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BASES Social E-Challenge 2012

Business model competition for BASES Social E-Challenge 2012 at Stanford University

Group type: Podium
Focus: Business Plans
Organizer: Student-run
Funding: Corporate Sponsors
Industries: Education, Financial, Health, Internet, Lifestyle
Location: Stanford, CA
Website: http://bases.stanford.edu

ABOUT US

The Social Entrepreneurship Challenge follows the structure of the E-challenge, but is focused on companies with a clear focus solving a pressing social issue. Nonprofit or for-profit companies that demonstrate scalable business ideas with quantifiable social or environmental impacts have the opportunity to win up to $50,000 in prize money. Participants have access to mentors and are invited to attend a series of workshops and networking events.

Winners of the Social Entrepreneurship Challenge have included Kiva, One Acre Fund, Samasource, DripTech, Embrace, and many other great innovations.

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BASES Social E-Challenge Update

Sent by Sijia Wang on 23 February 2011, 12:39AM

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COMMENTS (3)

  • Matthew Gebre Matthew Gebre wrote (11 months ago):

    Congratulations to this year's winners!

    2010 - 2011 Finalists

    1. Juntos - $30,000

    2. Culture Kitchen - $10,000

    3 (Tie). 1/2 PROJECT - $5,000

    3 (Tie). Foresight Medical - $5,000

  • Matthew Gebre Matthew Gebre wrote (1 year ago):

    For everyone receiving multiple copies of the last message - sorry about that, it was a small technical error. Well at least now you won't forget the date, right?
    Happy Hump Day!

  • Charles Naut Charles Naut wrote (1 year ago):

    Thank you to all who applied! We had over 82 applications with over 160 team members. First round judging is currently taking place.

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  • Bryant Tan

    Pursuing BS in CS or EE from Stanford University, Software Team Member at Stanford Solar Car Project since 2010, Research Partner at Running the Cheaters out of Town since 2010, Founder and Developer at Dormlink since 2010.

  • Ian Chan

    Student at Stanford University since Sept-2010 Live in Hong Kong S.A.R., China

  • Prathima Manohar

    Founder - The Urban Vision...Social Entrepreneur..Architect , Urbanist, Journalist!

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  • Perspective

    We believe that people’s experiences, their unique perspectives, represent an unused social currency which is currently only being traded in quiet, intimate settings. We think anonymity and mood can partially substitute for that intimacy.

  • Green Agency

    Green Agency promotes environmentally conscious behavior through a personal and universally determined greenscore. It will become the standard for measuring an individual's environmental impact through unsurpassed data collection technique.

  • Cafe Generation

    "Juice with an entrepreneurial twist!" Cafe Generation is an innovative internet juice bar that will provide teens with an exciting real world after-school alternative and public meeting place to call their own.

  • myCollegeSTAT

    myCollegeSTAT provides free, unique college admissions data to high school students in order to ease the application process.

  • Rural Returns

    Rural Returns increases rural communities' incomes by helping them identify and develop their comparative advantages