August 2009
3 posts
A Contribution of Historical Proportions
Posted by Merrin
With a total pledge of $10,700, Nova Spivak’s challenge to develop unblockable, anonymous, encrypted mobile Internet access for widely-used devices is a novel means of crippling repressive regimes in Asia and the Middle East. And you can help motivate a solver with one click on the “Me Too” button, and one click on the Twitter or Facebook share buttons.
Spivak is the...
A Capital Venture
Posted by Merrin
Committed to keeping both investors and entrepreneurs in business, Angelsoft has pledged a total of $3,000 to the solvers of a challenge – set to close on September 30 – to create the ultimate iPhone app for entrepreneurs. In an economy where venture capital and angel investments are shrinking but entrepreneurship is thriving, start-up hopefuls will actively be looking for better...
Site Update
Here’s an update with some recent changes to the ChallengePost site. A big Thank You goes to our CTO extraordinaire Stephen. Some of the bigger changes:
1) We got rid of gifts. We like the idea but they were causing confusion and are hard to verify and ship.
2) We simplified the challenge detail page. No more “Join” button, now it’s “Me Too.”
Why click...