Tag: crowdfunding
How Crowdsourcing Measures Can Tackle Mass Unemployment
In the seven years since I launched Crowdsourcing Week the Covid-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest, and most awful global phenomenon. The pandemic lockdowns announced by most national governments meant the worldwide pool of...
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COVID-19: The Power of the Powerless Crowds, the Weakness of the Powerful Leaders
The extreme conditions of the Corona crisis lay bare the good, the bad and the ugly. As interesting as it was to observe how countries fight the same virus in different ways, it is equally fascinating to witness a strong...
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New for 2020: Investors Tapping into Crowd Intelligence
Crowdsourcing is proving to be the belle of the ball for attracting the attention of investors and sharing potential funding opportunities. Peer to peer lending has reached $25 billion while equity funding raised $2.5 billion...
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CSW Salutes the BOLDest of the BOLD
This year Crowdsourcing Week launched the annual BOLD Awards to shine a spotlight on BOLD and breakthrough projects in crowdsourcing, open innovation and related-technology sectors. The winners in 12 categories plus three...
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We’ve Been Building Something BOLD
Over the last five years, Crowdsourcing Week has held conferences with some of the world’s largest tech pioneers and entrepreneurs. We’ve just finished our fifth global conference, which was last month in Washington DC....
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Adapt, Change or Die: Driving Breakthroughs in a Collaborative Future
Over 60 speakers from among the world’s top thought-leaders and practitioners in disruptive decentralization and open innovation will convene in October in Washington D.C., where they will share crowdsourcing insights and...
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Disruptor Businesses are Fuelling Employment Opportunities
Amid alarmist media coverage on the predicted numbers of jobs that will be lost to the combined effects of automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics, we like to take a regular look at some of the newer...
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Preparing to Pitch: Five things you must consider when pitching to the crowd
Your startup is off the ground and the first few months have seen you gain traction in your chosen field; good job, the easy part is done. What comes next will be one of the most daunting, challenging, but ultimately rewarding,...
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The Evolution of Kickstarter/Indiegogo
Kickstarter and Indiegogo have come along way since they opened their doors to artists and filmmakers back in 2009/2008. Now, nearly a decade on it is clear things are changing. With Indiegogo recently announcing the launch of...
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