Asia Archives - Crowdsourcing Week Blog

by Epi Ludvik Nekaj | Mar 23, 2018

As Singaporeans mourn for the loss of nation’s founding prime minister, we at Crowdsourcing Week would like to pay tribute to Lee Kuan Yew’s achievements in turning Singapore into one of the most progressive nations in the world...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – December 2

by Ejona Blyta | Dec 2, 2016

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking and must-read news – How Asia Is adopting crowdfunding from the West; how to use crowdsourcing to drive corporate sustainability innovations; how crowdsourcing is allowing...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – October 14

by Ejona Blyta | Oct 14, 2016

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking and must-read news – The latest project to come out of Lego’s crowdsourcing platform; overcoming Europe’s biggest disconnect; crowdsourcing leading to better...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – October 7

by Ejona Blyta | Oct 7, 2016

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking and must-read news – crowdsourcing sea change; crowdfunding coming with a new guarantee; blockchain startup Antshares raising $4.5m through crowdsourcing and more …...

CSW Summit Bangalore Recap

by Claudia Parms | Sep 12, 2016

CSW’s Summit in Bangalore on September 10 was the first Crowdsourcing Week event held in India, co-hosted by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. The day’s presentations will be available soon and we will update this article with...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – September 9

by Ejona Blyta | Sep 9, 2016

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking and must-read news – crowdsourcing a documentary on The Beatles; crowdfunding future cities; global crowdsourcing contest to predict epileptic seizures and more …...

Final Countdown to CSW Summit Bangalore

by Clive Reffell | Sep 6, 2016

Crowdsourcing Week, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation, is delighted to bring its first summit to India on September 10 in Bangalore. It will focus on crowdfunding and collaborative approaches that define a...

Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – September 2

by Ejona Blyta | Sep 2, 2016

Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking and must-read news – South African website crowdsourcing reports of xenophobic violence; Google is crowdsourcing Android Wear watch face designs; crowdfunding site Kickstarter...

Is India on the Verge of Entering Full-Fledged Crowd Economy?

by Epi Ludvik Nekaj | Sep 1, 2016

The second largest populated country in the world — India — is today the world’s third largest startup ecosystem where disruptors are bridging gaps in on-demand services, employment, resource utilization and digital literacy...

India’s Top 10 Crowdfunding Platforms

by Epi Ludvik Nekaj | Aug 18, 2016

The global crowdfunding industry generated about $34.4 billion in capital last year. No reliable numbers are available for India though it is estimated it accounts for a small fraction of this. Yet local crowdfunding sites are...