OurCrowd's Global Investor Summit (Dec 9-10 in Jerusalem, Israel) will bring together an A-list selection of cutting-edge Israeli startups, experienced angel investors, and a diverse array of industry professionals, advisors and mentors, Who is OurCrowd? OurCrowd is...
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How Will the Crowd Economy Impact the Next Billion?
The third edition of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015 will take place on April 20 - 24 at Singapore's inspiring Genexis Theatre at Fusionopolis. The week-long conference will focus on the promise and future of the crowd economy with the 2015 theme “Crowd Economy:...
Uber Lesson 101: Focus on the Public Before the PR
How can a week be so messed up for anyone?If you've not been snowed in with Snovember in the US, you would probably know the company in question is Uber. News from Uber has dominated my feed for all the wrong reasons -- and when it rains its pours they say. It will...
Smart City Collaboration: NYC’s Pay Phone Booths to Transform Into Free Hotspots
What is the future of public telephone booths, many of them decommissioned or just plain neglected? Of course many have been creatively repurposed. But these out-of-date installation now have a bigger calling. New York City Plans to replace its public telephone booths...
Virgin Galactic Tragedy
Yesterday was a tragic day for those of us excited about the new frontiers in space travel when the Virgin Galactic lost one of its pilots in a test space travel flight in the Mojave desert.My sincere condolences go out to the family and colleagues of the fallen pilot...
The ECN Crowdfunding Convention in Paris will Focus on the €2 Billion Crowdfunding Market
The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) will launch the third edition of the ECN Crowdfunding Convention on 11th and 12th December in Paris, a high-level event for crowdfunding professionals and stakeholders from all areas connected to crowdfunding, including...
CSW Europe 2014: What Attendees are Saying
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter BurgCrowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 in Copenhagen saw participants from wide-ranging backgrounds taking in 5 key lessons on collaboration. Here's what attendees had to say about the event, which served to ignite the Nordic community...
10 Quotes from Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 (and the Ideas, Trends, & Insights Behind Them)
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter BurgLast week in Copenhagen, Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 saw the brightest minds in crowdsourcing gather to discuss what’s in store for the future of collaboration.Here are some favorite quotes from the conference, crowdsourced with the...
Day 3: From Users to Movers with Crowdsourcing
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg It’s an era of connectivity, where anybody can disrupt the existing system and turn things upside down. It is technology, new media and platforms for collaboration that drastically change the way we are used to working. Innovating...
Breakthrough in Collaborative Economy: the First ever Crowd Payments Platform
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter BurgCSW Europe 2014 marked the official launch of Mobbr.com – the first and the only crowd payments platform in the world. Pilot version ran in the Netherlands earlier this year and now it has already reached UK, Singapore and Russia. And...
Day 2: Future of Crowdfunding – Not only for “Super-early Adopters”
Photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg We have wrapped up Day 2 of CSW Europe with some food for thought on where crowdfunding is heading next. What is brand new today will be common tomorrow. But the challenge is to make investors and entrepreneurs grasp how to get to...
Investing in Women is Win-Win For All
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter BurgFemale entrepreneurship is much more than a social issue. Now it is an economic one with a rising generation of 'mumpreneurs' going out and challenging the existing gender imbalance of business.Building confidence“One of the main...
Digital Diplomacy to put Kosovo on the Global Map
“Facebook has recognized Kosovo.” You must have seen these viral headlines about a year ago. Now we get behind the scenes at CSW Europe in Copenhagen and get to know who has driven this change. The project of Digital Kosovo has existed for a little over one year. In...
Day 1: Survival Kit for your Business in the Age of Crowdsourcing
The first day of Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 is brought to a close. We had an action-packed day full of insights on what crowdsourcing can give to companies and why collaboration matters. Crowdsourcing is not only about money. Neither it is for a selected field of...
