It’s been a busy start to the second half of the SmartCamp year. The program has expanded rapidly from 9 cities last year to over 20 this year. We re-started after the summer on August 31st in Paris (who says Europe has too many holidays?) before moving to Sydney on the 6th Sept and Singapore on the 10th. Overall there have been many highlights, however I wanted to call out a few and give a flavor of the differences between the different locations. Paris We held our first ‘healthy breakfast’ to discuss an extension to the program for startups... [More]

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Does your startup’s solution address problems the world is facing in areas such as energy, healthcare, or travel and transportation? IBM is constantly looking to team with entrepreneurs building solutions for a  smarter planet , and our Global Entrepreneur Program can provide the support and resources to help you change the way the world works. Here are six reasons you should apply today.   1. Mentoring and networking through  IBM Innovation Centers . We’ll help you build, market, and sell your solutions with our online, remote, and... [More]

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Rock Health, a seed accelerator targeting health-related mobile and web applications, recently held their second ever Health Innovation Summit , bringing together over 300 innovators, academics, clinicians, and investors to inspire dialogue and action around innovation in healthcare. The goal was for the conversation to include diverse and dissenting voices, and one speaker’s comments from the Summit sparked a heated debate regarding just how technology, in particular machine learning and artificial intelligence, will transform healthcare as we... [More]

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It was a truly unique experience to be a fly on the wall at yesterday’s mentoring sessions at SmartCamp Boston.  Six startup companies gave six minute pitches to a room full of mentors, venture capitalists, angel investors, academic thought leaders, and industry experts.  Then the real fun began – critiquing them.  The startups were eager for the feedback and constructive criticism of the mentors, as they understood that certain aspects of their pitches were not as strong as others.  The mentors were very impressed with the technologies... [More]

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My previous post ( http://ibm.co/KMRCQ6 ) expressed my awe in regard to the expertise of the mentors at this week’s SmartCamp Boston.  And rightfully so – being in a room full of minds from vastly different industries and experiences produces a wealth of expertise that you just can’t get in situations outside of these.  From anecdotal advice to tested business strategy, the mentors offered ideas to these new startups in a genuine effort to help them overcome challenges and grow their businesses. After hearing the presentations from the... [More]

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In a few hours, I’ll be sitting in a room with six startup tech companies as they pitch their businesses to a room full of experienced mentors, from industry experts to academic thought leaders.  I am at the IBM Innovation Center in Waltham, Massachusetts where SmartCamp Boston will kick off.  This is my first experience at a SmartCamp, but it’s incredible to be a fly on the wall at an event like this.  A SmartCamp is a mentoring and networking event aimed at identifying early stage technology entrepreneurs developing technologies that... [More]

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We’re wrapping up on the day of mentoring for the 9 participants in the SmartCamp Finals here in San Francisco. Tomorrow a panel of judges will pick the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the year. Have thoughts to share yourself? Want to second-guess the panel of experts? Take a look at their pitches and ‘Like’ the ones that standout. BitCarrier C-B4 ConnectM IDXP Localytics Palmap Profitero SecureWaters SkinScan Check back tomorrow or follow #IBMSmartCamp on Twitter to see how this show unfolds tomorrow.

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Interested in monitoring developments in the tech startup space? Then you should really be keeping an eye on what is coming out of the Global Smartcamp Finals which are taking place now in San Francisco. There is a large collection of press and analysts commenting on the event, so how do you keep track on it all? I’ve setup a SmartCamp news aggregator on Yahoo Pipes pulling in searches from Google Blog Search and Google News Search. We’re already seeing a good level of content, including:   IBM SmartCamp Finals: Bill Reichert of Garage... [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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