Announcing: Mobile Premier Awards 2010
Posted on: November 15, 2009 – Filed under: Jakarta
It’s time for the well-loved global events for mobile start-up companies! Announcing “Mobile Premier Awards 2010”
The MPA in Innovation is the same event we have all come to love. A global grassroots competition open to all MobileMonday chapters to nominate a local startup to eventually pitch in a full house of the industry’s influencers and decision makers in Barcelona, during the Mobile World Congress on February 15, 2010.
The MobileMonday chapters will vote for their local most innovative startup. An international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts will select the 20 finalists from all the local chapter nominees to pitch at the event in Barcelona in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers.
But there’s more!
As a new challenge, this year’s awards are our first attempt at bringing together more ecosystem players. We have partnered with some of the most influential networks in mobile to deliver other award opportunities for all participating startups.
Other Mobile Premier Awards 2010:
- MPA in Marketing – The best startup in Mobile Marketing
- MPA in Entertainment – The best startup in Mobile Entertainment in partnership with Mobile Entertainment Forum
- MPA in User Experience – The best startup in Mobile User Experience in partnership with MEX
- MPA in Social Change – The best startup using mobile for social change in partnership with MobileActive.org
- MPA in Female Entrepreneurship– The best woman-lead mobile startup in partnership with Women2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association
The Mobile Premier Awards 2010 selection process for MobileMonday chapters
1. Starting from November, online visibility will start on major mobile & technology blogs. Start-ups from all over the world can register themselves in the competition portal. [Make sure you select MobileMonday Jakarta as your affiliation]
2. On December 31 midnight local time, the competition will close and no new signups or edits will be allowed by the startups. Please inform us if you will have your nominee selection deadline later then this date.
3. MobileMonday Indonesia Chapter will nominate using its own methods: email voting, local momo event voting, founder’s voting, jury….your choice.
4. We will select ONE nominee by January 6, 2010 midnight local time, and notify the organizer about this nomination. Remember that nominees must be willing to come at their own expense to the Mobile Premier Awards in Barcelona.
5. On January 11, 2010 all nominees will be announced and will be available to all registered members globally through the mobilepremierawards.com home page.
6. An international Jury (more on this topic soon) will select the 20 finalists to the Mobile Premier Awards event in Barcelona. The finalists chosen to present in Barcelona will be announced on January 18, 2010.
Next Steps
For more details go to: http://www.mobilepremierawards.com … and hurry up to register your start-up!