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Calling food entrepreneurs! Our friends over at Food+City are running their second annual Food+City Challenge Prize, offering $50,000 in prizes and expert mentoring to top entries innovating the local and global food system.

ONE week left to enter: http://www.foodandcity.org/challenge-prize/

Food entrepreneurs, enter by Oct 15 to win $50,000 in cash and expert mentoring!

HUGE congratulations to top Verb venture, Eko Devices, on securing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market their digital stethoscope (basically, "Shazam" for heart sounds and images).

Read more about the amazing team behind Eko Core below.

Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone A tech start-up called Eko Devices is introducing a device that allows a stethoscope to record, amplify and wirelessly send audio and sound wave images to an iPhone app.

One bear. Many superpowers.

Jerry the Bear (a top Verb venture) just launched a new version of their smart teddy bear, Jerry, to help all children learn about their health and build social intelligence through play.

The new Jerry is $99, and has expansion packs for food allergies and type 1 diabetes education. Watch their video and find out how they're disrupting play: http://www.jerrythebear.com/

Jerry the Bear, back and better than ever. We work hand in hand with experts from the medical community to create play patterns and content that enrich children with type 1 diabetes and food allergies.

Come listen to Verb CEO Suzi Sosa speak this Thursday, September 24th at 5:30 PM at The North Door in Austin, TX. Click on the link below for more info!

designvoice presents INSPIRING IDEAS FOR AUSTIN [Sept 24th] | Austin is growing and changing. How do we make Austin better while preserving the unique qualities that make it the city we love? Our 2015 line­up of amazing, local thought leaders will share their visions for some brilliant, innovative and exciting ways that Austin can continue to grow and evolve i…

Jerry the Bear meets President Barack Obama at the first-ever innovation demo day at The White House!

Jerry's creators (Aaron Horowitz and Hannah Chung of Sproutel) won our most recent startup accelerator program with IBM in April.

Congratulations to Sproutel, the winner of our startup reality web series with IBM Social Business!

Their first product, , transforms the way kids with Type 1 diabetes understand and manage their own healthcare through play.

Learn more: http://goverb.com/work/sproutel

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www.goverb.com Read the story behind Jerry the Bear and his creators on the Verb site.

Only two days left until the LIVE winner reveal for our startup competition with IBM Social Business

What's that? It's an awesome reality-TV style startup challenge for millennial social entrepreneurs that Verb created for IBM, and we'll announce the winner this Thursday, July 1st at 1p EST.

Don't miss out, save your seat now: http://www.purematter.com/newwaytostartup

New Way To Start Up Watch the Winners Announced LIVE this Wednesday, July 1st at 1p EST

We're thrilled to announce closure of our $2.3 million Series Seed round, which will fuel our next phase of international growth. Verb's goal is to empower over 1,000,000 social entrepreneurs through our global competitions and prizes.

Read the full release here: http://www.goverb.com/verb-announce-seed-series-funding-close/

Verb Announces Seed Series Funding Close We are thrilled to announce the closure of $2.3 million in Series Seed funding; one of the largest rounds ever for an Austin-based social enterprise. This new investment capital will support us in making strategic hires, developing our proprietary technology platform and moving forward with global e…

New additions to the Verb executive team:

We're pleased to announce that we recently hired Laura Broderick (Chief Operating Officer) to revitalize our strategic partnerships, business development and operational efficiency for long-term growth; and and Tommy Lynn (Chief Creative Officer) to transform the way we tell the Verb story, support our clients and social ventures in telling their own brand stories and help our clients realize the social and business value of doing good.

Read more: http://www.goverb.com/verb-makes-additions-to-executive-team/

Verb Makes Additions to Executive Team We are always seeking the best and brightest in the industry to support our efforts in building the Verb brand, expanding into new regions across the world and grow our thriving community of over 25,000 social entrepreneurs in 100 different countries. Recent strategic hires We are pleased to announc…

TODAY: Verb is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Everglades Foundation to run their brand-new $10 million science prize sourcing innovations that reduce phosphorous pollution in water.

Read more: http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/2015/05/27/everglades-foundation-announces-partnership-with-verb-inc-to-manage-10-million-science-prize/

Everglades Foundation announces partnership with Verb, Inc. to manage $10 million science prize Palmetto Bay, Fla. – The Everglades Foundation, Inc. CEO Eric Eikenberg today announced a strategic partnership with Verb, Inc. to develop, produce and execute the Foundation’s $10 million science prize for an innovative solution to reduce phosphorus pollution in water. Verb will run the competition…

Hear from Verb CEO Suzi Sosa on how design thinking promotes innovation in development.

On the Inter-American Development Bank blog: http://blogs.iadb.org/abierto-al-publico/2015/03/05/can-design-thinking-promote-innovation-development/

How can design thinking promote innovation in development? Design thinking is a methodology that increases the probability of a breakthrough innovation and can be used to innovate products, services, and business models.

Today is the final Indiegogo campaign day for Tevido Biodevices, the incredible second-place winner of Verb's 2014 The Big C Competition by Livestrong. TeVido BioDevices is raising funds through this campaign for 3D printing biotechnology to build breast tissue from a woman's own cells.

Support survivors and their loved ones by contributing at http://www.reconstructhope.com!

Reconstruct Hope - by TeVido BioDevices Time to build a better breast!

Social entrepreneurs, just TWO weeks left to apply to UnLtd USA to receive valuable seed funding and 12 months of awesome support for your venture. Apply today: http://www.unltdusa.org/apply

Calling social entrepreneurs seeking funding + support!

Many former Verb winners were announced this week on Forbes' 2015 list of 30 Under 30. Congratulations to sisters Betsy and Emily Núñez of Sword & Plough, Jackie Stenson and Diana Jue of Essmart Global, Ben Simon of Food Recovery Network, and Jason Bornhorst of Filament Labs!

Forbes' 30 Under 30 2015 Our fourth annual celebration is bigger than ever: 600 millennials in 20 fields — no repeats from years past and every one selected by a panel of A-list judges.

Our world has already created effective poverty solutions, but most fail to reach millions. Pitch your idea to solve this problem to D-Prize and if selected we will award up to $20,000 to pilot your new social enterprise in Africa, India, or any other developing country.

Proposals due by December 30. Get inspired by reading your challenge at http://www.d-prize.org.

The world has solutions to poverty. Can you distribute them to those in need? Our world has already invented many effective poverty solutions, but sadly most fail to reach actual people in need. Millions of lives would improve if people had access to proven energy, education, health, and other interventions. Can you start a new social enterprise and solve this problem?

Our five AMAZING finalists arrive in Austin, TX tomorrow to pitch the judge panel and receive their awards later this week!

Finalists: AdhereTech, Tevido Biodevices, unCancer India, Restwise, Decisive Health

Learn more about them on the Big C blog: http://bigc.livestrong.org/ #/blog

The Big C Competition Blog

752 entries. 168 semi-finalists. 5 finalists left...

Unveiling the top 5 ventures for The Big C Competition by Livestrong who will travel to Austin, Texas this October in hopes of winning the $25,000 grand prize: AdhereTech, Decisive Health's Treatment Explorer, Restwise, Tevido Biodevices, and unCancer India!

Congratulations to all teams participating!

Read more on the Big C site: http://bigc.livestrong.org

Who is crowdfunding at The Big C Competition by Livestrong?

Support your favorite Accelerator venture by next Monday, September 29: https://rally.org/for/thebigc/drive

Exciting update for The Big C Competition by LIVESTRONG!

Out of 168 semi-finalists, 20 ventures have been selected to participate in the elite Martha and Kozo Shimano Accelerator program. Each of these teams have been matched with expert entrepreneurship mentors and will develop a comprehensive investor-ready pitch deck and have the opportunity to crowd-fund for their venture.

We are also pleased to announce the Box Prize Winner, semi-finalist team PersonalRN.

Congratulations to all!
Learn more: http://bigc.livestrong.org

Hats off to all 168 semi-finalists (out of 750+ entries) for The Big C Competition by Livestrong!

They will receive world-class mentoring support from cancer survivor mentors and are still in the running for a total of $140,000 in seed funding and invaluable exposure to Livestrong's community of millions worldwide.

To view the full list of semi-finalists and explore their ventures, please visit http://bigc.livestrong.org and scroll down the page.

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Entrepreneurs/innovators, today is your LAST DAY to enter The Big C Competition by Livestrong to change the way the world fights cancer and win incredible global exposure, mentoring and funding!

Click to enter: http://bigc.livestrong.org
Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 11:59 p.m. CST (U.S.)

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Health entrepreneurs, ONE DAY LEFT to enter The Big C Competition by Livestrong to win for global exposure to Livestrong's audience of millions, $140,000 total funding, and world-class mentoring.

Due May 15 | enter: http://bigc.livestrong.org/

Please share with friends! You have nothing to lose by entering the competition, and millions of people facing cancer worldwide have everything to gain.

Entrepreneurs, TWO DAYS LEFT to enter The Big C Competition by Livestrong to change the way the world fights cancer and win incredible global exposure, mentoring and funding!

Due May 15 | enter: http://bigc.livestrong.org

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The Big C Competition by Livestrong is open to anyone in any country who wants to change the way the world fights cancer. Top health and tech ventures entered into the competition will win $140,000 total funding and invaluable global exposure to Livestrong's audience of millions.

- 2 WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER -
Deadline: May 15 | Enter: http://bigc.livestrong.org/

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Do you build mobile apps? Enter an app into The Big C Competition by Livestrong that helps people facing a serious illness track their medications, emotions, personal tasks, and/or other aspects of daily life.

- 2 WEEKS LEFT -
Deadline: May 15 | Enter: http://bigc.livestrong.org/

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