Learn why IBM wants to help Startups With the SXSW Accelerator startup competition in our rear-view mirrors, it’s time to look ahead to the 2011 Global SmartCamp Startup Competition starting next month. This program, sponsored by the IBM Global Entrepreneur group, takes the competition concept massively global, with 9 competitions in 8 countries throughout the year, and a World Finals Competition happening at the end of the year. New for this year: all the events will be streamed live here and on People... [More]

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Calling All Startups Your Startup idea could win it all at IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp Sign-Up today IBM SmartCamp Winners, Schedule and Tips Learn about the 2011 IBM Startup SmarCamp City winner of Bangalor India , and the winner of Austin Texas , and the winner of Barcelona Spain , and the winner of New York City , and the winner of Tel Aviv Israel . The IBM Startup SmartCamp schedule can be found here , and Tips to help you get into Startup SmartCamp can be found here . Learn more about how the IBM Global Entrepreneur program... [More]

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Calling All Startups Your Startup idea could win it all at IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp After many years of promoting disruptive innovation it may be that the VC industry itself is in the middle of a rather significant change. Much has been written about new accelerator/super angel /crowsourcing models. Each week we hear about a slightly different model and yesterday was no different as Mike Gaiss from Highland took a fews mins out from SxSW to talk about their Summer @Highland program . They... [More]

Calling All Startups Entrepreneurs are invited to apply to IBM Startup SmartCamp The IBM Global Entrepreneur Program IBM launched the Global Entrepreneur Initiative last year in Bangalore and hosted multiple “SmartCamp” entrepreneurial contests around the globe in the past year. These initiatives help IBM to work with the new generation of entrepreneurs tackling some of the world’s... [More]

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Calling All Startups Your Startup idea could win it all at IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp Sign up today IBM SmartCamp Winners, Schedule and Tips Learn about the 2011 IBM Startup SmarCamp City winner of Bangalor India , and the winner of Austin Texas , and the winner of Barcelona Spain , and the winner of New York City , and the winner of Tel Aviv Israel . The IBM Startup SmartCamp schedule can be found here , and Tips to help you get into Startup SmartCamp can be found here . Learn more about how the IBM Global Entrepreneur... [More]

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Calling All Startups Your Startup idea could win it all at IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp Sign-Up today IBM SmartCamp Winners, Schedule and Tips Learn about the 2011 IBM Startup SmarCamp City winner of Bangalor India , and the winner of Austin Texas , and the winner of Barcelona Spain , and the winner of New York City , and the winner of Tel Aviv Israel . The IBM Startup SmartCamp schedule can be found here , and Tips to help you get into Startup SmartCamp can be found here . Learn more about how the IBM Global Entrepreneur... [More]

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We are almost there in terms of confirming the mentors for SmartCamp Bangalore. We are delighted to present details of the mentors. This is an amazing collection of talent from the investor, corporate and most importantly entrepreneur communities. Learn why they won last year IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp Bangalore Mentors Sudhir Sethi, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director,IDG Ventures Kumar Shiralagi, Managing Director, Indo US Venture Partners Samir Kumar, Managing Director,Inventus Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd Rahul... [More]

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Over the coming weeks we will start to blog about each of the locations where we will be hosting SmartCamps this year. First out is Bangalore, India in April. With a population of over 1 billion plus, and home to some of the biggest tech companies in world, it comes as no surprise that international investors have been actively enagaged with the local communitities for many years. An Entrepreneur Mentor Goldmine We will be profiling some of the most interesting companies later, but in the meantime, here is a list of mentors who will be... [More]

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Calling All Startups Your Startup idea could win it all at IBM Entrepreneur SmartCamp Sign-Up today IBM SmartCamp Winners, Schedule and Tips Learn about the 2011 IBM Startup SmarCamp City winner of Bangalor India , and the winner of Austin Texas , and the winner of Barcelona Spain , and the winner of New York City , and the winner of Tel Aviv Israel . The IBM Startup SmartCamp schedule can be found here , and Tips to help you get into Startup SmartCamp can be found here . Learn more about how the IBM Global... [More]

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