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Advanta Corp.
Social entrepreneur student wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com* contest
March 28th, 2008
Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ:ADVNB; ADVNA) announced that Aaron Fleishman of State College, PA has been named February's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea. Fleishman, a Lewistown, PA native, is a Penn State senior majoring in chemical engineering. The concept for Mashavu came from a class design project to develop a prototype cell phone-based system to help victims in disaster situations and refugee camps. To pilot the program, Fleishman and Penn State Senior Research Associate Khanjan Mehta will lead a group of 14 students to Tanzania in June. "The ideablob competition gave us a fantastic opportunity to announce our new...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-03-28)
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