A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. There is no single crowdfunding market in Europe, a problem for local startups and companies looking to tap into a...
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Traveling to Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14? We Are Getting Ready For You!
Are you stuck in 18 inches of snow and chilled to the bone by the PolarVortex I &II, dreaming of travel to warm and sunny (a lot) Singapore? Yes, that's me in Washington DC. Even if your local conditions are not as frigid as mine, tropical Singapore is always a...
Top 15 Crowdsourcing Influencers – UK
Who are the top crowdsourcing influencers in the UK? The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global...
Lauren Anderson: Principles of Collaboration Will Help Brands Stay Relevant
Lauren Anderson, Chief Knowledge Officer of Collaborative Lab, joined us to discuss the shifting consumer mindset toward sharing, the future of collaborative consumption, and how businesses can keep up in the February 13, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 14
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. One of crowdfunding's most common criticisms is that it will replace or detract from traditional means of financing art,...
5 Tips to Cultivate Crowdsourcing Culture in Organizations
I was recently asked - "What are your top five tips for individuals / organizations in approaching and management crowdsourcing?" This is a very relevant question for businesses and organizations looking to adopt a crowd-centric mindset. Through my exposure and...
Rappler’s #TalkThursday Features Crowdsourcing Week Founder
Rappler founder and ace journalist, Maria Ressa featured Epirot Ludvik Nekaj, founder and CEO of Crowdsourcing Week, last week in a full length interview on #TalkThursday at their headquarters in Manila, Philippines. From Rappler, How much of a change can a connected,...
Blasting Off Into 2014: New Markets and Finance Trends
Take your business up on the web and make way for flexible funding. Much more than this, expect a much broader audience to do crowdfunding by year 2014. Numerous popular online platforms will not only help you raise money fast for any business that you may happen to...
Top 10 Crowdsourcing Experts Series – Canada
Note from editor: The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week's Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global innovators shaping the conversation on...
Let’s Learn as a Crowd too!
Reposted from Wikibrands blog The Big Idea - Polling the world’s top thinkers and practitioners on the most relevant and important aspects of crowd movements. AKA – the 34 questions you always wanted to know about crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation, the...
Weekly Reading: Crowdsourcing News Roundup, Feb. 7
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy Urban planning just became more open and democratic in Moscow, where residents can now propose city improvement ideas...
11 Reasons to Attend Crowdsourcing Week 2014
So we are in the midst of designing and finalizing the content for our 2nd Annual Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference in Singapore, and if I can say so - it is coming along splendidly. If you haven't seen it yet, head over there to see the speakers and the agenda we...
Marketing Intern Positions Open at Crowdsourcing Week
Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) is looking for 3 Rock-Star Marketing Interns. Through our global conference and one-day summits, CSW fosters open innovation and crowdsourcing practices within organizations. Working closely with both the CEO & the Marketing Manager, you...
Where is Crowdfunding Headed in Asia-Pacific and Beyond?
What's next in rewards-based crowdfunding? How are crowdfunding initiatives shaping up in the Asia-Pacific region and what is the future? Pozible co-founder Rick Chen answers in the January 30, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week. Rick Chen offered...
Crowdsourcing Even Your Business Plan
Open innovation, co-creation and crowdsourcing are becoming trendier and trendier. They are often used as synonyms, in different context; therefore there is a need to define what lies behind these words. Open innovation is a term defined by Henry Chesbrough, a...
In Manila? Join Epi at Co.Lab to Chat All Things Crowdsourcing
To all our friends in Manila- Join our CEO Epi Ludvik Nekaj at co.lab, Manila, Philippines where he will talk all things crowdsourcing with a special emphasis on social productivity in the digital age. It is surely going to be great event. co.lab offers a coworking...
Trust Labs Wants to Bring Digital Local Currencies to Communities – Anywhere
Trust Labs is an SF-based project that is currently working on a pilot project that will bring a digital trust based currency to Downtown Las Vegas. The group is crowdfunding on Indiegogo to create a platform that can be ultimately used by any community, anywhere to...
Five Predictions for Crowdsourcing in 2014
Early last year, I wrote that, after a long inception period since its invention in 2007, crowdsourcing would "cross the chasm" and would become mainstream in 2013. This could have sounded like a self-fulfilling prophecy, but it turns out that 2013 will have been...
Sean Moffitt: Crowdsourcing Will be a Huge Boon to Operational Efficiency
We had a great #crowdchat today with Sean Moffit, Managing Director of Wikibrands today where Sean presented some clear answers and very interesting facts on the status of crowdsourcing in 2014 and his predictions for the future. "What are the big developments in...
Register for Crowdsourcing Week Global 2014 with Digital Currency
Got a stash of Bitcoins and looking for cool ways to spend it? We have got you covered. If you follow digital currency and are excited about open source and the potential for a collaborative, transparent future then you've got be at the 2nd Annual Crowdsourcing Week...
Join us on Twitter: #Crowdchat Series to Highlight Key Topics on Crowd Economy
Crowdsourcing Week will host a series of Twitter chats as we head to the 2nd Annual Global Crowdsourcing Conference in Singapore, April 7-11, 2014. Join us as we chat with leading experts such as Sean Moffitt of Wikibrands and Lauren Anderson of Collaborative Lab on...
Pulse Check: Participate in the 2014 Global Crowdsourcing Survey
Happy 2014! This new year promises exciting things for all of us in the Crowdsourcing Week family. So it seems perfect to start all that off with our 1st Annual Global Crowdsourcing Survey, co produced by Wikibrands and Crowdsourcing Week. The survey will provide a...
Open Innovation or Co-creation and Coexistence of Business Models
We know (or we should know) that customers are the final judge of our performance in the markets and to remain in constant contact with them is a step towards innovation and consequently to the success of our organization. To be in constant contact with our customers...
What is the Secret Sauce For Crowdfunding Success?
So what is the secret sauce for a successful crowdfunding campaign? In a recent post we talked about crowdfunding campaigns that have been widely successful and I have often been asked - What is the secret sauce behind a successful campaign? Obviously there are many...