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What Are Crowdsourced VPNs?

Crowdsourced VPNs are decentralized and use legitimate IP addresses for users to enjoy virtual private networks, even as services block VPN addresses.

4 Key Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Communication Strategies

4 Key Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Communication Strategies

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a 3-part blog series on tips for executing a successful equity crowdfunding campaign. Check out the first post on 3 fundamental elements when launching your equity crowdfunding raise. What does it take to communicate an...

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 29

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 29

To cap the last Friday of the week, we have found these interesting updates such as Lyft and Waze's partnership, blockchain technology in banks, and how technology companies can benefit from crowdsourcing; check out our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and...

Technology’s Role in Real Estate Crowdfunding

Technology’s Role in Real Estate Crowdfunding

What should real estate crowdfunding investors consider when selecting the platforms, markets and deals they are investing in? The platforms that will stand out are not just creating marketplaces where any deal can just get listed. To run a crowdfunding business, the...

The Crucial Thing To Realize About Crowdsourcing

The Crucial Thing To Realize About Crowdsourcing

No doubt you've heard about crowdsourcing. What you might not realize is the power of crowdsourcing that can accelerate innumerable processes and innovations more efficiently—especially in the next two years, when another billion brains will join networked computers...

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 22

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 22

General Motors buys Sidecar's assets, NASA is crowdsourcing robotic arm concepts, US delegates will visit India for smart cities development and many more - we have a handful of interesting stories for our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read...

Next Chapter for CSW’s Global Media Director

Next Chapter for CSW’s Global Media Director

We are pleased to share that after more than 3 years of actively building and shaping Crowdsourcing Week events around the world through content and speaker curation, Priti Ambani is stepping down as Global Media Director and moving into a new role. As part of a...

3 Outcomes Now That Bitcoin Has Failed

3 Outcomes Now That Bitcoin Has Failed

In a lengthy and compelling Medium post, Mike Hearn, a prominent Bitcoin developer and one of the pioneers in the cryptocurrencies industry, publicly declared that Bitcoin “has failed." He deliberately cited technical and people problems, summing up his major public...

Why London is a Pioneer in Crowd Innovation

Why London is a Pioneer in Crowd Innovation

For three consecutive years, Singapore has been the home of CSW’s weeklong global conference. This year, in its fourth edition, we are thrilled to take the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 to our new home: United Kingdom. With the theme, “Great Challenges, Massive...

These Tips Can Help You Succeed at Equity Crowdfunding

These Tips Can Help You Succeed at Equity Crowdfunding

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part blog series of tips for executing a successful equity crowdfunding campaign.  Experience is one of the best teachers. A few weeks ago Crowdsourcing Week wrapped up our first ever equity crowdfunding campaign on...

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 15

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 15

Here's our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. In case you were offline for the past few days, we came across Indiegogo's trying to sell crowdfunding to big...

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 8

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – January 8

We found some interesting stories and updates giving us a hint on how crowdsourcing will impact organizations and sectors this year and beyond. For your good reads, here is our curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the...

Turning Great Challenges Into Opportunities at CSW Global 2016

Turning Great Challenges Into Opportunities at CSW Global 2016

Hyperconnectivity and disruption—every sector today is experiencing these powerful forces, and yet crowd-powered tools, platforms and approaches are still underutilized because of the lack of knowledge to maximize them. Traditional companies can already feel the dent...

GM and Lyft Joint Venture: A Foray on Smart Mobility?

GM and Lyft Joint Venture: A Foray on Smart Mobility?

Will the convergence of sharing economy and automotive industry transform the future of transportation? This week's breaking news says so. The biggest direct investment deal so far this New Year is General Motors (GM) investing $500 million in the ridesharing company,...