Practically speaking, Alaska Marketplace brings visionaries, financiers, technical experts and entrepreneurs together in an innovation competition where innovators “sell” their ideas to a jury comprised of representatives from the public and private sectors. The innovators pitch their ideas to a Grand Jury for a chance to be awarded thousands of dolars in seed money. Awards are intended to foster innovation and are made to the competition’s top proposals on the basis of viability, sustainability, replicability and cost-effectiveness. While we are adopting a World Bank model, this program is uniquely Alaskan and thus completely independent of The World Bank Group.

Find out more about the competition by visiting the Alaska Marketplace website at www.alaskamarketplace.org, emailing or by calling 907-274-3611.