Millennials Are Playing With You - Nick Shore. RWJF seeks healthcare quality app in $100K challenge. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched its Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) "app challenge" – a $100,000 competition among technology developers to create easy-to-use online tools that help consumers find information on the quality of their local physicians and hospitals. The RWJF Aligning Forces app challenge is looking for developers to create applications for various devices including smartphones or iPads that will allow consumers to easily access and experience comparative information about the quality of care provided in various regions of the country. Data to fuel the app will come from RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, the Foundation’s effort to improve the quality of healthcare in 16 targeted communities nationwide. [See also: Apps Against Abuse challenge seeks to stop sexual violence] [See also: HHS aims to spur software apps development]
A Beginner’s Guide: How to Rent Your Ideas to Fortune 500 Companies (Plus: Video) I first met Stephen Key in 2001. Two months later, I used a few recommendations of his — shared over the customary gin tonic — to help a friend double overseas sales in less than two weeks in New Zealand and Australia. How? Licensing. It can be a beautifully elegant model.
Stephen is somewhat famous in inventing circles for two reasons. First, he consistently earns millions of dollars licensing his ideas to companies like Disney, Nestle, and Coca-Cola. Second, he is fast. He is not high-tech. 1- What exactly is licensing, and why is it a good option for people with ideas but little time or patience? Licensing is renting your idea to a manufacturer. Usually quarterly (four times a year), the manufacturer pays you a royalty on every unit they sell. It’s an attractive low-risk alternative to manufacturing products and taking them to market yourself. Here’s one tip on how to make sure you get paid a certain amount four times a year. Here’s another tip: Don’t front load the deal. MyMint | Money Intelligence Software. Landing Pages: Create, Publish & A/B Test Without I.T.
Airbnb. How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas) Noah Kagan built two multi-million dollar online businesses before turning 28. He also looks great in orange. (Photo: Laughing Squid) I first met Noah Kagan over rain and strong espressos at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, CA. It was 2007. We were both in hoodies, had a shared penchant for the F-bomb and burritos, all of which led to a caffeine-infused mindmeld. It would be the first of many. The matchmaker then introducing us was the prophetic and profane Dave McClure, General Partner of 500 Start-ups, which is now headquartered just down the street from Red Rock.
Mr. He was employee #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, had previously worked for Intel (where he frequently took naps under his desk), and had turned down a six-figure offer from Yahoo. The purpose of this post is simple: to teach you how to get a $1,000,000 business idea off the ground in one weekend, full of specific tools and tricks that Noah has used himself. He will be your guide… Enter Noah Same deal for AppSumo. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3.