Introducing Pando Projects
Pando Projects is a digital platform that helps Americans solve problems in their communities.
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A startup founder pays it forward
The newest journalism class at the University of Miami gives digital natives a chance to research, test and pitch new business ideas - and learn a thing or two from PitchIt Challenge winner Lucas Sommer.
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Announcing the PitchIt Challenge finalists
Here they are - introducing nine awesome ideas we'd love to see come to life, and we're going to do our best to help them. Meet the 2011 finalists of the We Media PitchIt Challenge.
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Meet the PitchIt judges and mentors
The winners and finalists of the We Media PitchIt challenge gain access to an amazing group of commercial and social venture experts. Some of the mentors will serve as judges for the challenge, some will meet the day before for a coaching session with the finalists, most will attend and join the discussions at We Media NYC - and all of them have committed to providing one-on-one advice to the challenge winners.
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Call for entries: $50k for media startups
Entries are now closed for the 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge. The challenge offers $50,000 in seed funding to help launch two innovative media and tech startups. Finalists will pitch their ideas at the We Media NYC conference.
Read MoreSpreading their wings
We're rooting for two of the eight companies presenting at a startup pitch event this week in Tysons Corner, Virginia. NewsIT was one of the winners of the We Media PitchIt seed investment challenge earlier this year in Miami. Ringio, a slick virtual PBX service with built-in CRM. Ringio works out of WeSpace, the co-working studio we opened in Reston, Virginia, this past summer.
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SeeClickFix named a HuffPo Game Changer
Congratulations to Ben Berkowitz, who has just been named a 2010 Technology Game Changer by the editors of The Huffington Post.
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Startups: AssignIt becomes ReportIt
PitchIt! Challenge winner fine-tunes the details of their next-generation crowd journalism platform.
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Starters: Choosing payment processors
Don't assume that Paypal or Google Checkout will be your payment processor.
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SeeClickFix in The Guardian
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.
Read MoreAudimated Update
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
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
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.
Meet Diana Wells
Diana's leadership has created and expanded social entrepreneur programs and improved their effectiveness.
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