Category: Online Communities

Q&A with Rob Israch, CMO, Tipalti

by Clive Reffell | Aug 15, 2018 |

California-based Tipalti, founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Chen Amit and underground VC Oren Zeev, was created to address the difficulties associated with making mass global payments. It does this through a comprehensive...

Crowd Gigs Are International

by Rob Israch | Jul 31, 2018 |

The U.S. Department of Labor recently put out a report on the state of freelancers and gig workers. As one of the largest studies in the space, it showed that the percentage of short-term workers was actually down slightly from...

When Humans Meet AI: The Next Generation of Crowdsourcing

by Shay Hershkovitz | Apr 19, 2018 |

Crowdsourcing has been around for a very long time. Although the term was coined in 2005 by Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson, editors at Wired, and though it is referred to as a form of Internet-based activities, there are many...

Four factors on why crowdsourcing can make you ready for future of work

by Nishith Gupta | Nov 20, 2017 |

Few skills which one can hone with the help of crowdsourcing and be ready for future of work.

Open Innovation at GE: The Power of the Global Crowd [Q&A]

by Epi Ludvik | Jun 27, 2017 |

Q&A with Dyan Finkhousen, Director of Open Innovation at General Electric While the idea of open innovation is still fairly new, there are an increasing number of initiatives and companies that are getting value out of their...

CSW Summit DC hit exciting new highs

by Clive Reffell | Jun 22, 2017 |

CSW Summit Washington DC on June 15 brought together a famously distinguished group of crowdsourcing thought leaders and innovators to share insights and trends on how the second wave of the crowd economy is reshaping industries...

FUBAR, a disruptive UK radio station delivering unregulated content to digital devices

by Clive Reffell | Jan 18, 2017 |

At Crowdsourcing Week we are fascinated by the disruption taking place in many business sectors where established business models are being re-written. Entrepreneurs are identifying and exploiting opportunities provided by the...

Great Design is the Secret to Great Crowdsourcing

by Briana Green | Nov 17, 2016 |

Design plays a key role in the effectiveness of crowdsourcing platforms, new research from Eindhoven University of Technology shows. The steady growth of crowdsourcing in recent years brings significant challenges such as...

Searching for the Crowdsourcing Stars

by Adam Woodhall | Apr 21, 2016 |

For many of us, it’s possible when we think of ‘Crowdsourcing’ what comes to mind is the Kickstarter of an exciting cause or product that we recently contributed financially to (often to support a friend whose...