AND THE MYSTERY CHALLENGE IS...

Today, one of the world’s most pressing problems is the global recession, which has had a devastating effect on individuals, communities, companies, and entire countries. Those who have been least affected know how to build financial reserves to draw upon and/or how to do more with less. However, many people around the world view these as difficult or unpleasant to do. Let's do something to change that!

Your challenge is to... MAKE SAVING MONEY FUN!

Create as much value and have as much impact as possible while making it fun to save money.

- Remember that "saving" can be defined in lots of different ways.   

- Impact comes in many different forms:  financial, educational, artistic, humor, awareness, behavior changing, relationship building, peacemaking, etc. 

- And, of course, there are LOTS of ways to have fun!!

We encourage you to come up with products, services, experiences, or anything else you can imagine... Feel free to act locally or globally, and to think small or BIG. 

You must actually implement your ideas and deliver results.

Entrepreneurship is all about leveraging resources and taking action with the goal of creating value and impact.

The 2009 Global Innovation Tournament (GIT) is a fast-paced competition that will challenge student teams to solve a mystery challenge in about eight days, creating as much value and impact as possible. Teams must then convey their results in a short video (three minutes or less) posted to YouTube. The mystery problem will be revealed on November 4 (GMT-8) and submissions will be due Nov 13 (GMT-8). In the past, the assignments involved common, everyday objects. This year it’s a different kind of challenge. What will it be?

• Sign up for the Global Innovation Tournament by clicking on the button to the right
• To receive email updates, add your email address to the Newsletter mailing list on the right
• Students are encouraged to form teams to take on the challenge. We recommend no more than 15 members.
• Create a YouTube account where you will upload your video
• We will reveal the specific challenge on November 4, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Pacific time (GMT-8).
• Create value using the assigned challenge, document your work, and create a video that is three minutes or less. (For best results, we recommend a maximum of 90 seconds.)
• After you finish your video, upload it to YouTube and give it the tag "stanfordgit09"
• Copy your video's YouTube URL, go to http://www.youtube.com/group/stanfordgit09, and post it to the group using the "Submit a Video" link at the upper right.
• Return to this site and submit the YouTube video URL.
• Video submissions are due by Fri, Nov 13 at 9 a.m. Pacific time (GMT-8).
• Videos will be evaluated based on the content and creativity, not video production quality.
• All videos will be viewable by the general public.
• Global winners will be announced online on Thurs, Dec 3