World Bank2014-04-022014-04-022013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17605The Information for Development Program's (InfoDev) "From Mind to Market" approach was designed to bridge early-stage innovation support gaps and guide promising ideas on toward minimum viable products, ultimately turning them into sustainable businesses. The approach aims to source ideas from a large talent pool and spur the best innovators to turn their innovations into sustainable, growth-oriented start-ups. The primary goal is start-up creation. Secondary goals include the generation of pools of ideas and prototypes, the creation of basic topical knowledge for a large group of innovators, and broader awareness-raising around a new topic, as well as partnership and capacity-building for implementation partners. This report summarizes the approach, which is based on four steps: 1) the identification of a novel topic with market potential and high potential for international development; 2) the implementation of a broad based collaborative, open innovation competition; 3) the implementation of an activity that forges minimum viable products through face-to-face support at sites across the globe; and 4) the follow-up with a program of incubation and acceleration for the best and most committed innovators.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTIVISMBACK-OFFICEBACKBONEBASICBEHAVIORSBLOGBOUNDARIESBRAINSTORMINGBRANDBUSINESS IDEASBUSINESS MODELBUSINESS MODELSBUSINESS NETWORKSBUSINESS OPPORTUNITYBUSINESS PLANBUSINESS-TO-BUSINESSBUSINESSESCAPACITY-BUILDINGCIOCLIENT COUNTRIESCODINGCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY BUILDINGCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPUTER ACCESSCOMPUTERSDATA COLLECTIONDATA ENTRYDEVICESDIGITALDIGITIZATIONDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONSDOSE-MAILEMAILSEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEQUIPMENTEXPERIMENTATIONEXPERT OPINIONSEXPLORATIONFOCUS GROUPSGROWTH POTENTIALHACKERHACKERSICTIDEAIDEASIMAGEIMAGESIMAGINATIONIMPLEMENTATION PERIODSIMPLEMENTATIONSINFORMATION ACCESSINFORMATION RESOURCESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERINNOVATIONINNOVATION PROGRAMINNOVATIONSINSIGHTSINTEGRATIONINTERACTIVE MEDIUMINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONINTERNATIONALIZATIONINVENTIONKNOW-HOWKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYKNOWLEDGE PRODUCTSKNOWLEDGE SHARINGLEADINGLEARNINGLEARNING DESIGNLICENSELICENSESMARKET ENTRYMARKET OPPORTUNITYMARKET POTENTIALMARKET RESEARCHMARKETINGMATERIALMEDIAMENTORINGMOBILE ACCESSMOBILE APPLICATIONMOBILE APPLICATIONSMOBILE COMMUNICATIONMOBILE NETWORKMOBILE PHONESNETWORKSNEW TECHNOLOGYOPERATING SYSTEMPARTNER ORGANIZATIONSPARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTSPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPSPHOTOPHYSICAL DISTANCESPRACTITIONERSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAMSPROJECT MANAGEMENTPROTOTYPEPROTOTYPESPUBLISHINGQUERIESR&DREMOTE COMMUNICATIONREPOSITORIESRESULTRESULTSROBOTICSSALESSATELLITESITESSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL NETWORKINGSOFTWARE DEVELOPERSSUBJECT EXPERTSTARGETSTECHNICAL ASPECTSTECHNICAL SKILLSTECHNICIANSTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELEPHONETHINKINGTIME FRAMESTRANSACTIONTRANSLATIONUSERUSERSVALIDATION PROCESSVALUE CHAINVALUE CREATIONVIDEOVISIONWEBWEB PAGEWEBSITEWOMEN ENTREPRENEURS10.1596/17605