I’m really happy to announce that Khosla Ventures have agreed to sponsor the Carnival of the Mobilists from June 2006 until the end of the year, which will help us extend our presence and profile in the Blogosphere.
The sponsorship will take the form of cash prizes every month, as well as the Best of the Year Carnival prize which we run in December. Every month, the best Carnival Host will win $500 and the best Post will win $250. Of course, if you host and post, you could win the lot!
In December, we’ll be running the Best Post of the Year again, hosted at MobHappy, where we’ll be awarding two cash prizes before the holidays, of $1,000 and $500.
In the best traditions of democracy, the prizes will be awarded by popular vote. Previous hosts will be eligible to vote for the best host of the month. We were keen to incorporate this award, as hosts do the majority of the work and are responsible for maintaining the consistently high standards we all aspire to for the Carnival.
The best post awards will be nominated by the host each week and then voted for by the readers.
Many of you who came to The Gathering of the Mobilists at CTIA will already have met David Weiden, who is a partner at Khosla Ventures and who drove this sponsorship at their end. Khosla Ventures is a new fund set up by the legendary Vinod Khosla to invest in mobile among other areas and to address a variety of social causes.
David says:
“Khosla Ventures is delighted to be involved with the Carnival of the Mobilists, not the least because I’m an avid reader myself. KV is all about supporting the best of breed people and companies and it’s great that we can extend that principle to our friends in the Blogosphere. Drop us a line anytime to say hello at email: DW AT khoslaventures dot com.”
So, books have the Booker and bloggers have The Khoslas! I think this is a really exciting initiative for the Carnival and all of us who are involved, but it’s great that folks with the profile and reputation of KV has recognized the importance of bloggers and the blogosphere.
All that remains is to ask you to pass the word and help make the Carnival of the Mobilists bigger and better than ever. Oh, and good luck with winning the money!
By the way, the Carnival has it’s own website now www.mobili.st. You don’t need an invitation to enter, just send in your best post of the week to mobilists AT gmail DOT com.
Carnival of the Mobilists gets a Sponsor…
Russel Buckley announces on MobHappy that Khosla Ventures have agreed to sponsor the Carnival of the Mobilists from June 2006 until the end of the year, which will help us extend our presence and profile in the Blogosphere.
The sponsorship will take…
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Carnival of the Mobilists # 29 at Open Gardens…
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yup, this is great. and the carnival is great.
but, i still will have to pass on this opportunity, no matter how attractive you have always made it from day one.
yeah, and i thoroughly apologize for still trying to aviod the carnival - nothing personal (you guys are all wonderful), just my own laziness -
[…] In case you missed it, the Carnival now has its own website and it’s sponsored by our friends at Khosla Ventures. This means you can win cash prizes for entering and hosting the Carnival every month. […]
[…] In case you missed it, the Carnival now has its own website and it’s sponsored by our friends at Khosla Ventures. This means you can win cash prizes for entering and hosting the Carnival every month. […]
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[…] In case you missed it, the Carnival now has its own website and it’s sponsored by our friends at Khosla Ventures. This means you can win cash prizes for entering and hosting the Carnival every month. […]