Category: Crowdsourcing

How Crowdsourcing Built The World’s #1 Wine Brand

by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey | Jul 2, 2019 |

Hi! We are Michael and Bonnie, the founders of the world’s largest wine brand. Did you know that we used crowdsourcing to build Barefoot Wine? Sure, it wasn’t called “Crowdsourcing” back then, but it was the secret to our...

HeroX: the Social Network of Prize Challenges

by Clive Reffell | Jul 2, 2019 |

Finding the right talent to solve your problem can be difficult. Crowdsourcing helps you access a global pool of on-demand talent, helping to make innovation efforts less expensive, easier to manage and of better quality through...

Building Smart Cities Step By Step

by Clive Reffell | Jun 21, 2019 |

55% of the world’s 7.7 billion people already live in urban environments, and this figure is rising fast. With the simple act of a footstep, Pavegen’s smart flooring system enables people to physically participate in the...

The Growing Gig-Economy Spurs Demand for Online Payment and Banking Services

by Clive Reffell | Jun 20, 2019 |

With young people finding it increasingly hard to find quality and meaningful work, more and more are turning to the gig-economy. Although this form of work can be unpredictable, stressful and at times downright precarious, and...

The Influence of Crowd Technology on Democracy

by Clive Reffell | Jun 19, 2019 |

We live in changing times in which high levels of human migration to developed countries has generated a resurgence of nationalist, populist politics. A more confrontational political landscape is fuelled by deliberately...

Prize Competitions Part 3: Choosing the Appropriate Crowd to Compete

by Christopher Frangione | May 30, 2019 |

This is the third part in our three-part blog series on prize competitions. In Part 1 we shared the power of prize competitions. Part 2 helped you understand what makes a successful prize competition. Now, we will give you some...

Prize Competitions Part 2: Success is in the Design

by Christopher Frangione | May 23, 2019 |

This is the second part in our three-part blog series on prize competitions, or prize challenges as some people prefer to call them. In Part 1 we shared the power of prize competitions as a means to generate open innovation...

Prize Competitions, Part 1: The Power of Prize Competitions to Accelerate R&D

by Christopher Frangione | May 16, 2019 |

This is the first part in a three-part blog series on using prize competitions, also called prize challenges. In this Part 1 we share the power and benefits of prize competitions. In Part 2 we will help you understand what makes...

5 Simple Questions To Ask Your Crowdsourcing Platform

by Michael Dehoyos | May 1, 2019 |

Crowdsourcing is a great way for an organization to generate external input, particularly when it faces a new challenge. Benfits include tapping in to specific areas of interest or expertise that don’t exist within your...

Crowdsourcing is Unlocking Billions of Dollars in Primary Industry

by Holly Bridgwater | Apr 2, 2019 |

Crowdsourcing and open innovation are staring to be recognised within primary industry as effective ways to validate concepts at low risk, solve complex challenges, find new innovative suppliers and automate work. As a...