> Just to clarify. I don't think there will be many "corporate" winners > if by this we mean companies with greater than 50 employees. In that > sense of "company", I agree that we'll have few winners as > corporations (with >50 employees) will not waste time on a potential > $275K prize or would simply enter their existing product which I would > expect Google to toss as possible Challange winners. > > When I say the majority of winners will be teams/companies, I mean > groups of 5-15 people. More advanced teams would have incorporated > (i.e. company but also a corporation) to protect themselves and > prepare for future funding efforts. This would also include angel- > funded startup companies with a few $100K of initial funding for which > $100-275K from Google combined with the free marketing of winning > would entice them to have entered the Google challenge.
OK, I agree with you. I also don't think that corporations (with >50 employees) will be among the majority of winners nor will they waste their time. On May 6, 11:11 pm, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to clarify. I don't think there will be many "corporate" winners > if by this we mean companies with greater than 50 employees. In that > sense of "company", I agree that we'll have few winners as > corporations (with >50 employees) will not waste time on a potential > $275K prize or would simply enter their existing product which I would > expect Google to toss as possible Challange winners. > > When I say the majority of winners will be teams/companies, I mean > groups of 5-15 people. More advanced teams would have incorporated > (i.e. company but also a corporation) to protect themselves and > prepare for future funding efforts. This would also include angel- > funded startup companies with a few $100K of initial funding for which > $100-275K from Google combined with the free marketing of winning > would entice them to have entered the Google challenge. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
