The Lightning Network enables Bitcoin micropayments, plus several other advantages for crypto crowdfunding compared to traditional platforms and methods.
Social Business
Businesses with a social objective as a top priority, rather than profit or market share. Includes impact investing
Food Sharing App Tackles $1 Trillion Annual Wastage
A third of all the food produced in the world is thrown away. It represents an annual value of $1 trillion, and in the UK half the food is wasted in the home. It’s one of our planet’s greatest problems. There are millions of people who don’t have enough,...
Mayor of London Has £1m For Community Projects Using Crowdfunding
Local communities in London are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, and using crowdfunding to bring much-needed projects to life.
Trust Is The New Gold, And Nordic Countries are Leading The Way
While the tech world has its eyes set on ICOs – the funding frenzy of 2017 – an often overlooked currency seems to be shaping the way forward for tech giants. Trust is the most important currency and shouldn’t be ignored by individuals and organizations....
Energy Sustainability and Decentralization (Part II)
In Part 1 we looked at decentralization of electricity generation, largely due to the availability of affordable equipment for domestic-scale production from renewable sources. Part 2 looks at the distribution side of the industry, where digitization will enable...
Four factors on why crowdsourcing can make you ready for future of work
Few skills which one can hone with the help of crowdsourcing and be ready for future of work.
Sweden is a Crowdsourcing Leader
Sweden is recognised as being at the forefront of using crowdsourcing to develop both business and community social opportunities. Perhaps it’s an almost inevitable extension of central government policy to eradicate gender discrimination and treat everyone equally....
Why Changes of Scenery Are Important in the Gig-Economy
Despite apparent greater control of a personal work/life balance open to remote workers and operators in the gig economy, these people often have higher levels of stress and sleep disruption . However, the flexibility offered by ICT has the potential to alter and...
#1 Secret Why Google is the Most Valuable Company on Earth
Do you remember when Google acquired YouTube for $1.6 billion? I always ask this question when speaking at conferences and the reason behind this huge acquisition I believe, is because the company had inherently understood the concept of crowd-powered media. Look at...
Reinventing your Business Model with Platform Thinking
The digital platform is not just a medium to interact but is one of the cornerstones of the crowd economy, that is poorly understood at best. This was a big takeaway from my interview with a top global CXO advisor on the platform business model, Sangeet Paul Choudary,...
Investing in Women is Win-Win For All
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg Female 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...
The 5 P’s of the Crowd Economy
This article by Epi Ludvik is reposted from Virgin Entrepreneur Social connections boosted by the web and mobile networks have seeded collaboration and cooperation like never before. Ironically all this technology has, in more instances than not, helped increase human...
The Humanification of Everything
Scores of platform and businesses have adopted the Uber model to disrupt verticals that relied on old models of stocking up commodities, employees or services. They are now looking to connect real-time, custom demand with custom solutions – essentially...
MIT Bitcoin Club Creates Campus Digital Currency Ecosystem
Got $100 in Bitcoins? How will you use it? MIT’s Bitcoin Club has a plan – to distribute the $100 in Bitcoins to every undergraduate on campus this Fall and press the “play” button. They hope to follow and study how students use the digital...
Lauren Anderson: Principles of Collaboration Will Help Brands Stay Relevant
Lauren Anderson, Chief Knowledge Officer of Collaborative Lab, joined us to discuss the shifting consumer mindset toward sharing, the future of collaborative consumption, and how businesses can keep up in the February 13, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week.
5 Tips to Cultivate Crowdsourcing Culture in Organizations
I was recently asked – “What are your top five tips for individuals / organizations in approaching and management crowdsourcing?” This is a very relevant question for businesses and organizations looking to adopt a crowd-centric mindset. Through my...
What Happens in an Internet Minute – Growth in One Year
The Internet is growing- rapidly. According to a recent article on Quartz, global internet users have grown by 3% in 2013 from 2012 and broadband speeds have increased a whopping 17%. Both these factors have led to more people using the internet to search, upload and share information.
5 Benefits of Crowdsourcing Principles for Employee Engagement
Employee satisfaction surveys, online assessments and performance reviews could soon be a thing of the past. Rejoice! These employee engagement strategies have been uncomfortable at best and further deepened the divide between employees and upper management. How can crowdsourcing help convert employees into valuable business assets?
5 Benefits of Crowdsourcing Principles for Employee Engagement
Employee satisfaction surveys, online assessments and performance reviews could soon be a thing of the past. Rejoice! These employee engagement strategies have been uncomfortable at best and further deepened the divide between employees and upper management. How can...
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Geosocial Universe 3.0: The Integrated Giants [Graphic]
For this graphic, we used a survey from Pingdom, an uptime monitoring service, to visualize how many of the top 10,000 websites are integrated with major social platforms.
The Geosocial Universe 3.0 [INFOGRAPHIC]
In a time not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a little phenomenon was born that united the people of cyberspace through geographic services and social networking. In August 2010, JESS3 took one giant step for geosocial networking with the introduction of The...