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Today at IBM, I am excited to introduce you to Canadian Blockchain startup, and IBM SmartCamp finalist, Nuco. Nuco is one of ten semi-finalists who will pitch live on stage at LAUNCH festival, and compete for the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the year award. They could also potentially receive a twenty-five thousand dollar investment from...
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It’s been 8 years since IBM began producing IBM SmartCamp, a global pitch competition providing founders everywhere with coaching, mentorship, connections, and a stage to share their businesses with the world. Every year the competition has evolved to provide more value to an increasingly more impressive group of startups. For the last two years, a...
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Chatbots, Internet of Things, AI…there is a lot to be excited about with what lies ahead this year in technology. Here at IBM we are even looking at what to be excited about in the next five years, and recently revealed some new research highlighting five innovations that we think will help change lives within...
Six startups flew to San Francisco last week to participate as finalists in IBM SmartCamp: Scale, a pitch competition for growing startups in partnership with angel investor Jason Calacanis and his media organization LAUNCH. Each startup would have four minutes to pitch their company on stage at LAUNCH Scale to an audience and a panel...
With just thirty-three percent of voters showing up to vote in the 2014 US election – long lines, work schedules and complicated registration processes can make casting a vote highly inconvenient. A new technology could be the answer to the voter turnout dilemma. Boston based Voatz is piloting their Blockchain solution which aims to make...
If you have been following along with the IBM SmartCamp story, I am happy to share with you a list of this year’s SmartCamp semi-finalists, who have competed in cities around the world after working with the IBM team and local experts to refine their startup solutions. If you haven’t been following the story, you...
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I am gearing up for an exciting week in Las Vegas, attending IBM World of Watson Conference. As I’m looking through all of the sessions, my inner geek girl is thrilled to see such incredible promise for the future through cognitive technology – and some serious innovation from some amazing startups. The spirit of entrepreneurship...
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Winning application built to protect the St. Lawrence River announced at #AquaHacking Summit. If software is eating the world surely it must also be able to provide a solution to protect and preserve fresh water. That’s the aim of AquaHacking, an initiative that puts “sustainable governance and technological innovation to work for water.” Read the...
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IBM and our partner LAUNCH are recognizing six IBM Global Entrepreneur members from around the world as top innovators by giving them an opportunity to demo and pitch at LAUNCH Scale on November 14th. The six finalists were chosen from sixty startups that were nominated by IBMers across the globe. Finalists will receive business mentorship...
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Product, team, customers and funding, the essential elements of a startup. But one more essential piece is missing: the Pitch. The Pitch is arguably the most important non-business piece of your startup. From your elevator pitch, to your public pitch, to your investor pitch, the more successful you are, the more integral these will become...
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