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The MPA in Innovation is the same event we have all come to love. A global grassroots competition open to all MobileMonday chapters to nominate a local startup to eventually pitch in a full house of the industry's influencers and decision makers in Barcelona, during the Mobile World Congress on February 15, 2010.
The MobileMonday chapters will vote for their local most innovative startup. An international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts will select the 20 finalists from all the local chapter nominees to pitch at the event in Barcelona in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers.
In essence the same process as last year. Please contact us if you have not received the brief we sent and/or if you have other scheduled deadlines in your chapter.
But there's more!
As a new challenge, this year's awards are our first attempt at bringing together more ecosystem players. We have partnered with some of the most influential networks in mobile to deliver other award opportunities for all participating startups.
Other Mobile Premier Awards 2010:
* MPA in Marketing - The best startup in Mobile Marketing * MPA in Entertainment - The best startup in Mobile Entertainment in partnership with the Mobile Entertainment Forum
* MPA in User Experience - The best startup in Mobile User Experience in partnership with MEX.
* MPA in Social Change - The best startup using mobile for social change in partnership with MobileActive.org
* MPA in Female Entrepreneurship - The best woman-lead mobile startup in partnership with Women2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association
Participation to these awards is also free and open to any startup with a mobile angle. And startups can sign up to as many awards as they think they can win!
MPA in Innovation criteria
Participation to these awards is free and open to any startup with a mobile angle.
The presentations are 3 slides and 3 minutes pitch per speaker + jury Q&A
The categories for the startup selections are:
A. Early stage: before VC funding (pre-Round A) B. Emerging: after VC funding (post-round A)
- Innovative startups willing to show off their mobile-related innovations (products, applications, services, technologies). NOTE: smaller, lesser-known start-ups tend to be the ones who get selected by the international jury.
- Willingness to travel to the event at their own cost.
MPA in Innovation Awards
Among all the finalists, three Awards will be given for each category (Early Stage & Emerging): - Jury Award;
- MobileMonday Community Award (MobileMonday organizers from each chapter on site choose their winner);
- Audience Award (all participants will vote for their winner via SMS or Mobile website).
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