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Global Payables Platform Tipalti Celebrates Multiple Milestones
Tipalti, the leading global payables automation platform, announced earlier this month that it has not only passed the 1,000-customer mark but has also exceeded $11 billion in annual transactions. Despite the economic headwinds in 2020, Tipalti has continued to...
How Tipalti Provides a Streamlined Payment Process for Three Gaming Platforms
With many people staying home due to Covid-19 restrictions, the gaming industry has seen increased engagement and revenue as people seek social interaction and entertainment. Platforms in this fast moving sector require equally fast-moving and best-in-class support...
CSW’s Virtual Crowd Summit Summary, 7 May 2020
Attendees at our first Virtual Crowd Summit experienced an international panel of speakers discussing and sharing how crowdsourcing-led techniques and models can help organisations. Help them to not only face up to the economic and operational implications of the...
I’ll Sadly Miss Two Leaders in the World of Innovation
With sad regret I have recently seen the passing of two people who left an indelible mark both on the world of innovation and on me personally. Academic, business leader, author and “management guru” Professor Clayton Christensen, and serial entrepreneur Leila Janah,...
An Inspiring Book Can Be a Perfect Personal Treat or Gift
For many of us it’s the time of year when thoughts turn to gift-giving. Gifting a book to someone shows you have thought about their particular interests and searched for something that suits them as an individual. And a message in the book itself customises your gift...
Global Experts Encourage CSW Riyadh 2019 Delegates to Leverage the Power of the Crowd
Crowdsourcing Week partnered with Tam Development to hold the first crowdsourcing event staged in Saudi Arabia. Why it is important The sharing economy is projected to be a $335bn market by 2025 . The interactive event introduced the invited audience to several...
CSW // Riyadh 2019: Leveraging The Power Of The Crowd To Build Tomorrow’s Economy and Find Breakthroughs
Each day, more technologies enable the practice of crowdsourcing to become more sophisticated and viable. From Airbnb for stays to BlaBlaCar and Careem in transportation, crowdsourcing and sharing economy companies have shifted behaviors in the marketplace for good....
Crowdsourcing in Saudi Arabia
Early this year a submission from Tam Development made it to the shortlist of nominees in the BOLD Awards 2019. In partnership with 20 government and private entities in Saudi Arabia and the wider Arab region, and under the leadership of their CEO and co-founder...
CSW Global 2019 San Francisco Recap
The focus of CSW Global 2019 was to unlock crowd participation breakthroughs and explore the use of open innovation techniques and practices becoming more mainstream – becoming the next big thing in our lives. CSW’s Founder and CEO Epi Ludvik kick-started Day One by...
Crowdsourcing Week Conference Helps Homeless in the Host City
Crowdsourcing Week and the crowdsourcing design platform 99designs launched an online t-shirt design contest to help the homeless in San Francisco
Are You Coming to San Francisco?
After six successful years of events that focus on all the paradigms that come with the crowd economy, our #CSWGlobal19 conference next month in San Francisco will take a huge leap forward, solidifying its status as THE learning and networking experience that unlocks...
The Sky Is Not The Limit….Your Mind Is!!!
We’re terribly sad to hear the news that Mandla Maseko, a South African who had won the chance to be the first black African in space, has died in a motorbike crash before his dream trip was realised. He was a panellist at our international CSW Europe 2016 conference...
Summer Internship at Crowdsourcing Week 2019
Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) is looking for Summer Interns. Through our events, CSW fosters open innovation and crowdsourcing practices within organizations. By working closely with both the CEO & the head of Marketing, you will contribute hands-on to our global...
Why CSW Global 2019 is in San Francisco
San Francisco has a history of cultural diversity that makes it a spawning ground for new trends and breakthroughs. The city boomed when the California Gold Rush in the mid 1800’s brought 300,000 people from around the world. Some of the gold-seekers made a...
CSW Salutes the BOLDest of the BOLD
This year Crowdsourcing Week launched the annual BOLD Awards to shine a spotlight on BOLD and breakthrough projects in crowdsourcing, open innovation and related-technology sectors. The winners in 12 categories plus three special awards were announced at the inaugural...
StackCommerce Beats $100M Payouts to Creators
StackCommerce is the leading native commerce platform for online publishers, communities and brands. Since 2011 it has provided sponsored content to publishers including Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, and Huffington Post for their readers to organically discover...
We’ve Been Building Something BOLD
Over the last five years, Crowdsourcing Week has held conferences with some of the world’s largest tech pioneers and entrepreneurs. We’ve just finished our fifth global conference, which was last month in Washington DC. But, for our latest event, we’ve...
Weekend Expeditions at CSW Global 2018
The Weekend Expeditions started at the National Air & Space Museum where Bud Holloway gave the group more than a 2 hour tour around space. Friday’s conference had ended with a panel discussion on how using open innovation input is an integral part of commercial...
Day 3 of CSW Global 2018 Shows How Organizations Can Better Serve the Individual
Individual and organization needs, particularly within government, can seem at odds, though Day 3 of our CSW Global 2018 conference on October 26 emphasized the importance of them evolving together. At its best, the organization fully represents the individual, and...
Business and Innovation themes rang through at CSW Global 2018
Can we ever balance the power between man and machine or, perhaps, even use technology to balance the power among men themselves? It was a rousing first day of conference at CSW Global 2018, all building up to this same question. The many speakers tackled job...