Below is a preview of a chapter I wrote on Crowd Empowered Microfinance in the forthcoming book Microfinance in Developing Countries, edited by Jean-Paul Gueyie, Ronny Manos, and Jacob Yaron. Microfinance is a multi-billion dollar industry with a rich history...
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Latin America: Five Startups Leveraging the Power of the Crowd
My first cross with crowdsourcing was more like a collision, brought on by a friend’s (considerate) attempt to help out and my (persistent) aversion to social-media-overshare. I had made the decision to buy a smartphone and asked a friend I considered tech-savvy for...
CrowdChat With Crowdsourcing Author Ross Dawson, Jan 23 at 1 pm Sydney Time
We are so thrilled to announce that Ross Dawson will be joining us for our next Twitter #CrowdChat -- the man who wrote what’s considered “the must-read bible on using crowdsourcing effectively.” How to even begin introducing Ross Dawson? He is a globally-recognized...
Innovation Depends on Trust, Diversity and Knowledge Networks
"…knowledge diversity facilitates all types of contributions to open innovation projects" When we talk about interactions between companies and its exterior stakeholders, we can say that the knowledge or cultural diversity or even diversity with experiences is key to...
Crowdfunding is Propelling Social Innovation
Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds — from working conditions and education to community development and health — and that extend and strengthen civil society. Social media and the internet...
GE: Industrial Internet Will Connect Data, Machines and People
At the Minds+ Machines Conference in Silicon Valley, November last year, GE's CEO Jeffrey Immelt hosted an event to address a room full of innovators in San Francisco. He touted the "Industrial Internet" as the next frontier in innovation. What is the Industrial...
Do You Have The Courage to Follow?
We are always being taught to become great leaders. But how often have you see information or tips to become a great follower? What makes a pioneering follower. You will agree with me that a movement cannot be created with just a bunch a great leaders. We need an...
Crowdchat Recap: Elance Levels the Field for Businesses & Freelancers through Transparency
Our first #Crowdchat of 2013 was with the CMO of Elance Rich Pearson. Elance is a leading workforce crowdsourcing platform and Rich's expertise in crowd-centric business models makes him a leading marketing voice in the space. On the crowd chat, Rich covered a range...
Crowdsource Your Customer Acquisition and Business Development
Using a crowdsourcing site for referrals can be a big time-saver as well. Anyone who owns or runs a business is always trying to maximize his limited time, and online crowdsourcing is very efficient. There is no travel involved, and conversations are limited to the...
Mosaic: Cleantech Crowdfunding Finances Solar Projects in Record Time
Do you know what the return is on your saving account? Close to nothing. The sharing and crowdsourcing economy is paving the way for more robust methods of investments with real return on many fronts. Mosaic just launched the first online clean energy investment...
Be Competitively Unpredictable!
Re-published from 15 Inno Can open innovation help your company become competitively unpredictable? Well, in this video, I start out by talking about John Conoley, a CEO at Psion, who said that this objective was one of the key reasons for him to pursue open...
Crowdsourcing Week Announces First Global Conference
via press release Crowdsourcing Week announces the first global conference on crowdsourcing, open innovation and crowdfunding in Singapore, June 3 - 7, 2013. This international 5-day curated event will focus on how "a crowd of people" can make outstanding...
CrowdChat 2013: Rich Pearson of Elance on the Future of Freelancing on Jan 9, 8 PM EST
What is Crowdsourcing Week’s new year resolution? Well, one is to deepen the online dialogue about crowdsourcing, and we’ll be ramping up our #CrowdChat schedule in 2013 to bring you a number of industry experts for insightful, accessible chats on the powerful...
Interview of Siham Belouadheh, Marketing Manager France of 99designs
On November 27th, 99designs announced the launch of a localized French website (99design.fr) and presented its Country Manager for France, Siham Belouadheh. Siham works closely with Eva Missling, 99designs’ General Manager of Europe, and will be supporting...
