To make the finalist selection as transparent and open to the industry as possible, the Mobile Premier Awards brought together an online jury of industry experts to select the best startups, out of the 49 MPA in Innovation Nominees, selected by MobileMonday chapters around the globe.
The startups are valued on the basis of their:
- originality, creativity and innovation
- technical and operational feasibility
- economic and financial viability
The jury members need to consider geographical diversity, keeping a good balance between different countries and continents. Jury members may not select a startup from their own country or have any commercial activity with any of the startups they choose.
We ask the jury members to choose startups with a cool mobile product, avoiding agencies, pure technology or low value me-too propositions. We stimulate diversity of application and solution areas, and we ask them to keep an eye open at the startups from developing countries.
The finalists will be announced here on January 25.
Here’s the list of jury members to select the 20 finalists to present on February 15, 2010 in Barcelona:
Ajit Joakar, Author at Futuretext, @AjitJaokar
Alfredo Morresi, Developer, @rainbowbreeze
Andy Abramson, CEO, Comunicano, and blog author, @andyabramson
Aviv Revach, Co-Founder Mo’Minis, @aviv_revach
Chetan Sharma, Consultant, Author, Evangelist, @chetansharma
David Wood, Principal at Delta Wisdom, @dw2
Frederic Laziou, Fund raising and M&A advisory for European technology ventures, @fredericlaziou
Henri Moissinac, Head of Mobile, Facebook, @moissinac
Ilja Laurs, Founder and CEO of GetJar, @getjar
Inma Martinez, entrepreneur, investor, strategist, @inma_martinez
Kerry Ritz, Chief Commercial Officer, ACN Europe BV, @kerryritz
Martin Duval, CEO Bluenove, @bluenove
Oliver Lauer, Co-founder of mobilemonday.de, @mobinauten
Oliver Weidlich, Mobile User Experience Specialist, Ideal interfaces, @oliverw
Pat Phelan, Cubic Telecom & MAXroam founder, @patphelan
Peggy Anne Salz, Founder of MSearchGroove, @peggyanne
Raj Singh, Mobile Enthusiast, @raazzzin
Richard Marshall, Founder and CTO of Rapid Mobile Media Ltd, @rmmarshall
Roberto Bonanzinga, Partner at Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Europe), @bonanzinga
Rodrigo Sepulveda, Entrepreneur and Business Angel, @Rodrigo
Romain David, Director of Mobile Products at Lumosity.com, @romaindavid
Simon Andrews, Founder addictive, @simonbigpicture
Steve Kennedy, Industry veteran, pundit, journo, investor, @stevekennedyUK
Tomi Ahonen, Author and consultant in mobile and media, @tomiahonen
Volker Hirsch, Co-Founder & CEO, Blue Beck, @vhirsch
Yuri van Geest, Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam, Co-Organizer TEDx Amsterdam, @vangeest
Here’s a Twitter list of the Mobile Premier Awards online jury so you can follow their discussions at once!
As usual, a different jury will be judging the finalist pitches on stage at the event on February 15, 2010 in Barcelona.
About the Mobile Premier Awards
The Mobile Premier Awards are the point of reference in startup premiers during the Mobile World Congress on February 15, 2010 in Barcelona and are organized in collaboration with some of the main networks in the industry including MobileMonday, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), MEX, MobileActive.org, Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association. Register here to attend the Mobile Premier Awards.
