Web 2 Mobile business plan competition

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Web-2-Mobile is A Business Plan Competition for the New Mobile Ecosystem.

Open to all qualified entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and around the world, we are looking for technologies and services that harness the power and ubiquity of mobile devices – that create new business models, and the systems that will accelerate mobile work-styles and the mobile lifestyle.

This competition offers a prize that no one else can: the winning entrepreneurs will be invited to visit Nokia’s world-famous labs to have an opportunity to develop and test their innovations. Winners will also be profiled by Red Herring and all entrants will get valuable exposure in front of a panel of experienced VCs and investors.

Winners have been announced:
TalkPlus (USA) got special distinction as an honorary winner. Three winners are Mobile Backstage (Finland), N2N Consulting (Singapore) and SMS Card (UK). Other finalists are AiroMediaTech (USA), Childs Capital (USA), Extreme AI (USA), GDM Group (Russia), IBM Almaden (USA) and Intellareturn Corp (USA).

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We launched the Web2Mobile business plan competition on November 2nd and, thanks to the efforts of our partners and the blogger community, we received 14,388 unique visitors to the competition website in only 6 weeks! Of those visitors, 2,184 downloaded the competition entry form and we received 95 completed plan submissions before the December 17th deadline.

Read more about the finalists:
Red Herring article about the winners and finalists

From FinNode, Red Herring & Nokia, we thank all competition participants, judging panel members, sponsors and audience!

Rules of Participation

The main sponsor of the business plan competition is Nokia Corporation, Finland (“main sponsor”). The competition is a competition of skill. No purchase or admission fee is necessary to participate. The participants to the business plan competition must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to participate. Participants under 18 may only participate with consent from their legal guardian. Main sponsor may at any time request any participant to provide evidence of such consent. Failure to present such evidence within a reasonable time will result in the disqualification of the participant from the business plan competition. By participating in the business plan competition the participant indicates his/her/its acceptance to these rules and agrees to be bound by them.

This business plan competition shall not constitute a commitment or create a joint venture, partnership, agency or other business relationship between the participants and the main sponsor of this competition. This business plan competition shall not either be understood to grant to any participant whether expressly or by implication any ownership, rights or license to any intellectual property rights of the main sponsor and vice versa.

The business plan competition shall not constitute or imply any obligation for the main sponsor to offer employment or to employ any of the participants, and the contents, schedule, duration and other aspects of the winning participants’ visit to the main sponsor’s test laboratories shall be subject to the main sponsor’s sole discretion, and the winning participant agrees to abide by all instructions and guidelines, and execute all such documents, as may be requested by the main sponsor to facilitate such visit.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Nokia shall not be liable for any damages arising out of the participant’s participation to the business plan competition. The laws of Finland shall be applicable to any disputes arising out of the business plan competition. Unless otherwise provided for in applicable mandatory legislation, such disputes will be finally settled in the court of Helsinki.

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