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Blob Etiquette

Category: Inside ideablob | Posted: 03/14/2008

If this is the first time you've joined a blob (we're guessing it is), we'd like to acquaint you with some of the principles that keep our blobosphere friendly, and the ideas flowing. Here's a simple way to remember - be a P-R-U-N-E.

Play fair

Cheaters never win, it's what you learned in grade school. Same applies here. You can only win by getting real votes - buying votes, spamming people for votes, raffling off prizes to get people to vote for you, and voting through fake user accounts, among other things, will disqualify you. We do track the votes.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T others

Take it from Aretha, and be respectful and constructive when giving advice and making comments. Insulting fellow blobbers will only make the blob angry. And nobody wants that.

Use common sense

Creativity, cutting-edge thinking and imagination make ideablob interesting. Obscene, discriminatory or abusive content make it not-so-nice. And the blob is also about originality, so please don't rip off other people's content or trademarks for your entries.

No soliciting

Remember, we're here to celebrate ideas. As you can see, this isn't the Home Shopping Network, so please don't bombard blobbers with your offers.

Engage

Everyone needs a little encouragement. Write comments, give advice and give off some positive karma. This good energy will come back to you in the form of ideas.

For a comprehensive look at all the rules and requirements of the blob, please check out the Website Terms & Conditions, the Submitter and Voter Terms & Conditions, and the Official Contest Rules on ideablob.com.

 

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Social entrepreneur student wins $10,000 in national ideablob.com contest

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 03/12/2008

Penn State student Aaron Fleishman wins for Mashavu, a student project providing networked health solutions for children in third world countries.

Spring House, PA (March 12, 2008) - Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced that Aaron Fleishman of State College, PA has been named February's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea.

Fleishman, a 23-year old Lewistown, PA native, is a Penn State senior majoring in chemical engineering. The concept for Mashavu came from a class design project to develop a prototype cell phone-based system to help victims in disaster situations and refugee camps. To pilot the program, Fleishman and Penn State Senior Research Associate Khanjan Mehta will lead a group of 14 students to Tanzania in June. His idea can be found at http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/1528-Mashavu-Networked-Health-Solu.

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March 2008 Press Release

Category: Media Kit | Posted: 03/07/2008

 

Boston-based fair trade firm wins $20,000 for best small

business idea in national ideablob.com® contest

No Sweat Apparel produces t-shirts at Palestinian-owned factory

in Bethlehem, West Bank

Spring House, PA (April 28, 2008) . Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced that

John Studer of Boston, MA has been named March.s ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the

best small business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community.

Studer is CFO of No Sweat Apparel, the Boston-based fair trade pioneer that produces clothing and

sneakers at sweatshop-free union factories in the United States, Canada and the developing world.

Studer.s winning idea is for the company to continue producing their newest line of organic cotton

knit t-shirts at a Palestinian-owned factory on Virgin Mary Street in Bethlehem. To date, No Sweat

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