RUBEN LICERA JR.

IdeaSpace National Competition Finals Live Blogging

This blogpost will provide you exclusive details on the final judging of the first ever IdeaSpace National competition on April 5, 2013 at the First Pacific Leadership Academy in Antipolo City, Rizal.

IdeaSpace National Competition Finalists:

In my previous article titled: IdeaSpace National Competition Finals Top 20 and the Final Round, I have identified the Top 20 finalist.

The judges of the National Competition includes Manuel V Pangilinan, Mr. Doy Vea, Google Country Manager Johan Sergengen.

IdeaSpace.Ph Founder Earl Valencia shared his excitement as the first national competition.

First Presentor is SafeCab. Keith Lumanog and team aims to provide app solution for commuters wish to have clean, secured and courteous taxi drivers.

AgriCulture Technologies is developing a product that will provide assistance the fisheries sector which is a 237 Billion sector. This will assist the aquaculture business in solving problem on Fish Kill and ensure high harvest yeild.

Tech4Health aims to provide assistance to users to provide simple, accessible and inexpensive for Diabetes patients. All you need is a mobile phone and a Glucose monitoring gadget. It is sent to a database and the system provides status, reports and compliance.

MiCab solves the problem of long hours of waiting for taxi cab. This a smartphone booking app that works with or without internet. It upgrades the traditional radio dispatching system. Solving taxi problem one fleet at a time.

Nambal.com is a medical app that stores the medical history of a patient.

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LIVE BLOGGING

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Thanks to @DulceLada and @rubenlicera is trying this new Live Blogging plugin while @bariles is snoring.

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Live blogging straight from #ideaspaceph National Competition Finals in Antipolo. I’m with @dulcelada @sirvincentph and @bariles

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Pinoy Travel Online is now presenting.It is an online booking system selling convenience and peace of mind #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality

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Pinoy Online Travel is now being questioned by the board of judges chaired by MVP @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers

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PinoyTravel concept is a good concept according to MVP.

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Now Presenting is FindmyDok from Davao City. #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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FindMyDok provides a detail provide of the doctors for the patients but a limited feature to the public. #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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FindmyDok aims to have a general doctors profile platform and will expand to other profession #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Team CornerData is now presenting #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Team CorNerData allows sensor to gather data that can be used by third party developers. #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Tudlo from Cebu is now presenting. #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Tudlo provides stored information to help people on how to implement and assist groups in addressing calamities and emergencies and will benefit everyone. #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Tudlo is tapping the digital content industry of USD 7.76B and had alreadY tapped schools and other institutions #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Tudlo Teaches. Guides. Posts #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Prodigo is a precision marketing platform for merchants to advertise their business to target groups of target clients #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Prodigo integrates social media + transactiono data + and target customers analytics to provide the merchants the specific, customized, real-time and localized campaigns #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Prodigo’s aim is to provide high yield per ad #ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PortfolioMNL.com provides opportunity to the 127,000 graduates every year in the Philippines #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PortfolioMNL.com aims to power the Philippine Creative Economy. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PortfolioMNL.com also aims to boost the freelancing economy of the Philippines. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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DateCola is now pitching the newest possible healthly cola in the market. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Date Cola believes that their products is very sustainable. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Dates Cola is confident that their original process of producing drinks that is mineralized. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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WEGEN is now pitching and aims to solve the electricity problem in the Philippines with Wind Turbine energy #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Wegen’s wind turbine will rely on strong wind availability and can provide users cost savings, quick payback for customers and ability to shorten payback #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Wegen is a team composed of students from Sorsogon. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Time Free Innovations is now pitching. This solution will provide a virtual queieng systems with text notification system. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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TimeFree Innovation is similar to “Wait No More” startup concept presented in the first Startup Weekend in Cebu. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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TimeFree is from Zamboanga and aims to “empower people to celebrate life.” #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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SUMMARIZE AND PLR (www.sumplr) is now presenting. It is a web service and mobile app. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Sumplr is customized according to your need #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Break for 5 minutes. 5 more finalist to go. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Now on the last 5 participants. Number 16th presentor is ArmTech #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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ARM Tech is Advanced Researches and Methodologies Technologies that aims to provide affordable clean and safe water #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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ARM Tech in invented by Reinell Cunanan. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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ARM Tech is showing their products. Initial product price would range around Php 999.00 . Stage 1 is for basic water purification without heavy metal contamination. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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17.09

DepEd SMART Cloud will address and assists teachers in managing the educational system. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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DepEd SMART cloud will provide smarter school system for smarter education #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Last finalist is PGRS #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PGRS (Power Generating Rumble Strips) is another source of alternative energy and can provide electricity #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PGRS does not burn fossil fuel and will only use exiting roads in cooperation with stakeholders. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PGRS can save 3M in cost and can help the environment since this produce clean energy. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Lost Meets Found is from Cebu and is the 20th finalist. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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If you lost things, pet or people. Lost Meets Found. First hope for recovering things you lost. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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AsiaFit Total Joint Implant is an added finalist of #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Joint replacement is a Php 8.8 Billion Health care industry #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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MIRAND, the developer of knee joint implant, will target doctors and patients and will be more affordable than the traditional 4-part knee joint implant #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcare

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Rene C. Catan, one of the inventor of the 2-part knee joint system, is an orthopaedic surgeon. #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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Before the surgery, MIRAND provides a template that will be designed according to the personal sizes of knee cap implants #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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15 minutes break for the judges to consolidate and finalize the TOP 10 FINALIST of this years #ideaspaceph national competition @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers

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Winners of this #ideaspaceph will have a chance to be incubated in Metro Manila with a premier address, mentored by MVP Groups world-class executives #ideastoreality @cebubloggers

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NOW SHOWING: A four-MINUTE video tribute to the Top 20 group finalist #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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And the venue is filled with tension as the crowd awaits the top 10 winners #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PRODIGO is the first of the top 10 #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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DATE COLA is the second of 10 to receive half a million pesos of scholarship #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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3rd in the list is ARM TEch #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PGRS is the 4th incubatee #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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TIMEFREE is the 5th incubatee #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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PortfolioMNL.com is the 6th spot #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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The 7th place is PINOY TRAVEL #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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the 7th slot goes to: WEGEN #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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The 8th spot: MIRAND #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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1Oth Spot: TECH4HEALTH #ideaspaceph @ideaspaceph #ideastoreality @cebubloggers @smartcares

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JUDGES QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

This is the list of the questions that I was able to capture during the five-minute question and answer portion. Just a disclaimer, this is not a complete list or the verbatim question from the judges. This is based on what I was able to capture as the event progress.

SAFECAB

How do you scale you your business?
How do you ensure the safety? Who assumes the responsibility of ensuring that the pomised solutions are served?

AGRICULTURE TECNOLOGIES

Can the fishpond owners and operators afford it?
Do you have formula for the different fish requirements per specific fishpond?
Does your system has the ability to aggregate data?

TECH4HEALTH

Why not develop a device that is complete and does not rely to another outside tool like glucose monitoring device?
Symptoms is critical in diagonosing clients. Who will diagnose? Who will ensure that
How do you get this to the critical mass directly? Do you have a better way of getting it across quickly? Quick adoption by users directly?

MICAB

Please register your trademark

NAMBAL

What are your triggers

PINOY TRAVEL

Replicate what are the airlines company is doing
What are you selling: seats or standing space?

TEAM CORNERDATA

Do you have sample gathered data.
How can you prevent this technology gadgets security and protection
What is your proof concept?
How can you scale in realizing your goals.

TUDLO

Do you have sample gathered data.
The tool can be warning for Typhoon warnings
The challenge will be if you have the manpower in educating people in the usage of the app.
Information is updated as soon as it becomes available.

PRODIGO

What will be your comparative advantage against the competition?

DATEBEV

You can register at the local IPO and then have it registered and protected in 86 countries and can be done in 4 months.
What is stopping your competitors in taking Dates as a good product?

WEGEN