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Earn From Your Smartphone In The Crowd Economy

The gig economy provides opportunities for people to earn money from what they already own. A new one is to earn money from your smartphone.

A Crowdsourcing Game to Diagnose Malaria

The Crowdsourcing Survey According to a 2010 Weber Shandwick survey, 44% of the 216 Fortune 2000 Corporate Executives, interviewed, have used crowdsourcing. And 50% of these executives find crowdsourcing very valuable. The perceived value is spread unevenly across 4...

How Can Crowd Collaboration Help My Business

What if I told you that crowdsourcing will most certainly improve your business? Well, I have to apologize -- because in business just as in life, certainties are rare. But what I am certain of is that crowdsourcing is an incredibly powerful tool. As a work process, I...

Crowdsourcing Week Speaks To Matt Barrie, CEO

Matt Barrie is the CEO of the largest outsourcing marketplace -- Freelancer.com. And how large is large, well how about 3.4 million professionals and 1.6 million projects under the companies belt, it's simple to see why Freelancer.com is a leader. Below is my email...

We Ask Simon Mainwaring Founder of “We First” 5 Questions

I had the pleasure of meeting Simon Mainwaring at an event during Internet Week last year. Unfortunately, I did loose touch with him but I am happy that we could reconnect for this interview. So let’s hear what Simon has to say. Q1: What is the main issue with the...

Crowdsourcing Week Interview with Ted Rubin

Ted Rubin is the CSMO at Collective Bias. He also sits on the advisory board of Crowdsourcing Week. Ted is terribly passion about building relationships. He makes it a point to consistently drive this point whether in the boardroom, on Twitter or speaking to...

4 Ways to Attract the Best Crowdsourcing Talent

Most decision makers look upon crowd-work as a cost savings and it most certainly can be. But if the only goal is to get your shiny new widget built as inexpensively as possible, then you will get just that -- a cheaply made shiny new widget. Now, while cost savings...

4 Reasons You Should Use Crowdsourcing

How many times have you said it? How many times have you said -- “only if I had two more people,” “only if I had a bigger budget,” “only if I had more time.” These are all common statements that plague companies of all different sizes. You understand this better than...

Education for All (EFA) Uses Crowdsourcing to Solve Issues

There is no limit to the incredible -- positive -- impact that crowdsourcing has on any one opportunity. Crowdsourcing can be used to solve the most mundane of projects -- to building the most advanced armored personnel carrier for the US military. Education for All...

Let DARPA Tell You Why You Need the Crowd

Do you still have doubt or uncertainty in the application of crowdsourcing? I hear the arguments all the time -- “there are no standards,” “there is no accountability,” “are they skilled labor,” etc. And in all honesty they are not stupid questions. They are...

The Crowdfunding Bill Will Help Startups

Today is the day that the crowdfunding ecosystem in the US rejoices -- more specifically startups and small businesses. President Obama will sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. The law allows non-accredited investors to invest in startups --...

Josh Soskin Creates a Chevrolet Volt Commercial

It seems that one of the main benefactors of crowdsourcing is the artisan -- specifically filmmakers and photographers. iStockPhoto was one of the first platforms to first be anointed as a crowdsourcing platform. And since 2006 there seems to be a steady uptick in...

Patrick McHenry Speaking in Support of the Crowdfunding — JOBS Act

Yesterday was a big day for crowdfunding. While it is supported by the Senate, House and President; there are many within the government and private sector that see crowdfunding as problematic. One of the main supporters of crowdfunding is Congressman Patrick McHenry...

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