Stanford E-Week I-Challenge 2006
Gumball Capital received the grand prize in the Entrepreneurship Week Innovation Challenge in March 2007. This page is an archive.
News
1 Jun 2007
We've got it. Check it out. This page will now be archived.
22 Apr 2007
Perhaps "steadily chugging away" is a better description. We're almost there!
18 Mar 2007
Don't worry, it's exploding behind the scenes. Our team has spent the last two weeks working hard on solidifying our message and building out Gumball Capital's infrastructure. An expanded mission and website will appear soon.
3 Mar 2007
Gumball Capital won the Grand Prize in the Stanford E-Week Challenge, finishing first out of fifty teams! Stay tuned, we're just getting started...
2 Mar 2007
We completed our campus canvassing operations yesterday, but the online donations are still coming in. And we're finalists in the Stanford Entrepreneurship Week Challenge thanks to you! Come watch our presentation tomorrow in Hewlett 200 (where?), from 4:00-5:30PM.
1 Mar 2007
We've passed $3000 from almost 300 donors, in three days. The response has been phenomenal. Someone suggested we ask people in line at Subway to donate, with this line: "Why don't you donate that cookie money to help a woman in Ecuador open a bakery? Then you'd be getting thousands of cookies!"
28 Feb 2007
We passed 100 donors shortly after midnight. Thanks to the Gumball Corps for getting the word out! We're still looking for members-- if you're interested in microlending, social entrepreneurship, or winning the E-Week Challenge, contact us ASAP.
27 Feb 2007
With just 16 donors, we have managed to break $1000! We'd like to take this chance to thank everyone who has donated so far.
27 Feb 2007
Just in: A photo of the first six in-person donations! Yes, in-person donations (which make up the majority of donations, and are posted here as well) are actually being collected on post-it notes!
27 Feb 2007
Current total donated: $774 from 8 donors.
26 Feb 2007
We're looking for Stanford students to join our Gumball Capital E-Week team! If you like what we do and have a few hours to spare before Thursday, contact us. Thanks to Jeff Orlowski, we're doing a crazy project creating value using Post-Its. Right now we're five undergrads--not enough of us. 100 Post-Its? With your help, we're going to need a thousand.
26 Feb 2007
Current total donated: $201 from 3 donors.
26 Feb 2007
Gumball Capital is participating in the EntrepreneurshipWeekUSA Innovation Challenge at Stanford University! Read what we're all about, then pledge a donation by 10AM Thursday.
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