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    Facebook announces 25 developer grant finalists
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    Then Facebook's users will get to have their say. "These 25 companies will release out their app, users will get a chance to play around with them as well as watch a one-to-two minute video clip of what the app is about, and vote for their favorites" said Kat Lee, the FBfund product manager, in an interview with CNET News. Full Article at CNET
    These 25 companies will release out their app, users will get a chance to play around with them as well as watch a one-to-two minute video clip of what the app is about, and vote for their favorites
    SOURCE: CNET 13 months ago
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Facebook announces 25 developer grant finalists
  1. That $250,000 grant (the $25,000 plus $225,000) is given in payments based on milestones, and those milestones are tied to engagement within Facebook
    SOURCE: CNET 13 months ago
  2. If one of these 25 has an application that ends up failing or crashing, you can be pretty sure it won't be one of the top five
    SOURCE: CNET 13 months ago
  3. The great thing is, we have a $10 million commitment from Founders Fund and Accel, we've been in pretty close contact with them because they were intimately involved in selecting these 25 first-round recipients, and they've made clear to us that they think this is a great investment not only in the deve...
    SOURCE: CNET 13 months ago

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