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Advanta

Product Name

IdeaBlob.com

Market Segment

Small Business Software and Services

Funding

Advanta, one of the nation’s largest issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) of small business credit cards, has self-funded IdeaBlob.com.

Competitors

No direct competitors. Secondary competitors include Allbusiness.com, Smallbusiness.com, Toolkit.com, Startupnation.com.

Product Description

IdeaBlob.com is an open and dynamic community where anyone can post their business ideas. Community members vote on these ideas and provide valuable feedback and advice. IdeaBlob.com helps ideas grow. We are bringing the support of the angel networks that Silicon Valley enjoys to Main Street businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs. Innovation and great ideas begin everywhere; Ideablob.com brings them together in a fun, exciting and collaborative environment.

Market Opportunity

There are approximately 30 million small businesses in the United States based on projections from the Economic Census, the Small Business Administration, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Demo Says

Now that Web 2.0 has thoroughly saturated those of us on the inside of technology, it is beginning to seep its way out to the mass consumer. Though we’re betting the majority of Americans still can’t discern Facebook from MySpace (the horror!), the community features you and I have come to expect are becoming more familiar to everyday Joe and Jane Consumer. Hence, concepts like Advanta’s IdeaBlob.com seem the next logical step in spreading Web 2.0. By providing the more than 25 million small business owners in the U.S. with an interactive environment for advice, counsel, and idea exchange, Advanta is defining the power of community in its truest sense.


 
Conference

2007 DEMOfall

Show Contact

Kelly LeDonni

Address

Welsh and McKean Rds. P.O. Box 844
Spring House,,  PA   19477
215-444-5595
FAX: 215-444-5995

Company URL

www.ideablob.com

Corporate Officers

Dennis Alter,Chairman & CEO Bill Rosoff,Vice Chairman & President Phil Browne, CFO Ami Kassar, Chief Innovation Officer

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