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The votes are in! Stay tuned.

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 08/01/2008

We are “verifying” the July winner who will be announced shortly (usually takes around 1-2 weeks).

In the meantime, continue to vote, explore other ideas or submit your own idea. You could be the next winner!

Note: Results are subject to verification. Announcement of a winner is subject to the requirements in the Official Contest Rules.

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Project Epiphany is June's $10k Winner!

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 07/10/2008

A Plan to Bring Astronomy to the Inner City Wins the National ideablob.com® Contest for June's Best Small Business Idea

Atlanta resident Jessica Hammock, a Teach for America alum and doctoral student at Emory University, will develop astronomy curriculums for underprivileged youth. Hammock will use ideablob's $10,000 prize to purchase telescopes and offset startup expenses.

SPRING HOUSE, Penn., July 10, 2008 Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that Jessica Hammock of Atlanta, Ga. is the June winner of ideablob.com's monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community.

Hammock’s company, Project Epiphany, offers urban elementary and middle school students the chance to use real telescopes to learn the principles of astronomy and explore the night sky. Hammock hopes the project will inspire future astronomers and provide children with hands-on activities and astronomy field trips to dark sky sites where students can see the stars in a way that is impossible in an urban environment.

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The votes are in. Stay tuned!

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 07/01/2008

We are “verifying” the June winner who will be announced shortly.

In the meantime, continue to vote, explore other ideas or submit your own idea. You could be the next winner!

Note: Results are subject to verification. Announcement of a winner is subject to the requirements in the Official Contest Rules.

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ideablob.com announces April's winner

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 05/09/2008
Penn State student wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com® contest

PSU student & inventor Matt Allison wins for creating a portable touch screen device that syncs with a fitness-based social networking website

Spring House, PA (May 6, 2008) - Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that Matt Allison of State College, PA has been named April's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community.

Allison's idea is a portable touch-screen device - equipped with a heart rate monitor - that acts as a personal trainer. Once fully developed, the device will upload workouts from his company's website and display progress charts, advice for future workouts and daily nutrition information. In addition, device users will be able to create their own workouts based on their fitness goals. Allison plans to use the $10,000 contest prize to put the finishing touches on his website and to ensure it syncs properly with the touch screen device. 

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Boston Hat Trick!

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 05/08/2008
A Third Boston-Area Entrepreneur Wins the National ideablob.com® Contest for Best Small Business Idea

 

Alex Eaves' idea to expand his skateboard company has won ideablob's $10,000 prize for the month of May. Eaves will use the funds to promote his company's "ReUse" products and the importance of being environmentally conscious.

 

SPRING HOUSE, Penn., (June 10, 2008) Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that Alex Eaves of Norwell, Mass. is the May winner of ideablob.com's monthly contest for the best small business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community.

Eaves company, STAY VOCAL, began as a skateboard company focused on producing positive messages about social and environmental awareness. The company recently transitioned to focus solely on its line of ReUse products, which include clothing and accessories made from used materials, as well as being a source of information about music, news and events.

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ideablob.com announces March's winner

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 04/28/2008
Boston-based fair trade firm wins $20,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com® contest

Congratulations to John Studer, March 2008's ideablob contest winner! http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/1699-Sweatshop-free-organic-T-shirts

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 has sold about 50,000 of these Palestinian-made t-shirts in the United States, England and Israel.

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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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New England Milk Bank voted best small business idea in national ideablob.com contest

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 02/14/2008
Naomi Bar-Yam, a Newton, MA resident and Brandeis University alumna, wins $10,000


Waltham, MA and Spring House, PA (February 14, 2008) – Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced last night that Naomi Bar-Yam of Newton, MA has been named January’s $10,000 www.ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea. Bar-Yam is co-founder of the Boston-based Mother’s Milk Bank of New England, a newly-formed milk bank serving babies, hospitals and families throughout New England.

Bar-Yam received the award from Ami Kassar, Advanta’s Chief Innovation Officer, at an award ceremony sponsored by Brandeis University’s IT Entrepreneur Club in Waltham. Bar-Yam and Kassar are Brandeis University graduates.

Bar-Yam garnered the support of the ideablob community for her idea to create a milk bank that would provide screened and pasteurized breast milk to premature and critically ill babies in the New England area. According to Bar-Yam, studies show that premature babies who receive banked milk are far less likely to suffer life-threatening complications and have much faster recovery rates. more
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Misnomer Dance Theater Founder Wins National ideablob.com Contest for Best Small Business Idea

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 01/15/2008
Chris Elam’s idea to establish an interactive web site for performing artists is December’s best business idea.


Spring House, PA (January 15, 2008) - Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that Chris Elam of Brooklyn, NY has been named December’s $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea. Elam is the founder of the Brooklyn-based Misnomer Dance Theater, which has received critical acclaim for its contemporary dances about human relationships and its worldwide performances.

Elam garnered the support of the ideablob community for his idea to establish an interactive web site for performing artists. His plans for the web site include innovative online features such as live rehearsal streaming, instant messaging, virtual theaters where viewers can watch performances from multiple perspectives, and tools to measure online audiences so production companies can geographically target upcoming performances. more
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Founder of Philadelphia Charity Wins National ideablob.com Monthly Contest

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 12/17/2007
ideablob.com community votes Marci Schankweiler’s idea to buy a retreat home for cancer patients and their families as November’s best business idea.

Spring House, PA (December 17, 2007) – Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that Marci Bossow Schankweiler of North Wales, PA has been named November’s ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community. In addition to the $10,000 contest prize, she is eligible to receive 1,000,000 rewards points on her Advanta BusinessCard*.

Schankweiler is President and founder of Crossing the Finish Line (CFL), a Blue Bell, PA-based non-profit organization that provides excursions for young adult cancer patients and their families. Schankweiler founded CFL after her first husband passed away from cancer at the age of 30. She plans to use the prize money to help fund a home for cancer patients near Orlando, FL. more
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