Meet the Top Collegiate Social Entrepreneurs
2010 has been a big year for Sparkseed (and it's only just begun!). We won a Social Innovation Award from the Financial Times and Just Means. We were featured on Fox Business News and the Huffington Post. And we've recruited more incredible people to support our student innovators.
The biggest news is that we have selected seven incredible student-led social ventures for our 6-month incubator program.
And the Winners Are...
Eco Scraps recycles food waste and turns it into a 100% organic soil amendment. By converting commercial food waste into raw materials, the company is able to provide the cheapest garden soil product on the market, while also diverting food from landfills thus reducing methane gas pollution.
Elecar is working to provide the missing piece to the electric car puzzle. By developing a residential charging station and an online payment system, Elecar is laying a cost-effective framework to facilitate the mass adoption of electric cars.
MaloTraders specializes in the processing, storing, and marketing of rice for small-scale farmers in Mali. By making local production more competitive on the international market, MaloTraders is working to alleviate poverty.
Paper Feet makes the world's thinnest and most flexible flip-flop out of recycled billboard vinyl. Every year, 10,000 tons of billboard vinyl ends up in landfills. Paper Feet is addressing this problem by rolling out a line of hip products all made from up-cycle waste.
Penda is intelligent software that sits on top of crowdsourcing services, allowing users to outsource complex business taks without sacrificing quality. This "Mechanical Turk 2.0" is designed to increase employment opportunities for individuals in developing countries.
PoverUP is a large-scale grassroots movement that empowers high school and college student to use microfinance to help lift over one million people out of poverty.
Scholar Initiative is the first online search engine dedicated to increase the number of scholarships available. Through innovative web technology, Scholar Initiative allows any individual to donate, create and award his or her scholarship.
Sparkseed Wins Financial Times Award
Sparkseed was honored with a Social Innovation Award for "Best Social Investment Strategy." Other award winners included Tesla, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, and eBay. After accepting the award, Sparkseed founder Mike Del Ponte made a speech on the importance of investing in young social entrepreneurs. Thank you and congratulations to everyone who helped us when the award.
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?Statement of Faith
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