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Learn How B2B Brands Co-innovate Best In The Creator Economy

Explore how the b2b creator economy is shifting from marketing channel to co-innovation engine, and what it means for open innovation strategy.

10 Crowdfunding Platforms in the UK You Need To Know About

10 Crowdfunding Platforms in the UK You Need To Know About

With less than five weeks to go until the start of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016, we wanted to shine a light on 10 Crowdfunding Platforms in the UK. Crowdfunding has proven itself popular in the UK in its relatively short history, having created a successful...

Disrupting the Property Sector One Community at a Time

Disrupting the Property Sector One Community at a Time

Head over to the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 hub for more insights, expertise and passion of the thought leaders and innovators speaking at this year’s conference. Join us 11-15 April in London for a week of fresh ideas and insights on the global Crowd Economy. ...

Are You Ready for the Second Wave of the Crowd Economy?

Are You Ready for the Second Wave of the Crowd Economy?

In my last blog post, I talked about how disruptors are getting disrupted and elimination of the business ‘middle man.’ Today I want to look back at the first wave of the Crowd Economy and the impact it has made since its birth at the height of the last recession. But...

Call Out for Volunteers at CSW Global London, April 11-15 2016

Call Out for Volunteers at CSW Global London, April 11-15 2016

Are you a student or startup who wants to attend our Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 in London?  In less than six weeks, London will play host to our fourth event to unite the global crowdsourcing community. With this year’s theme of  “Great Challenges, Massive...

Ask Epi: The Future of Crowd Economy Now – Economy of Hours

Ask Epi: The Future of Crowd Economy Now – Economy of Hours

In my third video, I am discussing a platform called Economy of Hours, which offers freelancers and sole traders the opportunity to buy and sell their time and skills. Soon the future of work may be defined for millions of people with this kind of trend, making it...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – March 4

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – March 4

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. How crowdsourcing can evolve the mining industry Ever thought of mining industry’ data being...

5 Things You Should Know About Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016

5 Things You Should Know About Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016

With less than six weeks to go until the start of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016, here is a quick snapshot of five things you should definitely know about our five-day event. Whether you are a speaker, partner, attendee or thinking about joining us, here are a few...

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Helping Global Millions Discover and Access the Sharing Economy

Head over to the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 hub for more insights, expertise and passion of the thought leaders and innovators speaking at this year’s conference. Join us 11-15 April in London for a week of fresh ideas and insights on the global Crowd Economy. ...

Citizen Engagement Earns Greater Urban Mobility in Copenhagen

Citizen Engagement Earns Greater Urban Mobility in Copenhagen

In Denmark’s capital, cycling and citizen engagement are bywords woven into the city’s culture — and this week the two have been rewarded with Copenhagen City Council’s announcement that it’s investing big in new intelligent traffic signal technology. With a budget of...

Ask Epi: Is the Shipping Industry Being Disrupted?

Ask Epi: Is the Shipping Industry Being Disrupted?

In my second video, I discuss how the shipping industry is being disrupted and its connection with sharing economy. Using DHL as a best example, the shipping company is known as one of the pioneers of its industry and the interesting part is how they established...

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Crowdsourcing News Roundup – February 26

Check out our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. Crowdsourcing to debunk social media news in Germany The refugee crimes are going viral on social media in...

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Unlocking Your Organisation’s Most Transformative Ideas

Head over to the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 hub for more insights, expertise and passion of the thought leaders and innovators speaking at this year’s conference. Join us 11-15 April in London for a week of fresh ideas and insights on the global Crowd...

Disrupted Disruptors: How Will You Position Your Company?

Disrupted Disruptors: How Will You Position Your Company?

Crowdsourcing isn’t a buzzword, neither is the sharing economy, crowdfunding, blockchain or collaborative economy—they’re already part of our lives. The cumulative disruption of these crowd-powered paradigms will have a significant influence on sectors...

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5 More Crowd Innovators To Speak at CSW Global 2016

In less than 50 days, global innovators and crowdsourcing practitioners will meet at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016. Following up last week’s announcement of powerhouse women speakers, we’re thrilled to introduce five more confirmed speakers – all...

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Crowdsourcing News Roundup – February 19

Here are your good reads for the weekend – stories on crowdsourcing archeological sites and satellite image analysis, banking sector’s Uber moment, equity crowdfunding and many more. Check out our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read...

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Just Released: CSW Global 2016 Agenda Now Live!

The preliminary agenda for the fourth annual Crowdsourcing Week Global has just been released, and it’s a powerhouse opportunity to learn from the crowd economy’s most brilliant and disruptive minds. We are thrilled to post the initial sessions for each...

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Be Inspired by the Women Speaking at CSW Global 2016

Learn from these four exceptionally inspiring women in the crowd economy at CSW Global 2016, on how they harness collaborative business models and principles, providing you practical and provocative action items that you can apply in your organizations and...

Will Crowdfunding Make This Candidate the Philippine President?

Will Crowdfunding Make This Candidate the Philippine President?

We’ve seen the mantra “by the people, for the people” many times and now a Philippine presidential aspirant initiated a unique take on crowdfunding to support his campaign. His initiative is also embedded with a mechanism to protect his votes in the upcoming 2016...

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Key Lessons From Two Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

No doubt you’ve heard about crowdfunding. What you might not realize is that there are many forms of crowdfunding and each type is used in a myriad of ways. Rewards, Equity, Donation and Lending. However, they all have this in common. They gather supporters that are...