness.

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Meet Steve Rosenbaum

By Beth Laing - March 2, 2010

Steve is committed to providing a strong platform for the creation, organization and presentation of the stories and ideas that people make, share and provide feedback.

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Meet Andrea McGrath

By Beth Laing - March 2, 2010

Andrea’s extensive background in fundraising and financial services provide a strong base for exploring and developing new financial models in philanthropy.

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2009 WeMedia PitchIt Winners Update

By ebonder - March 2, 2010

2009 We Media PitchIt! winners SeeClickFix’s Ben Berkowitz and The Extraordinairies Jacob Colker talk with Ely Bonder about where they are now and what they took away from We Media 2009.

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Meet Brian Reich

By Beth Laing - February 28, 2010

Brian is an expert on how people get and share information, how that continues to develop with ongoing developments both in technology and media and what organizations need to be effective.

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We Media’s pitchit! Boot Camp

By Beth Laing - February 27, 2010

Get the inside track on how to get your new idea off the ground with advice and feedback from entrepreneurial experts.

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Meet William C. Weiss

By Beth Laing - February 26, 2010

Weiss is a renowned strategic thinker and senior executive who provides counsel corporate leaders, boards and high net worth investors worldwide.

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An Extraordinary effort in Haiti

By Dale Peskin - January 14, 2010

Among the many extraordinary efforts to provide aid and relief for the people of Haiti comes this one from The Extraordinaries, winner of last year’s We Media Pitch It! competition: the Haiti Earthquake Support Center utilizes crowdsourcing and facial-recognition to help locate the missing. Anyone can post photos of a missing person or loved one, [...]

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Seed investments for media startups

By Andrew Nachison - January 11, 2010

Spread the word, and don’t forget: The deadline for submissions to the We Media PitchIt! Challenge is Jan. 20, 2010. The challenge offers $50,000 to help launch two new ventures that use media and communication technology. We’ll help one commercial and one non-profit idea get off the ground. Click here for details. Click here to [...]

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