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Re:The Coca-Cola Company offers $10K Prize to Re-Imagine the... by rollo_tommasi on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:41PM (#5333759)
The first half of those points is the same fuzzy horseshit rolled out to defend unpaid internships.

That new ideas, informed feedback, and talent are valuable assets is obvious, so why should you hand them over for (virtually) free? That only devalues the value of the skills, training, and experience required to arrive at those insights.

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Re:The Coca-Cola Company offers $10K Prize to Re-Imagine the... by joezydeco on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:46PM (#5333784)
You know, if I was at Pepsi-Cola right now I'd be assembling a team of interns (or multiple teams) to join the competition and participate. Not for the purpose of winning, but watching all the other entries and taking notes.

Is there some cross-team protection or NDA taking place for all the contestants?

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Re:The Coca-Cola Company offers $10K Prize to Re-Imagine the... by bluehat on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:57PM (#5333860)
No NDAs.
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