Welcome to the IdeaBounce® website for the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2005, the IdeaBounce® site and events have helped early-stage entrepreneurs connect with each other and with the resources they need to help move their ideas forward. In addition to this site for all ideas, we also have sites specific to the 2013 Olin Cup and YouthBridge Social Enterpise and Innovation Competition. The 2012 Olin Cup competition is now closed to new entries (with awards to be announced in January, 2013).
We also make the IdeaBounce® website available to universities and community partners who wish to administer their own sites and host their own events. Visit the following sites to see how others are using the IdeaBounce® concept and contact us at sces@wustl.edu if you'd like your own!
The past two decades have seen extraordinary advances in high-throughput genomics, culminating in a revolution of personalized diagnostics and healthcare. The next generation of diagnostic medicine however, will rely on the accurate measurement of dynamic cellular states. New technologies will be required which can transform high-throughput proteomics in the same way next-gen sequencing has transformed genomics.
NTHfluence, Inc. is a crowdfunding website that caters to nonprofit organizations, causes, and projects; more than specifically 501(c)3's. Our motto is "Funding specific projects; giving meaning to fundraising." We are getting away from indefinite fundraising with a broad view and research showings specific, heart-felt stories are proven to raise more funds. We are helping projects get specific with their fundraising, make more of an impact, and giving philanthropists and supporters a visual outcome on their donation so they know their dollar really is making an impact.
industry:
Social Ventures
needs:
Team Members,
Mentors,
Advisors,
Investors,
Communication Strategy
Datehitter is an online social platform meant to bring people together around moments by allowing users to post content on any date in history. We want to make story telling through social media easier by bringing context to the content. On top of that, Datehitter ensures that no information is lost because someone else can't scroll down a news feed far enough. So not only is our goal to create moments for people, but it's also to preserve them.
GoFELA will be an online grocery and retail store that lists, sells, and delivers predominantly 3rd party locally available products. By establishing mutually beneficial partnerships with area retailers, GoFELA uses the pre-existing infrastructure of traditional brick-and-mortar stores to create a sustainable model for delivery that strengthens local businesses. Delivering most goods imaginable, GoFELA brings the heterogeneity of the local marketplace to the doorstep of every St. Louis resident.
industry:
Information Technology,
Social Ventures,
Retail and Consumer Products
needs:
Team Members,
Mentors,
Investors,
Market Analysis,
Technology,
Finance and Accounting
Meaning "feed one another" in Swahili, 'Kulishana' is a social entrepreneurship to create a global community through cookbooks. The books will contain recipes, photos and personal stories of women from low-income countries, where little is known beyond the violence, starvation and poverty seen in the media. While providing delicious recipes and cultural education to consumers in the U.S., the books will empower local women through compensation and international recognition. A portion of the proceeds will also go to to in-country nutritional interventions.
industry:
Social Ventures
needs:
Investors,
Legal Advice,
Finance and Accounting
