Description: Guiding Ideas from Mind to Market : Learning from infoDev's Mobile Microwork Innovation Competition

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Guiding Ideas from Mind to Market : Learning from infoDev's Mobile Microwork Innovation Competition

The Information for Development Program's (InfoDev) "From Mind to Market" approach was designed to bridge early-stage innovation support gaps and guide promising ideas on toward minimum viable products, ultimately turning them into s...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTIVISM BACK-OFFICE BACKBONE BASIC BEHAVIORS BLOG BOUNDARIES BRAINSTORMING BRAND BUSINESS IDEAS BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS BUSINESSES CAPACITY-BUILDING CIO CLIENT COUNTRIES CODING COLLABORATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER ACCESS COMPUTERS DATA COLLECTION DATA ENTRY DEVICES DIGITAL DIGITIZATION DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DOS E-MAIL EMAILS EMPLOYMENT CREATION EQUIPMENT EXPERIMENTATION EXPERT OPINIONS EXPLORATION FOCUS GROUPS GROWTH POTENTIAL HACKER HACKERS ICT IDEA IDEAS IMAGE IMAGES IMAGINATION IMPLEMENTATION PERIODS IMPLEMENTATIONS INFORMATION ACCESS INFORMATION RESOURCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER INNOVATION INNOVATION PROGRAM INNOVATIONS INSIGHTS INTEGRATION INTERACTIVE MEDIUM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONALIZATION INVENTION KNOW-HOW KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEADING LEARNING LEARNING DESIGN LICENSE LICENSES MARKET ENTRY MARKET OPPORTUNITY MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MATERIAL MEDIA MENTORING MOBILE ACCESS MOBILE APPLICATION MOBILE APPLICATIONS MOBILE COMMUNICATION MOBILE NETWORK MOBILE PHONES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPERATING SYSTEM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS PHOTO PHYSICAL DISTANCES PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPES PUBLISHING QUERIES R&AMP;D REMOTE COMMUNICATION REPOSITORIES RESULT RESULTS ROBOTICS SALES SATELLITE SITES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS SUBJECT EXPERTS TARGETS TECHNICAL ASPECTS TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICIANS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE THINKING TIME FRAMES TRANSACTION TRANSLATION USER USERS VALIDATION PROCESS VALUE CHAIN VALUE CREATION VIDEO VISION WEB WEB PAGE WEBSITE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18807162/guiding-ideas-mind-market-learning-infodevs-mobile-microwork-innovation-competition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17605

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Summary:	The Information for Development Program's (InfoDev) "From Mind to Market" approach was designed to bridge early-stage innovation support gaps and guide promising ideas on toward minimum viable products, ultimately turning them into sustainable businesses. The approach aims to source ideas from a large talent pool and spur the best innovators to turn their innovations into sustainable, growth-oriented start-ups. The primary goal is start-up creation. Secondary goals include the generation of pools of ideas and prototypes, the creation of basic topical knowledge for a large group of innovators, and broader awareness-raising around a new topic, as well as partnership and capacity-building for implementation partners. This report summarizes the approach, which is based on four steps: 1) the identification of a novel topic with market potential and high potential for international development; 2) the implementation of a broad based collaborative, open innovation competition; 3) the implementation of an activity that forges minimum viable products through face-to-face support at sites across the globe; and 4) the follow-up with a program of incubation and acceleration for the best and most committed innovators.