On April 17th, Pop Labs was honored to be a guest and a sponsor for the Rice Alliance Business Plan Competition 2010. Over 40 teams competed for the chance to win more than $1 million dollars in cash and prizes from local and national sponsors.

Pop Labs’ Gene McCubbin, Audra Jackson, Victoria Rabin, and Stephanie Elsy judged the Twit Pitch portion, where contestants were challenged to develop a marketing pitch in 140 characters or less. The top 3 winners were awarded with a cash prize and services equaling $15,000 each. (more…)

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Sparking Creativity in the Workplace

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It starts off with a slow annoyed tap of the foot. A few seconds later, your receptionist has locked herself in the storage closet, your accountant is missing in action, 2 of your project coordinators are missing limbs and stumbling around like zombies, all the while you are struggling to put your intestines back into the gaping hole in your stomach. Mediocrity is a merciless monster that will ravage your office and leave nothing but destruction in its path. Luckily, you have been blessed with the gift of reading and this isn’t your everyday typical “how do I get my employees to be more creative” half assed, cookie cutter, bullshit article. This my friends, is pure gold. If you were to print this out and take it to the bank, the teller would hand you a check with more zeroes than a Google, I mean googol. (more…)

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Many online applications pop-up over night and go away just as fast. Social media mavens are quick to sign up for the “next big thing” that they can say they joined first (as if it matters once it goes mainstream). If the service works well and has a purpose, what does it matter who joined when? Maybe I’ll save that rant for a later post.

One such application I’ve taken notice to is Foursquare. While on the surface it seemed like another Brightkite/Twitter mashup, I soon found out it was a lot more than that. It offered an online experience that was both beneficial to your followers and to the user with fun rewards for using the service. (more…)

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