Monday, July 2, 2012

Naveen Jain's inome Awards $100K To Employees For Innovative Ideas

Bellevue-based inome, headed by Naveen Jain, said today that it has awarded $100,000 its employees ideas to help the company foster innovation. inome--which is the umbrella firm housing Intelius and Jain's other efforts--said it awarded Elisabeth DeVos with the top prize in its challenge, which includes $100,000 in prizes. The company did not say how much DeVos received individually for her efforts. The firm said its challenge is an effort to tap into employees to foster innovation at the firm. inome says it is developing a "set of proprietary technologies" to "disrupt many industries" by organizing and analyzing the world's information.