Disruptive ideas don't always have to come from top-secret Pentagon research labs or fashionable Silicon Valley start-ups. Everyday, people from all walks of life possessed of unique skills just waiting to emerge are ready and willing to step outside of their routine and contribute to the betterment of humanity. That's what incentivized prize competitions are all about – democratizing innovation in America, drawing on the talent and ingenuity that the more traditional levers of Washington contracts and even venture capital networks can't tap, simply because they don't know it's there.
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