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StartupRealities No 147 YoungRankings  produces annual standard-format rankings of children in relationship to various commercial brands and organisations, e.g. " 10 under 10 loyal ice cream X customers ", or " 15 under 15 girl scouts leaders ". To ensure that high ethical standards are maintained, rankings participation for under-age children and teenagers requires parental consent and is merit-based rather than consumption based. For example, ice cream customers are rated for their passion for the brand of ice cream, their creativity, social media profile, videos, and engagement with the brand - and not based on monetary value of the consumed ice cream. The company also gives profile and visibility to the parents of each ranked (winning) participant unless they request anonymity. CEO QUOTE "You have surely come across many of those 20 under 20, 30 under 30, 40 under 40 rankings. But no one before us had ventured into the under-15 or under-10 space. Child...

StartupRealities No 141 StoryPrize  awards annual prizes for the best stories that occur and are reported during a year in a dozen categories, including the news media, scientific research, education, medicine, engineering, politics, business, the environment, art and culture. CEO QUOTE "Truth is stranger than fiction. Among all our StoryPrize categories, only two categories is fiction - literature and film. All other stories have to be real. We nominate and recognise the most striking and surprising sequences of events that take place in a year. Our prizes encourage the use of stories and storytelling in education and public communication by building a database of impressive and creative stories in the public domain," said StoryPrize founder and CEO Stormy Pritzker. Trophy cup (image source: Wikipedia )