Change: Ideation and startup support for businesses using exponential technologies to solve Grand Challenges. 80 students/9 week summer program (Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil) TechStars (Boulder, CO and Boston, MA | Seed capital and mentorship for startups. $18K in seed funding, pitching to angels and VCs at end of summer.Unreasonable Institute   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1242)

Change: Water pumps that double as merry-go round play devices for children, being installed in rural Africa (Malawi). Goal of 4,000 by 2010.WizzitSouth African cellphone-based banking service, started in 2005. Popular with lower income South Africans. Boutique Firms and Sole Practitioners JALA International Telework, telecommuting, and applied futures research.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1165)

Change: First cellphone-based peer-to-peer money transfer service in the world (Safaricom and Vodaphone). Has taken off in Kenya (12 million subscribers by end of 2008). Banks are predictably trying to shut it down. ObopayCellphone-based payment service. 25 cents to send money.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1125)

Change: strategy using emerging sales and marketing strategies.strategy. Interested primarily in game changing social web technologies.YCombinator (Mountain View, CA | Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston) Software and web services incubator. The first to fund ideas to prototypes, which are then pitched to angels and VCs.Know any other   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1045)

Change: is grounded in launching startups with minimal infusions of capital and include an active involvement in executing the launch strategy using emerging sales and marketing strategies. Interested primarily in game changing social web technologies.YCombinator (Mountain View, CA | Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston) Software and web services incubator. The   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1063)

Change: Boutique Firms and Sole PractitionersIncubatorsGeneral American Academy of Actuaries (AAA) Public policy and professionalism organization for U.S. actuaries. American Marketing Association A leading source for information, knowledge sharing and development in the marketing profession. 38,000 members. See also Silicon Valley chapter. American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 980)

Change: IT business incubator. $20K/company in exchange for 6% of common stock. Pitching to angels and VCs at end of summer.TechStars (Boulder, CO and Boston, MA | Seed capital and mentorship for startups. $18K in seed funding, pitching to angels and VCs at end of summer.YCombinator (Palo   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 912)

Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 850)

Change: or groups at these orgs have distinguished themselves in methods or theory in one or more of the Foresight Frameworks on the FERN wiki. List alpha by organization name.General American Academy of Actuaries (AAA) Public policy and professionalism organization for U.S. actuaries. American Marketing Association A leading   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 829)

Change: havedistinguishedhave distinguished themselves in methods or theory in one or more of the Futures Studies Frameworks on the FSDN website. Know any other orgs that should be on this list? Log in and add them yourself. Please follow the same formatting and style you see on these pages, with   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 856)