OpenIDEO
VentureConnect recommends entrepreneurial announcements that benefit the startup community from Romania and Eastern Europe. And this is one of them — OPENIDEO (www.openideo.com) endorsed by the European Commission. What it means is that the Commission crowd sources ideas on how to support web entrepreneurs. Crowd sourcing was one of the ideas suggested at the Digital Agenda Assembly 2011. The conclusions of the crowd source exercise will be presented at the Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 giving credit to the ones who propose the winning concepts. We have received 228 inspiration in less than one week, but we would like to hear from you too.
If you’ve been involved in entrepreneurial activity, or think you have a few ideas about it, the OPENIDEO project may just be your call to action! All the information can be found HERE and the process is quite easy as it is related to clever techniques currently fostering web entrepreneurs worldwide – from Berlin to London, from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. Think up some of the creative ideas that could support the industry across Europe, whether it’s through education, awareness, new activities, new services or even regulatory change.
Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of entrepreneurial experience or location. The challenge opens on 13th of March and runs until 29th May. The winning concepts will be presented at the Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels in June.
This challenge is the first part of the European Commission’s ambitious strategy to support the growing community of EU web entrepreneurs. You can contribute in the different phases of the crowd source exercise: inspiration, concepting, applause, refinement, and evaluation.
All the information you need is at the web site www.openideo.com. These activities are sure to raise an interest for the entrepreneurial community in Romania and put us, together with Western European states, on the entrepreneurial map!