Online supermarket software supports competition of innovative Web projects Web Ready, who organizes a business incubator "Ingria" in support of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Applications for participation in the project (including in the category of e-commerce) are accepted until October 24. Softkey is a media partner of the competition. Felix Muchnik, general director of Softkey, became a member of the jury along with other well-known specialists in the field of internet technology, venture funds and private investors. "A startup in fact, Softkey amassed quite a profound experience. I am confident that this knowledge in the coming years will be very relevant indeed, - said Felix Muchnik, - and a similar contest - a convenient platform for screening and correction of viable sites. Last year's Web Ready attracted nearly 400 projects from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Bulgaria, Germany and other countries. Reached the final 23 startups. Web Ready Contest 2010 invites applications from projects working in areas of social media, SaaS, Sloud Computing, mobile technology, computer games, online, web development, virtualization, and online commerce. There are 2 nominations: "Best Project for seed stage" (for business ideas, business plans, or prototypes, not bred in the public access) and "Best Startup" (for ongoing projects). Participants are evaluated on several parameters: the novelty, technical feasibility, realistic business model (monetization), etc. "We expect that by the end of the contest will take more than one transaction," - says Ilya Tolstov, CEO of Technopark "Ingria".
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