Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com ]

11/06/09 We’ve been iQ Prize Shortlisted!

DUBLIN, IRELAND - Last night, Decisions For Heroes was announced as a finalist for the €10,000 iQ Prize. The prize fund, sponsored by iQ Content had 249 entries, so it is brilliant news to have made it to the final 8.

We’re giving €10,000 to help grow a good idea into a great business. No strings attached. Seriously…

Bring on July 8th, when we have to make an elevator pitch Dragons Den style, to the judging panel! The judges include representatives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, a number of Irish Start-ups, and London investor Nic Brisbourne.

What is fantastic - is the quantity of entries. Here are the other finalists - great to see some known (and unknown) names.

• Decisions For Heroes (Robin Blandford) –A web application that saves lives by helping rescue teams record and analyze their rescue operations and training
• GetitKeepit.com (Alan Coleman) – A web application to help consumers declutter their lives by offering an online portal for the management and retention of important documentation
• MyHotel.ie (David and Matt Sherlock) – A website and booking engine that reinvents the traditional booking model, offering hotels a powerful new marketing channel with no booking fees
• Neurosynergy Games (David Delany, Lorraine Boran and Michael Boran) – Innovative online brain training application designed to enhance both intellectual (’IQ’) and emotional (’EQ’) performance for healthy people and people with specific mental disorders
• Octopied (David Behan, Ronan Morris and Michael Flanagan) – A web application for freelancers, helping them manage invoicing, project management, sales and support through one simple and cost-effective tool
• Our Writers’ Bloc (Owen Gallagher and Karl Quinn) – An online marketplace that connects self-published authors directly with their readers, and facilitates the distribution of material over multiple formats including mobile phones and e-Reader devices
• Pendle House (Michael Furey) – An online currency exchange marketplace that allows companies and individuals around the world to trade currencies directly with each other, cutting out all transaction costs
• Plink (Mark Cummins) – An image-driven search engine that allows users take a photo of an object with a mobile phone, and automatically retrieve information about it online

Wow! It goes without saying, that if a €10,000 fund can attract 249 potential business ideas - should the government not be supporting more of these events?

-Robin.

Tags: competition, iq, iq content, iq prize, iqprize

2 Comments

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12/06/09 keith bohanna

Congrats Robin, I am going to miss the final day so best of luck :-)

keith

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12/06/09 Gordon

Hi Robin,

Congratulations! Well done.

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